Adapting Materials: A Framework for Adaptation
Claims about materials
and characteristics of
teaching materials.
Content,
organization and
consistency
Context( international,
national, local)
Modernizing
Learners interests and
academic background
Supplemented by
putting more into them.
Expanding
Extending
Current
English usage
Learning styles
Putting the parts
of a coursebook
in a different
order.
Subtracting and abridging
Re-writing, re-structuring
One type of
modification, rewriting activity.
Adapted by Castaeda, A., Ros, P., Pinto, I. (2015). Taken from McDonough, J. & Christopher Shaw, C. (2003). Materials and methods in
ELT: A teacher's guide (2nd edition) (pp. 81-98). UK: Blackwell Publishers.