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MATERIALS METAPHORS

What is your coursebook to you? The image below illustrates some metaphors (from
McGrath 2002) that could be applied to coursebooks.
Task:
Choose the one that most accurately reflects your own feelings about coursebooks. You
may like to consider some of the prompts below in your answer.
What does the metaphor you chose reveal about?

• your relationship with coursebooks?


• how much flexibility they offer?
• how helpful they are to the teacher? And to the learners?
• how much they teach you about teaching?
• how much they inspire you?

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