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Week 5: Principles of Effective Material Development

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What is the main principle highlighted for effective material development in teaching?

Focusing only on fluency over accuracy
Testing students frequently
Providing excessive irrelevant information
Engage students (correct)

How should materials be perceived by learners to be effective?

As not requiring communicative purposes
As only focusing on accuracy exercises
As irrelevant and useless
As relevant and useful (correct)

What balance of approaches should effective materials take in covering content?

Balance of inductive, deductive, and affective approaches (correct)
Only inductive approach
Only deductive approach
Only affective approach

What is emphasized as a key strategy for effective use of teaching and learning materials?

Providing a variety of materials and strategies aligned with learning objectives (A) Signup and view all the answers

What should teaching and learning materials be adapted to?

Local conditions and situations (C) Signup and view all the answers

What does Tomlinson advocate for in the principled development of teaching and learning materials?

Coherent application of language acquisition theories (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is a prerequisite for language acquisition according to the text?

Exposure to a variety of text types and genres (D) Signup and view all the answers

How can learners benefit from language exposure, according to the text?

By engaging affectively and cognitively in the language experience (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is essential for learners to achieve communicative competence, as mentioned in the text?

Interesting, relevant, and enjoyable texts and tasks (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is recommended for learners to do during a task based on the text?

Reflect on their mental activity during the task (C) Signup and view all the answers

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