Developing Materials for Language Teaching (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Tomlinson, Brian

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Viewing current developments in materials development through the eyes of developers, users and researchers from all over the world, this book applies principles to practice. It provides a comprehensive coverage of the main aspects and issues in the field as well as critical overviews of recent developments in materials development, and acts as a stimulus for innovation.

Now revised and updated to take account of developments over the last decade, this 3rd edition features:

- 8 new chapters, covering materials use, blended learning, multimodality, intercultural competence, communicative competence, the practical realisation of theoretical principles in the development of digital materials, the teaching of right to left languages and the commodification of grammar.
- Fully updated chapters with contemporary examples and considering teaching second and foreign languages other than English.
- New pedagogical resources, with the addition of tasks and further readings for each chapter.
- New online resources, 2 new chapters on producing videos on teacher development courses and materials development on teacher training courses and 2 updated chapters on development courses for teachers and simulations in teacher development, alongside a range of additional tasks and further reading suggestions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 584
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350199705
• Artikelnr.: 68091424

Autorenporträt

Brian Tomlinson is Professor of TESOL at Anaheim University, USA and Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Liverpool, UK. He has worked in Japan, Indonesia, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, the UK, Vanuatu and Zambia, and is Founder and President of the Materials Development Association (MATSDA).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Preface
Brian Tomlinson (Anaheim University
USA) Introduction: Are Materials Developing? Brian Tomlinson (Anaheim University
USA) Part I: Evaluation and Adaptation of Materials 1. Materials Evaluation
Brian Tomlinson (Anaheim University
USA) 2. Adapting Courses: A Personal View
Claudia Saraceni (University of Bedfordshire
UK) 3. How Are Materials Actually Used? Claudia Fernandez (University of Illinois Chicago
USA) Comments on Part I
Brian Tomlinson (Anaheim University
USA) Part II: Principles and Procedures of Materials Development 4. Using Text-Driven and Other Principled Frameworks for Developing Materials for Language Learning
Brian Tomlinson (Anaheim University
USA) 5. Humanizing the Coursebook
Brian Tomlinson (Anaheim University
USA) 6. Reading Software Is As It Is Because Of What It Has To Do - A Systemic Functional Approach to Developing and Evaluating Digital Materials
Duriya Aziz Singapore Wala (Scholastic
Singapore) 7. The Visual Elements in EFL Coursebooks
David A. Hill and Nicolas Hurst (University of Porto
Portugal) 8. Creative Approaches to Writing Materials
Alan Maley (Assumption University
Bangkok
Thailand) 9. Developing Digital Language Learning Materials
Thom Kiddle and Chris Farrell (NILE ELT
UK) 10. Materials for Blended Learning
Pete Sharma (Pete Sharma Associates Ltd
UK) 11. Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL)
Nicky Hockly (The Consultants-E
Spain) Comments on Part II
Brian Tomlinson (Anaheim University
USA) Part III: Developing Materials for Target Groups 12. Language Teaching Materials for Young and Very Young Learners: Developmental Framework
Irma Ghosn (Lebanese American University
Lebanon) 13. Helping Young Learners to Read in an L2
Shelagh Rixon (University of Warwick
UK) 14. Materials for Adults: 'I am No Good at Languages!' - Inspiring and Motivating L2 Adult Learners of Beginner's Spanish
Rosa-Maria Cives-Enriquez (Chartered Institute of Linguists
UK) 15. Mining the L2 Environment: ESOL Learners and Strategies Outside the Classroom
Naeema Haan (Leeds Beckett University
UK) 16. Materials for Teaching Right to Left Languages Naeema Haan (Leeds Beckett University
UK) Comments on Part III
Brian Tomlinson (Anaheim University
USA) Part IV: Developing Specific Types of Materials 17. 'The structure comes first': How Coursebooks Commodify Grammar
Scott Thornbury (Freelance Consultant) 18. Materials for Teaching Vocabulary
Paul Nation (Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand) 19. Materials for Developing Reading Skills
Hitomi Masuhara (University of Liverpool
UK) 20. Materials for Developing Writing Skills
Ken Hyland (University of East Anglia
UK) 21. Developing Materials for Speaking Skills
Dat Bao (Monash University
Australia) 22. Coursebook Listening Activities
David A. Hill and Brian Tomlinson (Anaheim University
USA) 23. Materials for Developing Competence in Multi-Modal Discourse
Kay O'Halloran (University of Liverpool
UK) 24. Towards Intercultural Competence: Materials for Raising Intercultural Awareness
Freda Mishan (University of Limerick
Ireland) 25. Corpora and Materials: Towards a Working Relationship
Ivor Timmis (Leeds Beckett University
UK) 26. Materials for Developing Communicative Competence
Brian Tomlinson (Anaheim University
USA) Comments on Part IV
Brian Tomlinson (Anaheim University
USA) Conclusion
Brian Tomlinson (Anaheim University
USA) Index