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Topic:
One pre-task
Reading comprehension questions
Two vocabulary tasks
Two grammar tasks
One writing task
Signature of student:
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Introduction:
It is a general conception that the success of language teaching or acquisition lies solely
on the methodology of teaching .However, it should be noted that it is the materials
which play a crucial role in making language teaching a success. Materials are like a
compass which show the direction to the teachers for language teaching. They are equally
helpful to students in language learning.
‘One of the first role or function of material is that they provide opportunities for
learning’ good language learning’, Robin says,(1979:17-18) “depends on atleast three
variables: aptitude, motivation and opportunity”
Of the three, the third variable, opportunity includes materials and all those activities both
within and outside classrooms which expose the learners to the language and which
provide an opportunity to practice what has been learned.
Materials refer to anything that is used to facilitate the learning of language and increase
the learner’s knowledge and experience of the language. Materials can be of two kinds,
As the authentic materials contain the language of the real world, they provide learners
with the opportunities to explore the language of the real world and practice it. Moreover,
authentic materials focus on the meaning and uses of language in different contexts rather
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than on forms of grammatical structures and their relationship to one another. Authentic
materials see language as a system of communication.
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Worksheet No: 1
Pre-Task:
Look at these pictures and discuss with your partner, Why do such monuments attract the
tourists?.
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(2) How many years old is the monument?
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Vocabulary tasks:
(1) Watch the advertisement again and Match ‘A’ with ‘B’.
A B
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(2) Find the appropriate word which best suit to the sentences.
(1) People / public are watching ‘The kaun banega karorpati’ on T.V.
(5) Historical places mirror the history of ancient time / old time
Grammar Tasks:
(1) Following sentences are formed in present continuous tense or progressive tense
but their functions are different .Classify them according to their functions.
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(3) Look! Somebody is picking the flowers.
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Look at the picture and describe it by using present continuous tense.
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Writing Task:
Look at the following pictures and identify different cultures. For example:
Gujarati culture. Write three or four sentences about each culture .For exam:
people, language, costumes, food, festivals and tourist places.
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Worksheet -2
Pre task:
Work in pairs. Watch the video clip and find out what is the advertisement about.
(1) For which sector does an air India offer a summer special fares?
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(2) If one business man wants to travel to Delhi from Mumbai on 18th June 2009, on
which _date he will have to book his ticket to get the benefits.?
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• Customers have to pay extra for taxes if they want to travel by Air India. _______
• The travelling from Mumbai to Goa is cheaper than travelling from Chennai-
Hyderabad in Air India _______
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Vocabulary Tasks:
(1) Arrange the given words categorically if you find words difficult, look them up in
dictionary. One is done for you.
(Aero plane, Air traffic controller, Runway, Supersonic aircraft , Hanger, pilot,
Tail, Ground staff, Wings ,Cockpit, Jet , Helicopter, Fuselage ,Duty free shops,
,Joystick, Departure lounge, Steward ,Nose)
(2) Fill in the gaps by choosing the appropriate words from the bracket.
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Grammar tasks:
Look at the table of the fares in the advertisement and notice the following sentences.
• The ticket of air India flight from Kolkata to Chennai is costlier than
flight from Mumbai to Goa.
• Delhi is more far from Mumbai than Kolkata.
¾ We use more for other two syllable adjectives and longer adjectives
(1) Frame the sentences from the given words by using comparative degree. You can
add more words while framing sentences wherever you feel necessary.
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(2) Notice the following chart and answer the question.
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Hight in c.m
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Priya Aashtha Shreya Tanya
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Writing Task:
If your friend happens to travel from mumbai to Goa during your summer
vacation with his family and you come across this advertisement.Will you
recommend him to go by this Air India flight. If, yes.Why ? and If No,Why not
? Write it in about 50 words .you can take the help of following words.
¾ Fares
¾ Class
¾ Service
¾ Timing
¾ Food
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worksheet no - 3
Pre-task:
Work in pairs. Discuss what do people do to retain their beauty or to look more
beautiful or handsome .list out at list two ideas.
(2) What does an under eye brightening cream do to help eyes look beautiful?
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(3) What is the impact of upper eye collagen cream on the skin?
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(5) PONDS age miracle cream helps in removing slight lines on the skin.______
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Vocabulary task:
(1) From these jumbled words find combination for describing appearance of people ,
as in the example.
Fine hair
Bright skin
Good chick
Beautiful looking
Wavy boy
Dark eyes
Sharp girl
Handsome lines
Chubby circles
(2) Match the words with the definition which best suit them in the context of
this advertisement.
1) Shimmer
2) Bright
a) Shining
b) Intelligent
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3) Elasticity
4) Repair
Grammar tasks:
Notice the following sentences.
(1) In the following paragraph, there are some errors. Identify those errors and
rectify them.
Once, Mahesh and Arvind went to the bus stop to receive their friend. While they were sitting on
the bench, Mahesh saw a five hundred rupee note lie on the ground. He was in a dilemma whether
to pick the note or not. Arvind asked him to pick it up. Then Arvind heard someone talk on the
phone to someone about the loss of 500 rupees. Meanwhile Mahesh saw the same person search
desperately in his pockets. Both Mahesh and Arvind discussed what they saw and heard and
finally they came to the conclusion that they should give it back to the person who had lost his
money.
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(2) Combine pair of sentences by using present participle and write them in a form of
paragraph.
(2) I gave him his toy. The toy was lying besides him.
(3) But he didn’t pick the toy .he saw his mom who was carrying a milk bottle in her hand.
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Writing task:
Describe an actor or an actress which you like the most using the following points. You
can also take the help of adjectives given in the advertisement.
• Complexion
• Types of hair
• Height
• Acting
• Speech
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Worksheet - 4
Pre task:
Work in pairs. Make a list of different kinds of vehicles which you are fond of driving.
Listening comprehension:
Watch and listen to the advertisement carefully and fill in the gaps.
It all started when my brother did not _________ me ride his bike. I had to have a bike. I
wanted to set my pulse ______________ feel ____________that’s what;
________________ .I had to buy Yamaha. You want to __________ it? Change the
rules.
Vocabulary tasks
(1) Match the words with the pictures.
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(2) Put the cross on the nouns which are abstract.
Grammar tasks:
Notice the following sentences.
In above sentences, you must have noticed the use of ‘had to’ which is past form of the
form ‘have to’ .The form ‘have to’ is used to show compulsion. When one wants to
describe or narrate the things related to past, he is supposed to use the form had to.
1) He had exams yesterday so; he was forced to wake up early in the morning.
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2) Rakesh’s father passed away last year so, he was compelled to give up his studies.
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3) He could not do his work in time so, he was asked to leave his job.
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(2) Choose the appropriate form of ‘have to’ from the brackets and fill in the gaps.
Gujarat.
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Writing task:
Observe the given advertisement of Suzuki bike carefully and find out the special
features of this bike and write them down in the form of a paragraph. You can make
use of conjunctions like and, but, though, because and discourse markers like
moreover, however, in addition to.
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Worksheet - 5
Pre task:
Work in pairs. Look at the picture and discuss, what is it? What is it used for?
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4) What is the unit to measure the power?
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Vocabulary tasks:
(1) Match the words with the definitions which best suit them in the context of
this advertisement.
I. Power
a) A source or means of supplying energy.
b) Possession of control authority or influence over others.
II. Propose
a) To form or put forward a plan or an intention.
b) To make an offer of marriage.
III. Deliver
a) To set free.
b) To give birth to.
IV. Virtual
a) Being such in essence or effect though not formally
recognized or admitted.
b) Being on or simulated on a computer or computer network.
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(2) There are some words which begin with ‘under’.
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Grammar tasks:
Here the word ‘because’ is used as a connecting word. The clauses introduced
by subordinating conjunctions like because, as, that, since are called adverb
clause of reasons.
These subordinating conjunctions indicate the causes in subordinating clause
of the consequence of the main clause.
(1) Rewrite the following sentences using because, as, since, that.
1) Indian football team could not qualify in the world cup tournament because of
its poor performance.
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2) Representatives of different countries got to gather in order to discuss the issue
of climate change.
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4) People became homeless in Manila therefore; they will have to restart their life
again.
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5) Realities shows often disguise the reality and therefore, they are criticized.
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5) Now a days, news papers are flooded 5) because I hate T.V. with ads.
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Writing task:
Write each sentence under the picture describing it. write all the sentences in the form
of paragraph or a story. You can use the discourse markers like once , moreover
,further more however ,that is to say.
(1) (2)
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Worksheet -6
Pre-task:
List out atleast two electronic gadgets which you can carry everywhere.
Listening Comprehension:
Simply look around and you will and any thing you want to do is you want to change the
world.\
Vocabulary tasks:
(1) Put the odd one out.
My yours hers
Grammar tasks:
Notice the following sentence.
The above sentence is called the conditional clause. It states a condition that condition
has not happen yet .It could happen in the future. If makes predictions about the
future. The result clause gives a possible result.
A B
1) If government does not control the population 1) They are conscious about their
rights.
4) If Pakistan does not take any action against terrorism 4) you will have to face
pollution.
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(2) Answer the questions with a future conditional clause.
Writing task:
Which of the modern inventions is most useful according to you in 21st century. Why ?
Support your answer with appropriate arguments. Write it down in about 50 words.
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Worksheet No : 7
PRE-TASK:
Work in pairs. Watch the advertisement carefully and discuss What the children
are doing in the advertisement. (Teacher will mute the sound of the advertisement)
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(2) Why is Tropicana 100% mixed fruit juice called 100% fruit juice?
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(5) Tropicana 100% mixed fruit juice gives a slight lemon taste._______
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Vocabulary Tasks:
(1) Fill in the blanks by choosing opposite word from the bracket of the underlined
words.
(3) Oh! It’s strong coffee. I forgot that you like the ________ one.
Grammar Tasks:
Notice the following sentences.
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Juice is made from the choicest fruits.
____ India, bangles, locket and a vermillion mark _____ the forehead are symbols _____
a married woman. Daily the husband applies the vermillion _____ the wife’s forehead as
it is believed to be connected his life line. When husband dies, professional mourners‘s
come and strip the woman ______ these symbols.
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Writing task:
Here the recipe of fruit cocktail is given but the sentences are jumbled.
Rearrange them and write them in the form of a paragraph.
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Worksheet - 8
Pre- Task:
Work in pairs. List out atleast three media through which we come to know about the
launch of new product.
(1) What proof does Dove conditioner give to showcase its effectiveness?
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Vocabulary tasks:
(1) Make compound nouns from the noun ‘hair’.
g) ________________ h) _________________
(Curly hair, wavy hair, crew cut, straight hair, receding hair, bald)
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Grammar tasks:
1) Its advance repairing cerium targets the damage preciously which repairs your
hair where it needs most.
2) New dove conditioner therapy repairs your hair where it needs most.
Under lined words are called relative pronouns. Relative pronouns join two
statements. They refer to some noun going before which is called their
antecedent. Moreover, relative pronouns refer to nouns and therefore they are
called relative pronouns.
Here in the first sentence, the word which refers to the nominal group “its
advance cerium” and there by does the function of pronoun.
In the second sentence ‘where’ refers to the place.
(1) Join to gather each of the following pairs of sentences by means of a relative
pronoun like whose, which, who, where.
(1) Karina Kapoor acted very well in ‘Jab We Met’ .she won film fair award.
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(2) The serial ‘Tarak Mheta Ka Ulta Chasma is very popular among television viewers. It
is based on Gujarati culture.
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(3) The rescue operation is going on in Indonesia. In Indonesia, the earthquake came
recently.
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(4) Balasaheb Thakare will have to work hard to regain power. His party lost very badly
in the vidhansabha election.
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(5) The scientists are working on vaccine of swine flue .Swine flue took life of many
people.
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(2) Find out the words which are referred to by relative pronouns in the following
sentences.
(1) I don’t remember the name of the person whom I met yesterday.
(2) The book ‘You Can Win’ which is lying on the table is written by Shiv Khera.
(3) I gave him a rupee which was all I had with me.
(4) The sun whose rays give life to the earth, is regarded by some people as a god.
(5) Tata Motors launched the car which is the cheapest car of the world.
Writing task:
Write down in about 50 words on advantages and disadvantages of the advertisements.
you can use the following discourse markers like first of all, firstly, secondly, moreover,
in addition to, that is to say, however, in conclusion. You can use the following points.
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Worksheet -9
Pre -task:
Work in pairs. What difference do you find between shopping mall and store? List out
atleast two differences.
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(2) How much discount does Liverpool fashion stop give on children wear?
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(4) Give the names of the cities where the outlets of Liverpool are.
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Vocabulary Task:
(Casual wear, formal wear, traditional wear, formal shoes, track suit, sport shoes,
designer wear)
(1) Meena wants to look elegant in her friend‘s wedding party and therefore she will buy
a ____________
(3) Do you have a good pair of ______________ because you will need it for tennis
tournament?
(6) If you are going for a walk, why don’t you wear ______________
Celebrate _____________
Invent _____________
Define _____________
Revise _____________
Imitate _____________
Examine ____________
Pronoun _____________
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Grammar tasks:
(1) Put the tick mark on the correct meaning of the underlined phrasal verb.
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(2) Read the following conversation between husband and wife carefully and Guess the
meanings of the underlined phrasal verbs .
Viha : But, I turned it off just ten minutes ago. I thought you were a sleep. What woke
you up?
Nihar: Anyone can wake up with the noise on the next door. I will have to close the
windows just to get the sleep. It’s enough to make me want to take up drinking again.
Now I am going over to the neighbours and tell them to turn down the music.
Writing task:
Rearrange the sentences and write them in a form of an invitation card .Combine the
sentences wherever you feel necessary.
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Worksheet - 10
Pre Task:
Work in pairs. List out the modern inventions which are now becoming quite used to in
21st century.
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(6) Say whether the following sentences are true or false.
Vocabulary tasks:
¾ This is an example of blending. When two separate forms are combined to form
a single new term is called blending. However, blending is typically
accomplished by taking only the beginning of the one word and joining it to the
end of the other word.
¾ Here, the word infotainment is accomplished by taking the beginning of the
word ‘Information’ (info) and joining it to the end of the word ‘entertainment’ (
tainment ).
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(2) Match A with B.
Grammar tasks:
Now sit back and enjoy crystal clear entertainment all the time.
It is direct therefore it is correct.
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(1) Find out types of conjunctions in the following sentences and put the tick mark
accordingly.
(3) The girl in Slum Dog Millionaire acted very well therefore______________________
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Writing task:
You read the advertisement VIDEOCON d2h. Here, some questions are given based on
this advertisement. Answer the questions taking in to consideration what you felt about
this advertisement. You can use the conjunctions which you learned in the grammar
task.
¾ Is the advertisement eye catching? If yes, why? and If No, why not?
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Research report:
Authentic materials contribute to a great amount in creating a kind of learning
environment. However, it does not mean that any piece of paper or any video can do this
task. There are number of factors which one has to take in to account while choosing the
authentic materials. While choosing the advertisements, I took in to consideration the
following aspects.
1) Incredible India.
2) Air India.
3) Ponds age miracle cream..
4) Yamaha bike.
5) Indiabulls power limited.
6) Lenova laptop.
7) Tropicana 100% fruit juice.
8) Dove conditioner.
9) Liverpool fashion stop.
10) Videocon d2h
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The Reasons for choosing the advertisements.
The first reason behind choosing these advertisements was that, these advertisements
are capable of providing comprehensible input (i+1) .In other words, the advertisements
are not too easy or too difficult for the learners which could demotivate them. They are
challenging enough to sustain their interest and motivation of the learners.
2) To bring variation:
While selecting these advertisements, I tried to bring in variations so that, learners can
enjoy the tasks without any kind of stress or burden.
Third, which I kept in mind while selecting these advertisements was that it should
include the vocabularies of different domains. For example: the advertisement of
‘Incredible India’ includes vocabularies related to history. ‘The Air India’
advertisement takes with it vocabulary of travelling so that, learners can learn the
vocabulary of aeronautics. Cosmetics advertisements of ‘Ponds cream’ and ‘Dove
conditioner’ are capable of teaching vocabularies related to physical appearance. On the
other hand, the food item ‘Tropicana’ consists of vocabulary of eatables and adjective
related to it. ‘Liverpool fashion stop’ advertisement can get the learners acquainted with
different kinds of clothes. Moreover, the advertisement of ‘Yamaha bike’ which
provides the learners with the information about the field of automobile.
I also tried to include the advertisements of the things which have now become an
integral part of our life. e.g. Lenova laptop
Videocon d2h.
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4) To enhance their comprehensibility by providing audio visual
clue:
I also took in to consideration the interests of the learners and therefore, I chose
advertisements of those things which are of learner’s interest. I also paid attention to the
interest of boys and girls categorically. The advertisement of bike attracts the boys
whereas, the advertisements of cosmetics like Ponds cream and Dove conditioners attract
the girls.
Moreover, all the advertisements contain different language functions and different
structures so, it helps teachers teach these things in a different ways and students get rid
of monotony of learning grammar in a traditional ways.
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Principles that I had in mind while preparing
the tasks.
While producing materials, I followed the following principles given by Tomlinson.
1) Materials should achieve impact. Materials should have expected effects on learners
that can be done by breaking up the monotony and by attracting their curiosity, interest
and attention and novelty in tasks and appealing content can help in achieving the
impact.
2) Materials should help learners to feel at ease. Learners can be made feel at ease by
providing enough space in the text, by providing them materials which help them learn a
language and which does not test their knowledge, by bringing variation in voice,
intonation and clarity.
3) Material should help learners develop confidence, by providing them activities which
push them a bit beyond their existing knowledge and by providing the activities which
are challenging but achievable.
4) What is being taught should be perceived by the learners as a relevant and useful.
5) Materials should require and facilitate learners self investment by engaging them in
learner centered activities.
6) Learners must be ready to acquire the points being taught and it can be done by
presenting activities or tasks which are different enough to encourage them.
7) Materials at all levels should provide frequent exposure to authentic input which is rich
and varied which provide the learners an opportunity to learn and practice the language of
actual world.
8) The learners ‘s attention should be drawn to linguistic features of the input and that can
be done by making learners pay attention to some linguistic features subconsciously.
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9) Materials should provide the learners with opportunities to use the target language to
achieve communicative purposes. materials should not teach only grammatical structures
but it should teach language functions and its meaning in different context.
10) Material should take in to account that learners differ in learning styles.
13) Materials should provide opportunities for outcome feedback which is focused first
on the effectiveness of the outcome rather than just on the accuracy of the output.
Tasks are capable of making the learners familiar with the language of real world which
will enable them to use the language, when they confront with different situations in
different domains.
For example:
vocabulary tasks, in all the worksheets help the learners learn the registers / terms or
jargons or adjectives of different domains like travelling, technology, eatables, cosmetics,
tourism, automobile etc.
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¾ Enhance their analytical skill:
Tasks are capable of enhancing the learners’s analytical and thinking skill. E.g. pre tasks
in all the worksheet lead them to think about different themes and in some of the tasks,
they are likely to compare the things and in some of the tasks they are asked to share their
own opinions. Thus, it improves their critical and analytical skills.
Tasks are capable of teaching learners different structures or sentence patterns and
different language functions.
e.g. grammar tasks contain different structures like conditional clause, connectors,
prepositions, present participle, phrasal verbs, relative pronoun, progressive tense etc and
these grammar tasks are not prepared in a conventional ways but they are prepared in
such a way that learners come to know about their use and not their usage.
For example: Writing tasks make learners aware of discourse markers, cohesive devices.
Moreover, jumbled tasks teach the learners coherence. They are also given practice of
free writing where they are asked to write on particular topics by relating them to their
own experiences. They are also given the word limit which enables them to summarize
the things.
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The problems that I faced and how I overcame
them.
While selecting T.V commercials, it was difficult to get commercials which include all
the things like comprehensibility, culture. Sometimes, if the commercials were
interesting, the language was above the level of the learners. Finally, I selected those
advertisements which were appropriate to the Indian context, sustain learners’s interest.
It was difficult to bring variation and avoid repetitions in selecting the grammatical items
to prepare grammar tasks. However, I tried to bring variation in all the grammatical items
by selecting sentences which contain different structures.
I had to be very careful while transcribing advertisements which were audio video
because; wrong transcription may lead the learners towards confusion and
misinterpretation. However, I overcame this problem by listening to them carefully.
Conclusion:
I enjoy the task of preparing worksheets based on authentic materials and these tasks will
help me a lot when I am in actual professional life .Moreover ,through this task, I came
to know about which are the principles to be kept in mind and which are the challenges
that we have to face while producing worksheets based on authentic materials.
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Bibliography:
(1) Tomlinson, Brian.1998.Materials Development in Language Teaching.Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
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