Principles and Procedures

BY:jahanbakhsh  Nikoopour(ph.D)

Keywords: Personalizing ,Individualizing , Localizing , Modernizing , Adding, Deleting, Modifying, Simplifying,             Re-ordering

The reasons for adapting that we have discussed can be thought of as dealing with the modification of content, whether that content is expressed in the form of exercises and activities; texts; instructions; tests and so on. We should consider the requirements of a particular teaching environment which need a number of changes that will lead to greater appropriacy. This is most likely to be expressed in terms of a need to personalize, individualize, or localize the content. We take ' personalizing' here to refer to increasing the relevance of content in relation to learners' interests and their academic, educational, or professional needs. 'Individualizing' will address the learning styles both of individuals and of the members of a class working closely together. "Localizing" takes into account the international geography of English language teaching and recognizes that what may work well in Mexico City may not do so in Edinburgh or in Kuala Lumpur. Madsen and Bowen(1978) include a further category of 'modernizing', and comment that not all materials show familiarity with aspects of current English usage, sometimes to the point of being not only out of date or misleading but even incorrect.