El factor lúdico y la motivación en las actividades de los libros de texto en Inglés como L2revisión de material didáctico

Resumen

Despite the fact that course books are nowadays increasingly being called into question, and that there has been a reduction in their use in favour of other resources �sometimes being completely replaced�, they are still widely recognised as the most widely exploited tool within educational settings. Besides, the fact that emotional bonding and a relaxed atmosphere significantly support the acquisition and internalization of content, not only in relation to learning English but also to any other subject, we can assume that the activities carried out in the classroom should hold a noticeable element of fun. The goal of this article is to analyse the tasks contained in two English course books published by Oxford University Press, which are commonly used in the final year of Primary Education and the first of Secondary Education. The purpose of the analysis is to identify the fun element and the motivational aspects in the activities of both course books; to this end, the evaluation framework proposed in �Materials Development in Language Teaching� has been applied. The aim of this paper is to assess the presence of this methodological approach in both books, to study whether or not there is a shift from Primary Education to Secondary Education, and to consider the consequences it involves for both educational stages.