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 Instructi