module 5 planning of the english language teaching-learning process

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA
Área de la Educación el Arte y la Comunicación
English Language Career
SELECTION AND USE OF RESOURCES AND
MATERIALS
Unit 5 Consulting reference resources to help in lesson preparation
How do we consult reference resources?
Reference resources are all the sources of information about language and
about teaching that we can refer to for help in lesson preparation. They include
reference materials, such as dictionaries and grammar books, books and
articles about methodology in teachers' magazines, the teacher's book
accompanying a coursebook that contains answers and teaching ideas, and
websites on the Internet. Reference resources may also include people, for
example, the Head of Department or colleagues who teach foreign languages
or other subjects. We consult reference resources by knowing where we can
find the information we need and how to find it.
Key concepts
List as many reasons as you can think of for making use of reference
resources.
When we are planning a lesson, there are many reasons for using reference
resources. Some of the main ones are as follows:
Checking the form and use of grammatical structures
Some grammar books are written for teachers, with very detailed explanations.
Others, designed for learners at different levels, use simpler language to give
essential information about grammatical structures. Grammar books for
learners can help us to see what information our learners need about
grammatical structures and can provide us with suitable ways of describing or
explaining grammar. The easiest books to use are those organised in
alphabetical order, or which have a detailed index or table of contents. Some
grammar books also include practice exercises, which teachers (and learners)
often find useful.
Checking the spelling, pronunciation and use of lexical items
The most useful dictionaries for teachers to use themselves are advanced
learners' dictionaries, which include example sentences, as well as information
about the form and use of words. Most of these are also available on CD-ROM
and online on publishers' websites. Bilingual dictionaries (which explain the
meanings of words in the learner's own language), including electronic
dictionaries, are useful when learners are looking for a word that they don't
know in English. But these dictionaries usually give very little information about
how to use a word, so it's a good idea for learners to check the words they find
in a monolingual dictionary (i.e. one that explains the meanings of words in
the language learners are learning). Learner dictionaries, like learner grammar
books, can help teachers to find the most suitable ways of defining words and
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