23rd July 2008

Today, we were introduced with the ASSURE Model and ADDIE Model. Both of the models are beneficial in designing material in teaching and learning process. ASSURE that is the abbreviation for Analyze learners, State objectives, Select instructional methods, media, and materials, Utilize media and materials, Require learner participation and Evaluate and revise and ADDIE stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation provide us guidelines in creating the materials that we are going to exploit in the classroom that suit the needs, interests, and level of proficiency. It is crucial for the teachers to develop the most appropriate learning environment for the students so that they can ensure active participation of all pupils and knowledge dissemination. Nevertheless, getting to know the learners’ characteristics is rather important for it is the base of designing effective materials. It is very much related to assessment process whereby, teacher can observe the performance of the learners by carrying out on-the-run assessment in order to know the target audience notably their prior knowledge, skills, and attitudes. I think that the assessment process is the best way for the teachers to know the students overall characteristics as well as their competencies in certain areas so that the result will indicates what materials that are suitable to be used in particular classroom. Since there are ranges of materials and media available, such as images, smartboard, audio and videos, teachers have lots of choices to select and bring it to class and then teach. But the most prominent things are preparation, creativity and effort!!