Research for Materials Development in Language Learning: Evidence For Best Practice

✍ Scribed by Brian Tomlinson (editor)

• Publisher: Continuum
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 447
• Edition: Illustrated
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Recently there has been a dramatic increase in the attention given to materials development as an academic discipline. More universities are including modules on materials development on their MA in applied linguistics courses and more students are studying materials development in their PhD research. Yet to date there has been no publication focusing on reporting and discussing the results of research in materials development. This fills that gap, reporting on the results of recent research projects in materials development and discussing their implications for the learning and teaching of languages. The editors' introduction outlines the rationale, scope and objectives of the book andreviews previously published reports of research in materials development. There areconcluding chapters which point out implications for second language acquisition theory and research methodology. The book features suggest applications of the reported research for materials development and proposals for future action in research in materials development for language teaching.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Preface
1 Published Research on Materials Development for Language Learning
Part I: Research on the Effects of Extensive Reading
2 Five-year Outcomes from Children’s Literature-based Programmes vs. Programmes Using a Skills-based ESL Course – The Matthew and Peter Effects at Work?
3 A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of a Graded Reader Scheme for Young Learners in Hong Kong
4 A Debate on the Desired Effects of Output Activities for Extensive Reading
Comments on Part I
Part II: Research on the Effects of In-House Materials for University Students
5 The Effects of Different Types of Materials on the Intercultural Competence of Tunisian University Students
6 The Effects of Language Materials on the Development of Intercultural Competence
7 Developing and Trialling Authentic Materials for Business English Students at a Tunisian University
8 Can a 48-hour Refresher Course Help First-year English for Science and Technology Reading Students? A Case Study of English CIU at Universidad
9 Evaluating the Impact of In-house Materials on Language Learning
Comments on Part II
Part III: Research on the Effects of Locally Developed Materials for Language Learners
10 Process Drama in the Korean EFL Secondary Classroom: A Case Study of Korean Middle School Classrooms
11 ESOL for Employability Training Materials in the United Kingdom: Contexts and Effects
12 Learning Materials for L2 Songwriters
13 The Development and Trialling of Materials for Second Language Instruction: A Case Study
14 Composing Textbooks as a Non-expert
15 Four Teachers Looking for a Lesson: Developing Materials with Lesson Study
Comments on Part III
Part IV: Research on the Effectiveness of Materials
16 Mutual Benefits of Feedback on Materials through Collaborative Materials Evaluation
17 Cultures of Learning in Three Language Coursebooks in China: ‘Read with Your Heart’, ‘Listen and Check’ and ‘Fill in the Blank and Use the Language’
18 Words as They Appear in Malaysian Secondary School English Language Textbooks: Some Implications for Pedagogy
19 Textbooks and Literacy Development in a Multilingual School in Ghana
20 The Effectiveness of Form-focused English Teaching Materials
21 A Review of Textbook Evaluation Checklists across Four Decades (1970–2008)
22 Withstanding Washback: Thinking Outside the Box in Materials Development
23 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Learning to Teach English as an Introduction to ELT
24 An Initial Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Set of Published Materials for Medical English
Comments on Part IV
Part V: Applications of the Research Results
25 Applications of the Research Results for Second Language Acquisition Theory and Research
26 Applications of the Research Results for Materials Development
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