Be aware with your choice teachers!!

The idea of evaluating textbooks is not only for selecting which materials we as teachers like or dislike, but this decision-making process should be seen as a process where we need to discover if the materials we have in our hands are suitable for our students or not. Hutchinson (1987) says
“Materials evaluation can and should be a two-way process which enables teachers not just to select a textbook, but also to develop their awareness of their own teaching/learning situation”(2).
Also, as he expresses, evaluation should be seen as a process of matching where you need to find a link between the needs, the materials and the overall teaching/learning situation. Sometimes, teachers only select materials because they look pretty, full of colors, or they may be fun for the students; however, but at the end learners are not able to perform anything . As English instructor, there should be five important principles when we select materials; first, the content of the material and the relationship among what is being studied in class. Second, the objective of such material; how meaningful it is and if they students are really going to accomplish something when we finish the activity. The third principle is if the material is realistic and suitable for them to apply in real life situations; the fourth principle is the way this material is designed. Materials cannot be too crowded, with different fonts, easy to follow and understand and finally, the last principle is that they should cause a positive effect on the students at the time they are doing the activity.
By the reason of this, I prefer to design and adapt the materials I have because I know that they will fulfill certain objectives and they are going to be worthy although they mean work for me; but seeing my students working and reaching goals and be able to perform in the target language with materials I designed is more grateful than anything else. I consider that we teachers always have the right too chose, as you decide if you want to be a good teacher you can decide which materials you can use in your classrooms in many fields such as methodological, technological, style and approach .