Selecting and Developing Teaching/Learning Materials

Language instruction has five important components--students, a teacher, materials, teaching methods, and evaluation.

Materials are very important in language instructions not only because they teach students to learn, but also because they may be suitable for students needs, they should be resource books for ideas and activities for instruction/learning.
In some cases books determine the components and methods of learning, and in many cases teachers and students rely heavily on textbooks, the way the textbook presents materials is the way student learn it.
Experienced teachers can teach English without a textbook but it's complicated if theyr are too busy because this requires enough time to make supplementary materials and select all the lessons and procedures by themselves.

The teacher have to provide, make and choose materials for students following the curriculum, materials include textbooks, video and audio tapes, computer software, and visual aids. It's very important for teachers to know how to choose the best material for instruction, how to make supplementary materials for the class and how to adapt materials.