Supplementary materials and activities

Can you list four or five reasons for wanting to use supplementary materials in the classroom? Use these phrases to guide your answer.

• Coursebook material (Suitable for learners age, background? Complete? Relevant to needs?)
• Extra practice, extending.
• Variety (methodology, activities)

Brainstorm a list of different supplementary materials that can be used in the classroom and decide what are some possible advantages and disadvantages for them.

For an overview of some supplementary books (for skills and language) and free samples visit the Copy Collection at Cambridge University Press.

Here is a sample from their supplementary book entitled Imaginative Project.

From here