Adapting materialsTaken from McDonough, J & Shaw, C. (2003) adapted by Agudelo, J.,
Cardona, D., Velasquez, A.
Students needs
Match
•Why do we adapt?
Congruence
•What do we adapt?
Factors to consider when adapating
material.
External
Characteristics
Teaching situations
Chapters
internal
content
organization
consistency
Procedures
Personalize Individualize
localize
Techniques
Ho
w
Adding
Deleting
Modifying
simplifying
Re-ordering
Applied to content areas
Languagepractice
texts
skillsClassroom
management