Development of didactic materials with the use of content-language integration method (CLIL)
Table of contents: The Kazakh-American Free University Academic Journal №8 - 2016
Authors: Kyzykeyeva Almagul, Kazakh-American Free University, Kazakhstan
Oskolkova Anna, Kazakh-American Free University, Kazakhstan
Due to the analysis of students' independent
work they often point to the need of self-control of this work, the need to be
provided with a detailed commentary of all the difficulties during task performance,
the difficulties in self-orientation in the theoretical material.
The surveys, conducted on the basis of
educational institutions, resulted in that some students, without obtaining the
information they need, in the search for the right information, often turn to a
teacher rather than a textbook or a grammar reference. Thus, there is a need
for special didactic materials for independent work of students in the project
[1].
Thus, the didactic material - is a special
type of teaching materials, mainly visual: maps, tables, sets of cards with
text, figures or drawings, reagents, plants, animals, etc., including materials
that are based on information technologies, distributed to students for
independent work in the classroom and at home, or demonstrated by the teacher
before the class (group).
As the most important principles of
teaching, implemented in the development of teaching materials, we would like
to highlight the following:
1. The principle of accessibility (didactic
materials are selected according to the students' level of knowledge and language);
2. The principle of individual work
(students work with didactic materials on their own);
3. The principle of individual interests
(students work with didactic materials with their own pace; complexity and type
of materials can also be selected individually);
4. The principles of visualization and
simulation (as visual aids play a crucial role in human life, the use of them
is extremely effective in training);
5. The principle of durability (human
memory is selective: the more important, interesting and varied the material
is, the stronger it is fixed in the memory, so the practical use of the
acquired knowledge and skills is an effective way to continue their
assimilation, it contributes to their better fixation in a game (modeling)
computing environment);
6. The principle of cognitive motivation;
7. The principle of challenge (during the
course the student must solve a specific didactic problem, using their knowledge
and skills; being in a situation different from the situation in the classroom,
in new practical circumstances, he carries out an independent search activity,
actively fostering their intellectual, motivational, volitional, emotional and
other areas) [2].
It should be noted that the use of didactic
material helps to activate the educational activities of students, saving
training time.
Many educators prefer to use in their work
teaching materials of controlling function.
Given that the basis of any educational
process is, above all, an independent activity of students, as well as the fact
that the main purpose of teaching materials is to use them in independent work,
we can conclude that the teaching materials in the teaching process should play
a somewhat different role.
Next, we would like to elaborate on the
consideration of the main purposes of the application of didactic materials. We
can include self-mastery of the training materials and the formation of ability
to work with various information sources, activation of cognitive activity of
students, formation of their own abilities to comprehend and assimilate the new
material [3].
We would like to emphasize that the conventional
alternatives, diagrams and illustrations in teaching materials contribute to
the development of creative imagination, allow to "objectify"
abstract concepts.
The use of teaching materials allows to
control feedback, error diagnosis (the appearance of corresponding comments on
the computer) with the results of operations and evaluation of results. Also,
teaching materials are aimed at self-control and self-correction, training in
the process of learning.
In the process of work with teaching
materials students enhance their learning motivation; there is the development
of a certain type of thinking (visual-figurative, theoretical, logical), the
process of creating a culture of learning activity, information culture of the
society; the interaction of intellectual and emotional functions in the joint
solution of research (creative) learning tasks.
For example, if the materials are of
controlling function, they must be able to provide self-examination and
self-control.
The system of teaching materials in the
teaching process must also assume a consistent, gradual teaching students different
techniques or methods of learning activities, and the use of assignments of
various levels (reproductive, transformative or creative) [4].
Among the existing requirements to the
didactic materials we can mention in particular the need to choose the sequence
of information introduction; the teacher should provide the student with
detailed advice on the issue of self-study and self-control, structure the
material in such a way as to ensure visibility for visual comparison and
matching.
Today, the use of information and
communication technologies in the educational process is rather widespread. It
promotes the flexibility of instructional time due to the performance of
difficult computing operations, strengthening the motivation of learning, the
development of a certain type of thinking (visual-figurative, theoretical,
logical).
Didactic materials should have a direction
associated with the formation of culture of educational activity, as well as
contribute to enhanced interaction of intellectual and emotional functions, in
particular in the joint solution of research (creative) learning tasks [5].
Modern information technologies enable the
developers of teaching materials to operate such a complex of verbal and
nonverbal means. These tools allow you to create aesthetic, interesting, entertaining,
informative, challenging materials and, thereby, improve motivation and
cognitive interest of students. In our view, this psycho-educational component
of the didactic material is aimed at attracting the attention of the student,
the maintenance of his cognitive interest, activation of his thinking on the
formation of the described evaluations, creates incentives for in-depth study
of an issue [6].
It should be noted that the development of
teaching materials is carried out according to certain stages:
1) determining the
objectives of training in the classroom;
2) selection of the
content of educational material and methods of its teaching;
3) definition of
the scope and purpose of the use of teaching materials;
4) development of
lessons with the use of teaching materials; tasks design for selected classes;
5) selection of the
adequate way of presenting didactic material; selection means involved in
development;
6) development of
teaching assignments;
7) formation of
methodical means;
8) development of
methodological recommendations;
9) development of
criteria for evaluating learning outcomes;
10) development of
the means of control of knowledge and methods of their application;
11) inclusion of
didactic materials as a didactic tool in the educational process;
12) interpretation
of outcomes [7].
Nowadays electronic teaching materials have
been widely used in the educational process. There is a classification of
electronic materials for methodical and didactic purposes In particular, we can
define the following types [8]:
1) didactic texts
for teaching students to work with a variety of information sources (textbooks,
maps, directories, dictionaries, electronic resources, etc.);
2) generalized
plans of some kinds of cognitive activity: the study of scientific facts;
preparation and conduct of an experiment; the study of the physical device; of
scientific and technical research; measurement activities; functional
dependency graph analysis; table analysis;
3) memo (manual) on
the formation of thinking of logic operations: comparison, generalization,
classification, analysis, synthesis;
4) the task of
forming the ability to compare, analyze, demonstrate, establish cause-effect
relationships, to generalize;
5) setting
different levels of complexity: reproductive, transformative, creative;
6) work with
challenging issues;
7) the task for the
development of imagination and creativity;
8) experimental
tasks;
9) generic
activity-model of the experiment as a method of self-study, which includes
recommendations for the formulation of the goal of the experiment, the
nomination and the justification of experimental research hypotheses, planning
of experiments, methods of recording observations and measurements, measuring
rules, assessment of the accuracy of measurement, a graphic interpretation of experiment
results, the rules of approximate calculations, display language on the results
of the experiment, the rules of registration of the report [9];
10) guidance cards,
reflecting the logic of learning the new material and the necessary methods of
study;
11) counseling
cards, teaching materials with explanatory drawings made up of tasks, indicating
the types of tasks, etc.;
12) instructions
for laboratory work and experimentation workshop;
13) students'
worksheets for laboratory studies;
14) reference
materials: "Laboratory equipment: Devices, their functions and
specifications, terms of use", "Measuring devices. Terms of user and
features of measurement technology "; tables of physical quantities, etc.;
15) the algorithm
of the assignment;
16) indication of
the cause-effect relationships needed to perform the work;
17) indication of
the theorems, rules, formulas, based on which the job is executed;
18) the model and
simulation of the studied or investigated objects, processes or phenomena;
19) the conduct of
laboratory work in the conditions of the simulation in a computer program or a
real experience of the experiment (the student may, in its discretion, change
the initial parameters of the experiments to observe how the result changes,
analyze and draw conclusions);
20) tests with the
possibility of self-control [10, 11].
Speaking in general, the use of teaching
materials in the teaching process, is aimed at facilitating the solution of
problems faced by the teacher: student gets a complete assistance to master the
knowledge and use it in solving practical tasks.
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