Case Studies in Language Curriculum Design : Concepts and Approaches in Action Around the World.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macalister, John, 1956-

Contributor:

Nation, I.S.P.

Series:

ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English teachers--Training of.

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

English language.

English teachers.

Local Subjects:

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

English teachers--Training of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Case studies are a powerful pedagogical tool for illuminating constructs and models in real-life contexts. Covering a wide range of teaching-learning contexts and offering in-depth analyses of ESL/ELT language curriculum design issues, this casebook is distinctive and unique in that each case draws on and is clearly linked to a single model presented in Nation and Macalister's Language Curriculum Design (www.routledge.com/9780415806060), giving the book a high degree of coherence. A short commentary by the editors after each case highlights features of note and/or issues arising fr

Contents:

Case Studies in Language Curriculum Design Concepts and Approaches in Action Around the World; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 A Survival Language Learning Syllabus for Foreign Travel; 3 Design Meeting Context: A General English Course for Burmese Adults; 4 Designing English Language Courses for Omani Students; 5 My Ideal Vocabulary Teaching Course; 6 Opening The Door to International Communication: Peruvian Officials and Apec; 7 Helping Skilled Migrants into Employment: The Workplace Communication Program

8 The Blended Language Learning Course in Taiwan: Issues and Challenges of Instructional Design9 Designing the Assessment of a University Esol Course; 10 Refreshing a Writing Course: The Role of Evaluation; 11 Localizing Spanish in the Ann Arbor Languages Partnership: Developing and Using a "Teachable" Curriculum; 12 Learning to Teach Spanish: Identifying, Inducting, and Supporting Apprentice Teachers in the Ann Arbor Languages Partnership; 13 Negotiated Syllabuses: Do You Want to?; 14 Enhancing Consumerist Literacy Practices in an Urbanizing Community

15 The Teacher as Intermediary between National Curriculum and Classroom16 Developing a Blogwriting Program at a Japanese University; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-283-10583-7

9786613105837

1-136-94420-6

0-203-84785-7

9780203847855

OCLC:

813308942