INTRODUCTION...............................................................................9
ELEMENT 1.......................................................................................13
WHAT IS MATERIALS DESIGN?
Materials Design
Kinds of Material
ELEMENT 2.......................................................................................19
THE NEED FOR EFL TEACHERS TO DESIGN MATERIALS
The Need to Design Teaching/Learning Material
Teachers as Material Designers
ELEMENT 3.......................................................................................25
THE IMPORTANCE OF NEEDS IN MATERIALS DESIGN
Needs in Materials Design
Kind of Needs
ELEMENT 4.......................................................................................33
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BELIEFS, MOTIVATION, AND INVESTMENT
Teachers’ Beliefs
Motivation and Investment
ELEMENT 5.......................................................................................39
DIFFERENTIATING A TEACHING OBJECTIVE FROM A LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Type of Objectives
Learning Objective
Teaching Objective
ELEMENT 6.......................................................................................45
DISCOVERING THE HIERARCHY OF COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES
Hierarchy of Communicative Activities
Balancing Communicative Language Activities
ELEMENT 7.......................................................................................51
LESSON PLANNING AND ITS CONNECTION WITH MATERIALS DESIGN
Lesson Planning and Materials Design
ELEMENT 8.......................................................................................61
PROVIDING ACCURATE INSTRUCTIONS IN MATERIALS DESIGN
Instructions
Written Instructions
Oral Instructions
ELEMENT 9.......................................................................................71
WHAT SPACE TELLS US ABOUT MATERIALS DESIGN
Negative and Positive Space
Gestalt Principles
ELEMENT 10......................................................................................77
RULE OF THIRDS IN MATERIALS DESIGN
Rule of Thirds
Rule of Thirds for Images
Rule of Thirds in a Page Layout
Movement and Transition
ELEMENT 11......................................................................................83
CREATING EMPHASIS WITH FONTS
Font and Typography
Three Font Sizes
Three Fonts
Font Emphasis
Font and Audience
ELEMENT 12......................................................................................89
REFLECTION FOR SELF-ASSESSMENT IN MATERIALS DESIGN
Reflection and Self-assessment
CONCLUSIONS.................................................................................97
USEFUL WEB LINKS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ............. 100
REFERENCES.................................................................................. 103
