Current interest in ELT materials is driven by local concerns in an era where globalization, global English, technological advances and concomitant critical factors are having a significant impact on educational policy, curriculum provision, language pedagogy and materials use. Despite changing methodologies and technological developments, materials remain at the heart of language teaching. This book brings together different perspectives on ELT materials from a range of international contexts and a variety of educational settings. All the chapters are underpinned by sound theoretical principles while addressing practical concerns and debates in materials design and use. The focus throughout is on how the local experience of the individual authors, who are practitioners and educators as well as researchers, is relevant to a global audience of TESOL professionals-- Current interest in ELT materials is driven by local concerns in an era where globalization, global English, technological advances and concomitant critical factors are having a significant impact on educational policy, curriculum provision, language pedagogy and materials use. Despite changing methodologies and technological developments, materials remain at the heart of language teaching. This book brings together different perspectives on ELT materials from a range of international contexts and a variety of educational settings. All the chapters are underpinned by sound theoretical principles while addressing practical concerns and debates in materials design and use. The focus throughout is on how the local experience of the individual authors, who are practitioners and educators as well as researchers, is relevant to a global audience of TESOL professionals.
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Series Editors' Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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Notes on Contributors |
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1 Materials in ELT: Current Issues |
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Part I Global and Local Materials |
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3 Global vs. Local: Does It Matter? |
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4 Adapting Materials to Meet the Literacy Needs of Young Bahraini Learners |
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5 Cultural Representations in Algerian English Textbooks |
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Part II Materials in the Classroom |
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6 Coping with New Teaching Approaches and Materials: An East-European EFL Teacher's Interpretation of Communicative Teaching Activities |
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7 Materials Adaptation in Ghana: Teachers' Attitudes and Practices |
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8 Multilevel Materials for Multilevel Learners |
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9 Designing Effective, Culturally, and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy |
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Part III Materials and Technology |
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10 English Language Learning through Mobile Phones |
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159 | (19) |
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11 Using Interactive Fiction for Digital Game-based Language Learning |
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12 Using Web 2.0 Tools in CLIL |
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Part IV Materials and Teacher Education |
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13 The Story Reading Project: Integrating Materials Development with Language Learning and Teaching for NNES Teachers in Training |
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219 | (18) |
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14 Teaching Pre-service EFL Teachers to Analyse and Adapt Published Materials: An Experience from Brazil |
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Eliane H. Augusto-Navarro |
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Denise M. de Abreu-e-Lima |
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15 Factors Influencing Japanese Teachers' Adoption of Communication-oriented Textbooks |
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16 Materials and ELT: Looking Ahead |
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Suggested Reading |
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Index |
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Denise M. de Abreu-e-Lima, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil Eliane H. Augusto-Navarro, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil Esther G. Bosompem, Ghana Institute of Languages Maurizia Cherubin, English teacher, Italy Tanya Cotter, British Council in Libya. Enrique García Pascual, University of Zaragoza, Spain Josie Guiney Igielski, English teacher, USA Simon Humphries, Doshisha University, Japan Mario López Barrios, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina Fabrizio Maggi, University of Pavia, Italy Hayat Messekher, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Bouzaréah, Algiers Apiwan Nuangpolmak, Chulalongkorn University Language Institute, Thailand Luciana C. de Oliveira, Columbia University, USA
Patricia Pashby, University of Oregon, USA Joe Pereira, British Council in Portugal Arifa Rahman, English teacher, Bangladesh Jack Richards, University of Sydney, Australia Kristjan Seferaj, Aston University, UK Bonny Tibbitts, University of Oregon, USA Elba Villanueva de Debat, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina