This course consists of a weekly 2-hour workshop session, for 16 weeks.
Course members will investigate different aspects of materials design from 5 perspectives:

1. Assignments: (Members will work on student-centered, task-based assignments each week, either individually, in pairs, or in groups)
2. Theory (Nunan DTCC; analysis of textbooks; discussion of pedagogic concepts).
3. Practice (Finch TMM CD-ROM; performance and analysis of representative, task-based, student-centred language learning materials).
4. Design: (discussion and design of EFL teaching/learning materials).
5. Assessment: (Members will perform continuous assessment of themselves and of their peers. This assesswent wil be authentic and criterion-referenced (absolute, not relative).

Weekly Class Lessons are workshop-style, interactive sessions. Course members work together (in pairs and groups), using various resources:

• Middle school textbooks (please bring a school English textbook every week).
• High school textbooks (please bring a school English textbook every week).
• Penguin photocopiable resource books
• Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom (DTCC)
• Tell Me More CD-ROM (this will be available in class).
• Online materials resources

Schedule of Weeks Weeks 1 to 4 Weeks 5 to 8 Weeks 9 to 12 Weeks 13 to 16

Weeks 1 - 4

• Introduction: to the course: aims, structure, textbook, CD-ROM.
• Introductory activities from TMM (CD-ROM)
• Sample task-based activities (analysis & performance)
• Examination of sample contrasting materials (discussion of basic principles)
• Pre/post Course Self-assess(1)

• Introduction :to the course: portfolios.
• DTCC (Nunan), Ch. 1: Learning tasks and the language curriculum
• Examination and analysis of middle school textbooks (principles, goals, methods)
• Grammar-based ELL principles and materials
• Interactive grammar-based activities from TMM, penguin photocopiables
• Portfolio work: assessment sheets, Portfolio Entry Sheet:
• Making criteria for the assessment of language learning materials

• Introduction :to the course: assessment.
• DTCC (Nunan), Ch. 2: Analyzing language skills
• Examination and analysis of high school textbooks (principles, goals, methods)
• Information-gap principles and methods.
• Interactive, student-centred, information-gap activities from TMM, penguin photocopiables
• Portfolio work: Ongoing Self-assess (1);
  Materials-design Sample Self/Partner-assess

• DTCC (Nunan), Ch. 3: Task components
• Information-transfer principles and methods.
• Interactive, student-centered information-transfer activities from TMM, NYT, U2U, penguin photocopiables
• Portfolio work: Review for the Portfolio Conference
• Portfolio criteria

• Listening tasks: theory and practice
• Classification and analysis of ELL tasks
• Listening activities from TMM, penguin photocopiables
• Portfolio work: Portfolio Conference (1)
• Portfolio Criteria, Portfolio Assessment
• Materials Criteria

• DTCC (Nunan), Ch. 4: Roles and settings in the language class.
• Speaking tasks: theory and practice
• Speaking activities from TMM, penguin photocopiables
• Portfolio work: Ongoing Self-assess (2)

• DTCC (Nunan), Ch. 5: Grading tasks.
• Reading tasks: theory and practice
• Reading activities from TMM, penguin photocopiables
• portfolio work: Materials-design Sample Self/Partner-assess

• DTCC (Nunan), Ch. 6a: Sequencing and integrating tasks.
• Writing tasks: theory and practice
• Writing activities from TMM, penguin photocopiables

• DTCC (Nunan), Ch. 6b: Sequencing and integrating tasks
• Learner-training tasks (learning to learn): theory and practice
• Learner-training activities from TMM, penguin photocopiables
• Ongoing Self-assess (3)
• Portfolio work: Review for the Portfolio Conference

• Language games: theory and ptractice
• ELL language games from TMM, penguin photocopiables
• Portfolio work: Portfolio Conference (2)
• Portfolio Criteria, Portfolio Assessment, Materials Criteria

• DTCC (Nunan), Ch. 7: Tasks and teacher development.
• Affect in ELL materials (confidence, motivation, autonomy, attitudes)
• Affective activities from TMM, penguin photocopiables
• Portfolio work: Materials-design Sample Self/Partner-assess

• DTCC (Nunan), Appendix B.
• Humanistic/Holistic ELL materials (language learning as education of the whole person): theiory and practice.
• Holistic/humanistic activities from TMM, Educating the Heart

• Preparation of final test (groups).
• Competition vs cooperation in ELL materials
• Cooperative and evaluative activities from TMM, Educating the Heart

• Incorporation of assessment into ELL materials.
• Final test - taking the test.
• Final test - marking the test.
• Portfolio work: Review for the Portfolio Conference
• Ongoing Self-assess (4)

• Portfolio work: Portfolio Conference (3)
• Portfolio Criteria
• Materials Criteria
• Hand in your portfolios.

• Course debriefing.
• Pre/post Course Self-assess(2)
• Needs Analysis (2)