Teaching materials: adopting and adapting

 
Conclusion 
To sum up, choosing appropriate 
materials and activities helps teacher 
better manage the class and helps the 
students learn effectively and achieve the 
ultimate goals of the course. Teachers 
have to carefully adopt the most suitable 
textbook and may use authentic materials 
with real language use. During material 

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preparation, a textbook evaluation 
checklist is recommended and possible 
format of adaptation needs to be 
determined. However, the validity of the 
choice, criteria for selection and contents 
and activities of adaptation should serve 
the goals of the course and the students 
in a particular class. 
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