摘要：本研究调查了3967名高校英语教师使用教材的情况，并探究影响其教材使用的因素。调查结果显示：1）高校英语教师对于教材使用态度积极,使用教材的能动性较强；2）教师使用教材时最倾向于增加材料,最不倾向于改写教材中的材料与练习活动；3）教师、学生、教学环境、教学效果、考试等因素均对教材使用产生影响；4）教龄短、学历低、职称低、院校层次较低的教师以及大学英语教师的教材使用行为受考试因素影响最显著。基于调查结果,本文对英语教材研究...

Abstract In light of the growing agreement on the critical impact that materials can have on teaching and learning, classroom-based research on materials use in natural educational contexts has become increasingly urgent. This study aims to explore language teachers’ use of instructional materials in classroom settings. Drawing on the analysis of materials, interviews, and lesson observations from case...

AbstractThis mixed-methods study investigated the use of supplementary materials by EFL teachers in Ecuadorian secondary schools. Via the use of teacher interviews (n=12) it was found that teachers believe the use of supplementary materials increases the motivation of the students, which in-turn improves the learning possibilities of the stude...

South Korean job seekers face pressure to produce high scores on standardized English tests, which leads to the prominence of test-oriented pedagogy. Though recent scholarship illustrates how materials reflect the values of society and how these are negotiated in classrooms it has mainly analyzed preexisting published books, leaving the potential of student-generated materials (SGMs) underexplored. By using a new mat...

In order to conceptualize materials used in pair-work activities from a sociomaterialist perspective, this study examined the moment-by-moment unfolding of 67 pair-work interactions in beginner- level Japanese-as-a-foreign-language classrooms. The types of pair-work materials used in the focal classrooms—either textbook or teacher-designed activities—were highly controlled with s...