Teachers’ Books Practical Considerations
64 understand the materials better. The examples of dialogues in this textbook are
always accompanied by instructions to perform or act out the dialogues. Sometimes, the students are asked to make a role play based on certain situations.
Therefore, there are dramatizations which can help verbal learners to illustrate the lesson in the dialogues.
Figure 4.1 Mind map can be helpful for visual learners
Moreover, Harmer 2007 suggests that if teachers feel unsatisfied with the textbook, they are free to adapt, add or replace it. Therefore, teachers have right to
adjust what is written on the textbook with their students’ need. The materials on the textbook can be adjusted to different teaching and learning style based on
students’ needs. The example of the adjustment that can be made is modifying or replacing the follow-up activity after reading a passage. Mostly reading passage
activities in this textbook are followed by activities like answering questions or
65 summarizing the passage. However, there is possibility to modify the activities in
the textbook. If teachers find that students have already got bored with such activities or if mind mapping works more effectively for their student, then
students can be asked to summarize information in the passage by making a mind map.