• AGBA Yoboué Kouadio Michel

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This paper makes the claim that teachers should take the step from materials adoption
to materials development. As no textbooks is tailored to exactly take into account every single
context, teachers should be able to develop textbooks that fit their specific contexts based on
factors related to students(age, learning style, interests etc.), teachers (need and preferences)
and to the teaching-learning environment. The process does not start from scratch. It is a
creative re-designing of exiting textbooks using a rational and principled decision making
process which starts from textbook evaluation. The author also provides teachers with
theoretical and practical considerations for textbook development. However, he makes it a point
that textbook development is an arduous endeavour which requires teachers to have a good
knowledge in English, enough practical classroom experience, and a good knowledge of
teaching and learning theories.

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