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Write a justification of not more than 1000 words on the choice of materials collaborated and
produced by your group. Your justification should include the following :
Principles of selection and adaptation of teaching and learning materials for the
language classroom
Factors in selection and evaluation
Technical skills and knowledge involved for producing, developing, presenting
and evaluating materials produced
Substantiate with relevant literature
Introduction
Teaching and learning materials is one of the fundamentals part in primary ESL
classroom. Importantly, it acts as resources to teacher to deliver instruction. Each teacher
requires a range of tools to draw upon in order to assist and support student learning (Alan
Cunningsworth, 1984). Based on this, teaching and learning materials brought major changes in
teaching of English rather than using textbook usage only. My team already discussed on the
selection of teaching material for this task and we decided to choose and produce diorama for
primary ESL classroom. A diorama is a carefully staged model which can be used for a variety of
purposes. Primary school pupils depend fully on teaching aid in order to construct their
understanding. Therefore, the teacher needs to know how to select suitable teaching materials
for the pupils.
1.1 Principles of selection and adaptation of teaching and learning materials for the language
classroom
The choice to use diorama in our lesson is that diorama is a visual material in the form of
Three-dimensional aid. Pupils are able to see the material. According to Mannan (2013), the
visual materials support them in that matter, as they serve as metal scaffolds for the pupils and
help teachers to correlate and coordinate accurate concepts making the learning more concrete
(R. Garcia Maria, 2012). Therefore, it will surely help to empower pupils imagination about the
lesson that they are going to teach materials to facilitate learning of English as Second
Language in primary classroom. Using diorama the pupils have opportunities to learn by doing.
By using real objects, pupils can touch the objects and the object can be seen by them. Pupils
understand and remember the meaning of the word better when they have touched the object it
represents (Azalina Yunus and H. Gaudart, 1996). The main advantage of using real objects in
to the classroom is to make the learning experience more memorable for the learner. For
examples, if the teacher is going to teach vocabulary of fruit and vegetable it can be more
affective if the can see the objects at the same time as hearing the new word (N.O. Argawati,
2009).
1.3 Technical skills and knowledge involved for producing, developing, presenting and
evaluating materials produced
For diorama projects, the steps of the producing the teaching materials is not complex.
Moreover, the materials that we use to produce the teaching aids are mostly from recycled
items. For example, the base of the model was taken from used box. But the material must be
rigid and firm so that the box can withstand the objects inside. The scene within the diorama is
painted with the view inside the ocean. We decided to paint the background of the ocean view
because it will bring originality compared to using printed background. The creative skills are
added because most of us are minor arts education. The added feature in the diorama must be
included to make the scene inside of ocean more natural and detailed. For example, coral reefs,
sand, and wrecked ship.
When preparing the diorama, we discovered some difficulties which were on how to
make it more interactive so that the pupils can interact and remember it easily. Then, we had
come out with an idea to teach preposition by using visuals. According to Chitravelu,
Sithamparam and Teh (2005), visuals arouse interest, stimulate interaction and help pupils see
events and bring to life situations which would be abstract and difficult to explain in words
(especially when pupils have limited knowledge of English). Many types of visual can be usefully
exploited for the teaching of grammatical forms and their meanings.
Conclusion
A good teacher is not a teacher who can prove he is right but a good teacher is the one
who do his best to get the pupils learn the most from his knowledge. Joshi (2015), states that
traditionally classroom situation is teachers stand in front of the students, giving explanations,
informing, and instructing. They usually use chalk to write something on the blackboard. The
use of multimedia in classroom is a new way of conveying information. It enables the teachers
to provide a learning environment with the element of fun-learning for the pupils. These
arguments show that a teacher should go beyond the boundaries in their creativity in producing
and exploring the materials to be used in the primary classroom. I believe that being a noble
teacher needs commitment, enthusiasm, patience and love as a teacher is a doctor, a lawyer, a
chef, a tour guide and a guidance while pupils are in school. By using the materials at the right
time, a teacher will be able to manage his class well and also provide pupils with meaningful
learning experience.