PUSAT PENGAJIAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN

PERANCANGAN PENGAJARAN

SEMESTER 1SIDANG AKADEMIK 2013/2014

A. MAKLUMAT KURSUS

Kod Kursus : BIP 3023

Tajuk Kursus : Materials Development for the Language Classroom

Hari Kuliah : Sabtu

Masa : Tertakluk pada Jadual Kursus

Tempat : Dewan Kuliah (P.Pinang), (K.Kinabalu)

Penyelaras/Pensyarah : Pn. Norlida Ahmad (norlidausm@gmail.com) Dr. Leong Lai Mei (lmleong11@gmail.com)

Bilangan Pelajar : 26 + 8 = 34

Nilai Unit : 3

B. OBJEKTIF KURSUSThis course equips students with the methods and approaches and also the underlying principles on materials selection and adaptation in relation to the teaching of English as a second language. Students will be guided to select, adapt as well as produce appropriate and relevant materials suited to the different levels of proficiency in the ESL classroom.

LEARNING OUTCOMESAt the end of the course, students will be able to:1. Apply methods, approaches and principles in relation to materials development and adaptations.

(C4) 2. Produce teaching and learning materials for the different language skills which are appropriate and

relevant to their learners’ needs. (P4) 3.Evaluate commercialized materials and decide how to utilize them to enhance the quality and

effectiveness in the teaching and learning of ESL. (A3) 4.Participate effectively in group discussion and peer conferencing. (CS3)

C. LECTURES/TUTORIALS

Dates Topic Lecturer Notes

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16 March

Introduction to the course Explain Assignments 1 & 2 Explain Quizzes Lecture 1:

Principles of language learning and teaching

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8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

6 Apr Lecture 2: Instructional media and

technologies of learning. Preparing and using visuals.

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10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

20 Apr Lecture 3: Materials and the teaching of

reading, writing, listening, speaking

Incorporating materials in teaching language skills.

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Assignment 1 due - 15%8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

4 May Lecture 4: Data collection and materials

development. The process of materials

writing

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In-class Quiz 1 (30 mins) - 10% 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

18 May Lecture 5: The process of materials

evaluation. Producing materials to teach

Revision Briefing on final examination

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Assignment 2 due - 15%8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

D. REFERENCES

1. Elder, J. (2004). Exercise your college reading skills: Developing more powerful comprehension. New York: Mcgraw-Hill.

2. Hancock, H. (2006). Reading skills for college students (6th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 3. McWhorter, K.T. (2008). Guide to college reading (8th ed.). New York: Addison Wesley.4. Richardson, J.S., Morgan, R.F., & Fleener, C. (2006). Reading to learn in the content areas (6th

ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth5. Weiner,H.S. & Bazerman, C. (2006). Basic reading skills handbook (6th ed.) Boston: Houghton

Mifflin.

Website:1. http://iteslj.org 2. http://www.tesol.org 3. www.eslcafe.com 4. http://owl.english.purdue.edu 5. http://www.esl-lab.com

F. COURSE EVALUATION

Continuous Assessments ( 60 % )Mode Weightage Submission date

Assignment 1 (Group work) 15 % 20 April 2013

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In-class Quiz open book (Individual) 10 % 4 May 2013

On line Quizzes 20 % As stated on elearning site

Assignment 2 (Group work) 15 % 18 May 2013

Writing RequirementAll assignments submitted should be in the following format:Arial, Fontsize 11, 1.5 spacing

Final Examination ( 40 % )

Notes: 1. On line Activities(20%)

There will be 5 quizzes, assignments, etc throughout the semester. These activities will be based on the topic in the modules that students need to read every week. It is COMPULSORY for students to do the activities on line.

2. In class Quiz (10%)This 30 minutes In-class Quiz will familiarize students with the format of the final exam questions. This is an open book quiz, students may bring and refer to their notes during the Quiz.

3. Assignment 1 (15%)Develop Story for primary school children: For this assignment students work in groups of 2 – 3 people to produce a comic like story, based

on Malaysian Folklore - example: Sang Kancil, Pak Pandir etc. The characters communicate using bubbles. But since you are also telling a story you must add a small column where you write the story a little.

Please give its source and do not copy directly from existing story books. The length of this assignment is NOT less than 10 pages. Students are reminded to NOT copy readily available materials in the market. Plagiarism will be

given an F grade. An example is given below:

They were so bored eating the same food day after day that one ant suggested going to another place.

One day, an army of ants was at a park eating food in a picnic basket.

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4. Assignment 2 (15%)Grammar module: In groups of 2 – 3 people, students develop a teaching and learning module to teach grammar to

primary school pupils. The length of this assignment is 10 – 12 pages depending on the topics. You must include teaching notes, exercises for the pupils. Include references. With the agreement of the Lecturer in charge of your centre, only choose 1 topic from the list of

topics listed in the Instructional Planning. The level of proficiency is intermediate learners.

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Note: Students are expected to go over the modules on their own. You must submit your assignments according to the deadlines given to the lecturers who are teaching on that day. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Grammar Modules Assignment

Topics1. Tenses: Simple Present and Simple Present Continuous 2. Tenses: Simple Past and Simple Past Continuous3. Tenses: Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous and Past Perfect 4. Tenses: Future tense5. ‘Wh’ questions and tag questions6. Modal verbs 7. Passive 8. Nouns and articles (a, an, the)9. Pronouns10. Adjectives and adverbs11. Prepositions12. Subject verb agreement13. Linking words14. Singular and plural verbs

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