Access-self Materials
Material Development for High School A. Introduction The stereotypical image of self-access materials is of exercise which enable the learners to work on what they need in their own time and at their own pace without reference to a teacher. Typically they are used to supplement classroom learning activities and usually they focus on providing extra practice in the use of specific language items or language skills which are problematic for the students. Self-access materials have consisted of controlled or guided practice activities which have used cloze, multiple choice, gap-filling, matching and transformation activities to facilitate self-marking and focused feedback. The prevailing learning styles are analytical, visual and independent. If you are a studial learner (a learner who likes to focus on discrete bits of language, who likes to see the language written down and who is happy to work alone) then self-access material is for y...