Designing Effective Interactive Materials for English Teaching at Infant Level

Abstract

This research article seeks to analyze how teachers can design effective and interactive English teaching materials based on the student's likes and needs. This research was carried out in a private language school in Chilpancingo de los Bravos, Guerrero, Mexico. This research has the objective to propose a set of effective interactive English teaching materials for young learners. Also, to analyze the factors, teachers need to consider identifying the difficulties, and to define the advantages when designing effective English teaching materials for young learners. The study was fulfilled through a qualitative approach and action research method, which included the teacher-researcher, the teacher involved in the class, and the infant-level students as participants. Data was collected by interviews, classroom observations, and a questionnaire to help evaluate the English teaching materials and the activities. The results showed how the different English teaching materials can affect the learning process of the students, also the props that the English teaching materials have on how the students focus and produce the language.