CRITICAL REFLECTION

There are four parts of tasks for the TSL 3111, Developing Resources
Coursework Project Assignent! The first part is "eonstrating an
un"erstan"ing of principles of aterials selection an" a"aptation #$ using
suita#le graphic organiser%s&! The secon" task is "esigning an" e'ploiting
teaching an" learning aterials #$ planning an" write a lesson an" fro the
lesson, we have to a"apt, "esign an" e'ploit the teaching an" learning aterials
for the lesson planne"! The thir" task is "esigning a checklist to evaluate the
teaching an" learning aterials for the lesson that ( have plan #efore an" the last
part is writing a critical reflection!
There are lot of new things an" knowle"ge ( have learnt throughout the
process of writing TSL 3111, Developing Resources Coursework Project
Assignent! The first task is re)uiring us to rea" four "ifferent articles an" we
nee" to write graphic organiser%s& to "eonstrate our un"erstan"ing on the
principles of aterials selection an" a"aptation! Rea"ing the articles have wi"en
$ knowle"ge an" enhance $ un"erstan"ing a#out the factors in selection an"
evaluation of teaching resources! *owever, rea"ing alone without scri##ling an"
highlighting the iportant points will not help in iproving an" eori+ing the
i"eas we have "evelop in in"! Thus, the purpose of transferring the inforation
into a in" ap is to help us see the ke$ point of the principles of aterials
selection an" a"aptation! ,riting an" jotting it "own ha" helpe" e to perceive
an" i"entif$ the strengths an" weaknesses in "eveloping teaching an" learning
aterials! -esi"es that, rea"ing through the articles also helps to open $ in"
an" increase the awareness of the iportance of aterials in language
instruction! Allwright %1../& argues that aterials shoul" teach stu"ents to learn,
that the$ shoul" #e resource #ooks for i"eas an" activities for instruction an"
learning, an" that the$ shoul" give teachers rationales for what the$ "o! Allwright
ephasi+es that aterials control learning an" teaching! Therefore, aterials are
the centre of instruction an" one of the ost iportant influences on what goes
on in the classroo!
The secon" task is the "esigning of lesson plan for a 0/1inute lesson
#ase" on the 2SSR s$lla#us an" we have to a"apt, "esign an" e'ploit the
teaching an" learning aterials for the lesson planne"! Planning an" "esigning a
lesson is not a new area of learning to us as we have #een practicing in planning
a lesson for these five seester alrea"$! This task has help to iprove $ wa$ in
"esigning lesson plan that eets with the re)uireent nee"e" especiall$ #$
consi"ering the factors of aterials selection an" the stu"ent3s level an" a#ilities
in learning 4nglish su#ject! The process of "esigning an" creating the teaching
aterials is one of the #est parts in this secon" task! 5aterials that ( use", for
e'aple, picture car"s, poes an" song #$ using Power Point presentation
gives so uch positive ipact on the stu"ent3s perception towar"s learning the
topic an" it gives so uch fun an" enjo$ent atosphere in the classroo! (
un"erstan" that teaching aterials will help the teachers to present the lesson
effectivel$ an" in an interesting anner! ,ith these learning aterials as
learning ai"s, pupils are a#le to carr$ on their learning activities! Thus, it is ver$
crucial to select the #est an" appropriate learning aterials for the priar$
stu"ents!

The thir" task is "esigning a checklist to evaluate the teaching an"
learning aterials! Preparing the checklist is a new scope for e to learn! (t is
)uite har" #ecause ( have to reall$ un"erstan" the lesson plan an" relate it with
the factors in selection an" evaluation of teaching aterials! There are seven
factors that ( consi"er in $ checklist, an" there are levels, content, clarit$,
accessi#ilit$, versatilit$, cost effectiveness an" ipact! These factors gave e an
overview of the aterials that ( have chosen for the lesson! (n the process of
"oing the checklist, ( keep on asking )uestions to $self a#out the seven factors
an" tr$ to relate the factors with the lesson that ( have "esign! Through this
process, ( reali+e" that aterials are not the ain things that we have to
consi"er, #ut the learners theselves! Thus, ( un"erstan" that it is the teacher3s
responsi#ilit$ to check to see whether all of the eleents of the learning process
are working well for learners an" to a"apt the if the$ are not!
As a conclusion, for "oing this assignent ( have learne" that selecting
an" a"apting a aterial is not soething to take lightl$! ,e nee" to consi"er
soe #asic principles in or"er to get the #est aterial that we can! ( also foun"
that having the checklist is reall$ helpful! (t help to gui"e an" rein"s e to
check an" a"" on not just functionalit$ to the teaching ai"s that ( "evelop #ut also
akes it eaningful an" #eneficial to $ lesson!