English Language Teaching Textbooks

Content, Consumption, Production
2014. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-27627-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 373 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 5907 g

English language teaching textbooks (or coursebooks) play a central role in the life of a classroom. This edited volume contains research-informed chapters focusing on: analysis of textbook content; how textbooks are used in the classroom; and textbook writers' accounts of the materials writing, design, and publishing process.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harwood, N.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Content, Consumption, And Production: Three Levels of Textbook Research; Nigel Harwood PART I: STUDIES OF TEXTBOOK CONTENT 2. All Middle Class Now? Evolving Representations of the Working Class in the Neoliberal Era - The Case of ELT Textbooks; John Gray and David Block 3. Reading Comprehension Questions: The Distribution of Different Types in Global EFL Textbooks; Diana Freeman 4. Teaching English Reading: What's Included in the Textbooks of Pre-Service General Education Teachers?; L. Quentin Dixon, Shuang Wu, Renata Burgess-Brigham, R. Malatesha Joshi, Emily Binks-Cantrell, and Erin Washburn PART II: STUDIES OF TEXTBOOK CONSUMPTION 5. Teachers' Conceptualization and Use of the Textbook on a Medical English Course; Ahlam Menkabu and Nigel Harwood 6. An Experienced Teacher's Use of the Textbook on an Academic English Course: A Case Study; Fotini Grammatosi and Nigel Harwood 7. Global Textbooks in Local Contexts: An Empirical Investigation of Effectiveness; Gregory Hadley PART III: STUDIES OF TEXTBOOK PRODUCTION 8. Writing Materials for Publication: Questions Raised and Lessons Learned; Ivor Timmis 9. An Interdisciplinary Textbook Project: Charting The Paths Taken; Fredricka L. Stoller and Marin S. Robinson 10. Tensions Between the Old and the New in EAP Textbook Revision: A Tale Of Two Projects; Christine B. Feak and John M. Swales 11. Chaosmos: Spontaneity and Order in the Materials Design Process; Jill Hadfield

Über Autor(innen)

Emily Binks-Cantrell, Texas A&M University, USA
David Block, Universitat de Lleida, Spain
Renata Burgess-Brigham, Texas A&M University, USA
L. Quentin Dixon, Texas A&M University, USA
Christine Feak, University of Michigan, USA
Diana Freeman, University of Essex, UK
Fotini Grammatosi, University of Essex, UK
John Gray, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
Jill Hadfield, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Gregory Hadley, University of Oxford, UK
Nigel Harwood, University of Essex, UK
R. Malatesha (Malt) Joshi, Texas A&M University, USA
Ahlam Menkabu, University of Essex, UK
Marin S. Robinson, Northern Arizona University, USA
Fredricka L. Stoller, Northern Arizona University, USA
John M. Swales, University of Michigan, USA
Ivor Timmis, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Erin Washburn, Binghamton University, USA
Shuang Wu, Texas A&M University, USA