![]() ![]() List of Contributors Preface, Brian Tomlinson Introduction: Are Materials Developing?, Brian Tomlinson PART A – EVALUATION AND ADAPTATION OF MATERIALS Chapter 1) Materials Evaluation, Brian Tomlinson Chapter 2) Adapting Courses: A Personal View, Claudia Saraceni Chapter 3) The Instructional Design Of A Course Book Is As It Is Because Of What It Has To Do - An Application of Systemic Functional Theory, Duria Aziz Singapore Wala Comments on Part A, Brian Tomlinson PART B – PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES OF MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT Chapter 4) Developing Principled Frameworks for Materials Development, Brian Tomlinson Chapter 5) Publishing a Course Book: The Role of Feedback, Duria Aziz Singapore Wala Chapter 6) Humanizing the Coursebook, Brian Tomlinson Chapter 7) The Visual Elements in EFL Coursebooks, David A. The book contains updated versions of many of the chapters in the 2003 edition plus new chapters on corpus-informed materials development, materials development for blended learning, materials development for EAP, materials development for ESOL and materials development for young learners. It is intended both for use as a course book on postgraduate and teacher training courses and as a resource for the stimulus and refreshment of teachers, publishers and applied linguists in the field. The chapters are written so that the book provides critical overviews of recent developments in materials development and at the same time acts as a stimulus for development and innovation in the field. ![]() In doing so it applies principles to practice in ways demonstrated to facilitate the effectiveness of language learning materials. It is the only publication which views current developments in materials development through the eyes of developers and users of materials from all over the world. It deals with advances in IT and an increasingly globalized world. This second edition brings it completely up to date and expands on the original book. ![]() ![]() There have been a number of books published on various aspects of materials development for language teaching but Developing Materials for Language Teaching is the only one which provides a comprehensive coverage of the main aspects and issues in the field. ![]()
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