Download or read book SLA Applied written by Brian Tomlinson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book connects SLA theory and practice in ways that are relevant and accessible to students, researchers and practitioners.
Download or read book New Approaches to Materials Development for Language Learning written by Olwyn Alexander and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2007 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing a selection of papers from a conference held in Edinburgh in 2005, this book highlights current issues in the teaching of English for academic and specific purposes.
Download or read book Materials Development in Language Teaching written by Brian Tomlinson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensively revised and updated to take account of the impact of technology on the field of materials development
Download or read book The Complete Guide to the Theory and Practice of Materials Development for Language Learning written by Brian Tomlinson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Guide to the Theory and Practice of Materials Development for Language Learning provides undergraduate and graduate-level students in applied linguistics and TESOL, researchers, materials developers, and teachers with everything they need to know about the latest theory and practice of language learning materials development for all media. The past two decades have seen historic change in the field of language learning materials development. The four main drivers of that change include a shift in emphasis from materials for language teaching to language learning; evidenced-based development; the huge increase in digital delivery technologies; and the wedding of materials developed for the learning of English with those for other second or foreign languages. Timely, authoritative, and global in scope, this text represents the ideal resource for all those studying and working in the field of language learning.
Download or read book Applied Linguistics and Materials Development written by Brian Tomlinson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applies applied linguistic theories to the development of materials for language learning to add new depth to the field.
Download or read book Issues in Materials Development written by Maryam Azarnoosh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues in Materials Development provides readers with theoretical foundations and practical aspects of designing materials for EFL/ESL contexts. It starts with discussing some basic and preliminary principles of materials design followed by scrutinizing critical issues in materials development in an objective and systematic way. This ranges from considering learners’ needs, adopting, adapting, selection, and gradation of materials to the specific focus of the book on developing various types of materials for the four language skills, pronunciation, ESP vocabulary, and computer assisted language learning materials. Authenticity of materials to be designed and the inclusion of affective factors to develop motivating materials to engage language learners, in addition to features of materials design at a universal level are other areas to read about. This book finally tries to open new horizons and possible futuristic approaches to improve today’s ELT materials.
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching written by Julie Norton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-25 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching is the definitive resource for all working in this area of language and English language teaching. With 34 chapters authored by leading figures from around the world, the Handbook provides an historical overview of the development of language teaching materials, critical discussion of core issues, and an assessment of future directions. The contributions represent a range of different international contexts, providing insightful, state-of-the-art coverage of the field. Structured in nine sections, the Handbook covers: changes and developments in language teaching materials controversial issues in materials development research and materials development materials for language learning and skills development materials evaluation and adaptation materials for specific contexts materials development and technology developing materials for publication professional development and materials writing Demonstrating throughout the dynamic relationship between theory and practice, this accessible Handbook is essential reading for researchers, scholars, and students on MA programmes in ELT, TESOL, and applied linguistics.
Download or read book The Cambridge Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages written by David Nunan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-02-15 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, written by leading practitioners, brings together a comprehensive overview of TESOL.
Download or read book Developing Materials for Language Teaching written by Brian Tomlinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This supplementary ebook contains the 12 chapters from the first edition of Brain Tomlinson's comprehensive Developing Materials for Language Teaching on various aspects of materials development for language teaching that did not, for reasons of space, appear in the second edition.
Download or read book Creativity and Innovations in ELT Materials Development written by Dat Bao and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together renowned scholars and new voices to challenge current practices in ELT materials design in order to work towards optimal learning conditions. It proposes ideas and principles to improve second language task design through novel resources such as drama, poetry, literature and online resources; and it maps out a number of unusual connections between theory and practice in the field of ELT materials development. The first section of the book discusses how innovative task-writing ideas can stretch materials beyond the current quality to make them more original and inspiring; the second part examines how different arts and technologies can drive innovation in coursebooks; the third section describes how teachers and learners can participate in materials writing and negotiate ways to personalize learning.
Download or read book Authenticity in Materials Development for Language Learning written by Alan Maley and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume makes a unique contribution to the literature on materials development for language learning. It focuses on issues related to authenticity in materials development and includes research-based position statements, applications of theory to practice and developments of theory from observed practice. Each paper concentrates on a different aspect of authenticity and many of them introduce the reader to previously unexplored facets of authenticity. The chapters are sequenced so that the book moves from general discussion about the value of authenticity to reports of evaluations of authenticity to reports of the exploitation of authenticity in specific learning contexts. Many questions are raised, much revealing data is reported and analysed, and many pedagogic suggestions are made. The contributions here have been written so that they are of potential value to teachers, to materials developers, to post-graduate students and to researchers. They are written to be academically rigorous, but at the same time to be accessible to newcomers to the field and to experienced experts alike.
Download or read book The Developing Language Learner written by Dick Allwright and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book-length treatment of Exploratory Practice introduces five propositions about learners as practitioners of learning who are capable of developing their expertise through conducting research in and on their own classroom learning lives.
Download or read book Practice and Theory for Materials Development in L2 Learning written by Alan Maley and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume represents a unique addition to the growing body of empirical literature on materials development, adopting a reverse approach to the topic. Rather than applying ‘theory to practice’, practitioners and researchers from 11 countries reappraise applied linguistics theories through practice. The book also provides evidence for the diversity of materials development around the globe at different levels for different specialities and for different purposes. Each chapter surveys the relevant literature (such as task-based learning and language and culture), describes a specific research project, reports the results of the project, and discusses the implications of these results for the development of materials both in the local context and in general. After each section there are editorial comments highlighting the issues emerging from the research, and there is a conclusion which connects the findings of the various chapters and makes suggestions both for future research and for the principled development of materials for L2 learners. The book will be suitable for teachers, materials developers, academics and students in post-graduate courses in applied linguistics, in TEFL/TESOL and in the teaching of other languages as an L2.
Download or read book New Trends in Foreign Language Teaching written by Raúl Ruiz Cecilia and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language teaching approaches, methods and procedures are constantly undergoing reassessment. New ideas keep emerging as the growing complexity of the means of communication and the opportunities created by technology put language skills to new uses. In addition, the political, social and economic impact of globalisation, the new demands of the labour market that result from it, the pursuit of competitiveness, the challenges of intercultural communication and the diversification of culture have opened new perspectives on the central role that foreign languages have come to play in the development of contemporary societies. This book provides an insight into the latest developments in the field and discusses the new trends in foreign language teaching in four major areas, namely methods and approaches, teacher training, innovation in the classroom, and evaluation and assessment.
Download or read book New Approaches to Literature for Language Learning written by Jeneen Naji and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book unpacks recent changes in the landscape of literature and language teaching, and aims to find new explanations for the altered relationships between readers and writers, the democratisation of authorship, and the emergence of new ways of using language. By examining topics as various as literature and technology, multimodality, and new Englishes, the authors take a fresh look at the use of literature as a tool in the teaching of English to second-language speakers. More than simply a way of teaching aesthetic and ethical values and rhetorical skills, they argue that literature can also be used to help students to critically evaluate assumptions about society, culture and power which underpin the production and reception of texts. The book relates theories of language acquisition and literary criticism to examples of literary texts from a wide range of global literature in English, and discusses new ways of engaging with it, such as transmedia story telling, book blogs and slam poetry. It will be of interest to language teachers and teacher trainers, and to students and scholars of applied linguistics, TESOL, and digital literacies.
Download or read book International Perspectives on Materials in ELT written by Sue Garton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-30 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Materials Development written by Steve Mann and published by Tesol Press. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Materials play a significant part in lessons, so it is important that these materials fit for purpose. Mann and Copland have elicited and included comments and suggestions from several teachers, teacher educators, and coursebook experts to illustrate their discussions and to bring the practitioner voice into play.
