Use of Supplementary Materials and Activities

Supplementary materials are books and other materials we can use in addition to the course book. They include skills development materials, grammar, vocabulary and phonology practice materials, collections of communicative activities and teacher’s resource materials. Supplementary materials may also come from authentic sources. Course book are organized according to a syllabus, and they are often gradually.
Reasons why we might want to use supplementary materials and activities are:
• To replace unsuitable material in the course book
• To fill gaps in the course book
• To provide suitable material for learners’ particular needs and interests
• To give learners extra language or skill practice
• To add variety to our teaching
Selection of supplementary materials and activities
• Get to know what supplementary materials are available in your school.
• We selecting materials you need to think about how it will improve on material in your course book.
• It may be useful to use authentic material, in order to give learners the experience the experience of working with more challenging texts and tasks.
• The activities in materials designed to develop individual skills often include the use of other skills.
• Many publishers produce materials for practicing separate language skills at different levels.
Use of Supplementary materials and activities
• You need to give special attention to instruction when you use different procedure.
• You can adapt many supplementary materials for use with classes at different levels.
• Games and extra communicative activities can provide variety and make learning fun.