Keywords
selection, criteria, language materials, important components, evaluation.
Abstract
The present article identifies important criteria that need to be considered in
the selection of input materials used to teach the language of product/technology description.
Common language patterns that embed written or spoken comments related to technology/
product descriptions such as multi-word units (e.g. tablet-driven display, arsenic free
display glass), sequences of adjectives, be they classifying, descriptive or qualifying (e.g.
pristine, non-porous, easy-cleaning qualities), grammatical structures (e.g. passive voice to
explain procedures, for/to structures to signal the envisioned action), positively evaluative
lexis are highlighted as essential features of input materials adequate to develop learner
genre awareness.