SHAKHRISABZ STATE PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE FACULTY OF LANGUAGES
Abstract
Teaching materials are important parts to help teachers achieve better teaching and students’ desired learning outcomes. Carefully selecting materials, English teachers can present new knowledge and the language items to be taught clearly, purposefully and systematically. As a result, students learn better because appropriate tools enhance their interest and understanding, practice and internalization. For experienced English teacher, preparing teaching materials may be easy. However, for newly graduated teachers or novice teachers, particularly those who haven’t taken a course on material constructions, may have difficulties in preparing or selecting teaching materials. Some suggestions can be valuable to them. This article, therefore, presents some suggestions for novice English teachers on how to select teaching materials such as textbooks and authentic materials. It also suggests how to adapt the contents and activities of
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