ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
For teachers:
Provide consistent syllabus,
well-chosen vocabulary,
language exposure
For students:
Reassuring: preparation and
review of lessons
Providing visualization
Not always appropriate for
teacher and learners
Boring, stifling
Omitting
Replacing
Adding
Adapting
Omitting – not use a lesson from textbook
(use ‘pick-and-choose’ approach instead)
Replacing – use teacher’s own materials
dealing with the same language or topic.