Chapter V

Instructional Materials for Language

Teaching
Instructional Material for Language Teaching

• It will be easier for us to find the appropriate

instructional materials and activities that we need for
every topic and objective.
• In this chapter we will find a randomized
enumeration and descriptions of various
instructional materials and activities that we need in
language teaching
• Some may be used best in the initial phase; other at
the concluding phase and the rest, at the lesson
proper.
• Graphic Organizer
• Summary Narratives
• Value Integration Techniques / Tools
• Non-Linguistic representations
Graphic Organizers
 Vocabulary Terms and Phrases

Vocabulary
VocabularyTerms
Terms
and
andPhrases
Phrases

Provide the most important characteristic of a term or a phrase along with the examples that
that describe it.
 Time Sequence

Include a chronology of important events that occurred between two points in time
 EPISODE

Used for events that occurred at a specific time and place , had a specific participants lasted for
A specific duration of time, involved a specific sequence of events and had an specific effects.
 Generalization
Generalization
Generalization

example

example

example
Generalization are statements in which examples can be provided
 CAUSE/EFFECT SEQUENCE

Used for events that produce a product or an effect

SUMMARY FRAMES
 The Narrative Frames
The Narrative/story Frames contains the following elements

• Character
• Setting
• Initiating event
• Internal response
• Goal
• Consequence
• Resolution
Topic-Restriction-Illustration Frame
• Topic
• Restriction
• Illustration
 Argumentative Frame
• Evidence
• Claim
• Support
• Qualifier
 Problem-Solution Frame
This Frame presents a problem and identify one or more solution

• Problem
• Solution
• Solution
• Solution
 The Conversation Frame
A Conversation is a verbal interchange among two or more people

• Greeting
• Inquiry
• Discussion
- Assertions
- Requests
- Promises
- Demands
- Treats
- Congratulations
Non-Linguistic representations
Pictographs
Photographs
Physical models
Kinesthetic Activities
Explicit cues
Teacher-prepared notes
Comparison matrix
Generating Mental Pictures
English Debate
Value Integration Techniques / Tools
 Value Sheet
• It consist of a provocative statement to raise
an issue that have a value implication for
student
• “To make English as medium of instruction in
schools is not a nationalist act”
 Value Clarifying Question
• Can we love our country our country even if
we can speak English better than Filipino?
• Can we claim we love our country even if we
don’t speak our national language?
• Is there really a need for a national language?
 Voting
• Are you for school policy on no field trip?
 Rank Ordering
• Teacher
• Engineer
• Doctor
• Nurse
• Farmer
• Musician
Picture without Caption
 Value Continuum
• Movie stars are not meant for congress?
• SA – strongly disagree
• A – agree
• U – undecided
• D – disagree
• SD – strongly disagree
Devil’s Advocate
 Unfinished sentences
• If I were Rizal, I…..
 Conflict Story
• Shall we allow our best teachers, nurses
doctors and other professionals to contribute
to the brain drain or keep them here to
compete for the scarce of job offerings and
contribute to unemplyment?