Developing materials for language teaching / Brian Tomlinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tomlinson, Brian, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Teaching--Aids and devices.

Teaching.

Physical Description:

x, 534 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2003.

Contents:

Introduction: Are Materials Developing? / Brian Tomlinson 1

Part A Evaluation and Adaptation of Materials

Chapter 1 Materials Evaluation / Brian Tomlinson 15

Chapter 2 Selection of Materials / Rani Rubdy 37

Chapter 3 A Coursebook is What It is because of What It has to Do: An Editor's Perspective / Duriya Aziz Singapore Wala 58

Chapter 4 Adapting Courses: A Critical View / Claudia Saraceni 72

Chapter 5 Adapting Classroom Materials / Carlos Islam, Chris Mares 86

Part B Principles and Procedures of Materials Development

Chapter 6 Developing Principled Frameworks for Materials Development / Brian Tomlinson 107

Chapter 7 Writing a Coursebook / Chris Mares 130

Chapter 8 Publishing a Coursebook: Completing the Materials Development Circle / Duriya Aziz Singapore Wala 141

Chapter 9 Humanizing the Coursebook / Brian Tomlinson 162

Chapter 10 The Visual Element in EFL Coursebooks / David A. Hill 174

Chapter 11 Creative Approaches to Writing Materials / Alan Maley 183

Chapter 12 Developing Electronic Materials for Language Teaching / Beverly Derewianka 199

Chapter 13 Hyperfiction: Explorations in Texture / Claudia Ferradas Moi 221

Part C Developing Materials for Target Groups

Chapter 14 Materials for Adults: 'I am No Good at Languages' - Inspiring and Motivating L2 Adult Learners of Beginner's Spanish / Rosa-Maria Cives-Enriquez 239

Chapter 15 Materials for Beginners / Carlos Islam 256

Chapter 16 Materials for Adult Beginners from an L2 User Perspective / Vivian Cook 275

Chapter 17 Talking like Texts and Talking about Texts: How Some Primary School Coursebook Tasks are Realized in the Classroom / Irma K. Ghosn 291

Chapter 18 Materials for Specific Purposes / Roger Barnard, Dorothy Zemach 306

Part D Developing Specific Types of Materials

Chapter 19 Materials for the Teaching of Grammar / Jeff Stranks 329

Chapter 20 Materials for Developing Reading Skills / Hitomi Masuhara 340

Chapter 21 Coursebook Listening Activities / David A. Hill, Brian Tomlinson 364

Chapter 22 Materials for Developing Speaking Skills / Bao Dat 375

Chapter 23 Materials for Teaching Vocabulary / Paul Nation 394

Chapter 24 Materials for Language through Literature. Rocking the Classroom: Rock Poetry Materials in the EFL Class / Claudia Ferradas Moi 406

Chapter 25 Materials for Language Awareness / Rod Bolitho 422

Chapter 26 Materials for Cultural Awareness / Alan Pulverness 426

Part E Training in Materials Development

Chapter 27 Materials Development Courses / Brian Tomlinson 445

Chapter 28 Simulations in Materials Development / Brian Tomlinson, Hitomi Masuhara 462

Chapter 29 Materials Development and Teacher Training / Christophe Canniveng, Mertxe Martinez 479

Chapter 30 A Practical Experience of Institutional Textbook Writing: Product/Process Implications for Materials Development / Patrick Lyons 490

Chapter 31 Personal and Professional Development through Writing: The Romanian Textbook Project / Ruxandra Popovici, Rod Bolitho 505.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0826459188

082645917X

OCLC:

50100105