English language teaching materials : theory and practice / edited by Nigel Harwood.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harwood, Nigel.

Series:

Cambridge language education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language.

Physical Description:

xi, 436 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Summary:

"This volume provides an incisive overview of the current state of materials design in language teaching. Seventeen original chapters explore the issues involved in the design, implementation, and evaluation of materials in language programs in a wide variety of settings and contexts. This stimulating collection considers different approaches to materials design - including teacher-developed classroom materials, commercial materials, and technology-driven materials. Discussion questions and tasks follow each chapter to make this volume useful to both prospective and practicing teachers alike"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

pt. A. INTRODUCTION. 1. Issues in materials development and design / Nigel Harwood

pt. B. PERSPECTIVES ON MATERIALS. 2. Second language acquisition research and language-teaching materials / Rod Ellis

3. The theory and practice of technology in materials development and task design / Hayo Reinders and Cynthia White

4. Principles of effective materials development / Brian Tomlinson

5. Critical praxis as materials development : responding to military recruitment on a U.S. campus / Sarah Benesch

pt. C. MATERIALS FOR THE LANGUAGE SYLLABUS. 6. A principled approach to content-based materials development for reading / Norman W. Evans, K. James Hartshorn, and Neil J. Anderson

7. A genre-based approach to developing materials for writing Chris Tribble

8. Listening as process : learning activities for self-appraisal and self-regulation / Christine Goh

9. Materials to develop the speaking skill / Rebecca Hughes

10. Developing materials for discipline-specific vocabulary and phrases in academic seminars / Martha Jones and Norbert Schmitt

pt. D. MATERIALS FOR SPECIFIC AND ACADEMIC PURPOSES. 11. Materials for university essay writing Martin Hewings

12. Writing for publication : corpus-informed materials for postdoctoral fellows in perinatology / Christine B. Feak and John M. Swales

13. Research-based materials to demystify academic citation for postgraduates / Nigel Harwood

14. Making professional academic writing practices visible : designing research-based heuristics to support English-medium text production / Mary Jane Curry and Theresa Lillis

15. English for nursing : developing discipline-specific materials / Susan Bosher

16. Using textbook and real-life data to teach turn taking in business meetings / Jo Angouri

17. Designing materials for community-based adult ESL programs / Cori Jakubiak and Linda Harklau.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780521121583

0521121582

9780521198561

0521198569

OCLC:

468978203