Case studies in language curriculum design : concepts and approaches in action around the world

Author(s)

• Macalister, John
• Nation, I. S. P.

Bibliographic Information

Case studies in language curriculum design : concepts and approaches in action around the world

edited by John Macalister and I.S.P. Nation

（ESL and applied linguistics professional series）

Routledge, 2011

• : hbk
• : pbk

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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 from it. This is a versatile text, designed to work as a companion to Language Curriculum Design (adding meaning and depth to the model presented there by relating it to a range of applications), as a stand-alone text, or as a resource for language teacher trainees, teacher educators, practicing teachers, program administrators, and materials writers in the field.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Paul Nation and John Macalister A survival language learning syllabus for foreign travel Paul Nation and David Crabbe Design meeting context: A general English course for Burmese adults Katie Julian and Derek Foster Designing English language courses for Omani students Angela Joe My ideal vocabulary teaching course Paul Nation Opening the door to international communication: Peruvian officials and APEC Susan Smith Helping skilled migrants into employment: The workplace communication program Nicky Riddiford The blended language learning course in Taiwan: Issues & challenges of instructional design Gi-Zen Liu Designing the assessment of a university ESOL course John Read and Lizzy Roe Refreshing a writing course: The role of evaluation John Macalister Localizing Spanish in the Ann Arbor Languages Partnership: Develoopiing and using a 'teachable' curriculum Donald Freeman, Maria Coolican and Kathleen Graves Learning to teach Spanish: Identifying, inducting, and supporting apprentice teachers in the Ann Arbor Languages Partnership Donald Freeman, Maria Coolican and Kathleen Graves Negotiated syllabuses: Do you want to? Andrew Boon Enhancing consumerist literacy practices in an urbanizing community Moses Samuel and Saratha Sithamparam The teacher as intermediary between national curriculum and classroom Kevin Parent Developing a blogwriting program at a Japanese university Patrick Foss

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Details

• NCID: BB05835586
• ISBN:
  • 9780415882316
  • 9780415882323
• LCCN: 2011002638
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 210 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PE1128.A2
  • DC22 : 428.2/4071
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
  • LCSH : English teachers -- Training of
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA52906729