Many textbooks create a climate for socially isolated learning.
They contain information centered on exercises such as repetition, pattern practice drills, gap-filling, and grammatical transformation. Teachers need more materials that help students become thoughtful participants in a socially rich environment for learning and that feature everyday uses of English. A teacher should consider the following when selecting and using authentic materials. He claims that teachers use wonderful creative activities but are not looking at how they can help students do the activity better and what the students can or cannot do. Teachers are simply moving them through activities, assuming they are learning.