Language curriculum design

"Case studies are a powerful pedagogical tool for illuminating constructs and models in real-life contexts. Covering a wide range of teachingùlearning contexts and offering in-depth analyses of ESL/EFL language curriculum design issues, this casebook is distinctive and unique in that each case...

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Main Author: Nation, I. S. P.
Other Authors: Macalister, John 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; London Routledge 2010
Series:ESL & applied linguistics professional series
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A survival language learning syllabus for foreign travel
  • Design meeting context: A general English course for Burmese adults-- Designing English language courses for Omani students
  • My ideal vocabulary teaching course
  • Opening the door to international communication: Peruvian officials and APEC
  • Helping skilled migrants into employment: The workplace communication program
  • The blended language learning course in Taiwan: Issues & challenges of instructional design
  • Designing the assessment of a university ESOL course
  • Refreshing a writing course: The role of evaluation
  • Localizing Spanish in the Ann Arbor Languages Partnership: Develoopiing and using a 'teachable' curriculum
  • Learning to teach Spanish: Identifying, inducting, and supporting apprentice teachers in the Ann Arbor Languages Partnership
  • Negotiated syllabuses: Do you want to?
  • Enhancing consumerist literacy practices in an urbanizing community
  • The teacher as intermediary between national curriculum and classroom
  • Developing a blogwriting program at a Japanese university