Developing Materials for Language Teaching Second Edition

There have been a number of books published on various aspects of materials development for language teaching but Developing Materials for Language Teaching is the only one which provides a comprehensive coverage of the main aspects and issues in the field. This second edition brings it completely up to date and expands on the original book. It deals with advances in IT and an increasingly globalized world.

It is the only publication which views current developments in materials development through the eyes of developers and users of materials from all over the world. In doing so it applies principles to practice in ways demonstrated to facilitate the effectiveness of language learning materials.

The chapters are written so that the book provides critical overviews of recent developments in materials development and at the same time acts as a stimulus for development and innovation in the field. It is intended both for use as a course book on postgraduate and teacher training courses and as a resource for the stimulus and refreshment of teachers, publishers and applied linguists in the field.

The book contains updated versions of many of the chapters in the 2003 edition plus new chapters on corpus-informed materials development, materials development for blended learning, materials development for EAP, materials development for ESOL and materials development for young learners.

Brian Tomlinson is a Visiting Professor at Leeds Metropolitan University and a TESOL Professor at Anaheim University. He has worked in Japan, Indonesia, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, the UK, Vanuatu and Zambia and has given presentations in over sixty countries. He is Founder and President of MATSDA and has published many articles and books on materials development and on aspects of language teaching and language acquisition.

Preface, Brian Tomlinson \ Introduction: Are Materials Developing? \ Part I: Evaluation and Adaption of Materials \ 1. Materials Evaluation, Brian Tomlinson \ 2. A Coursebook is What It Is Because of What It Has To Do, Duria Aziz Singapore Wala \ 3. Adapting Courses, Claudia Saraceni \ 4. Adapting Classroom Materials, Carlos Islam & Chris Mares \ Comments on Part I, Brian Tomlinson \ Part II: Principles and Procedures of Materials Development \ 5. Developing Principled Frameworks for Materials Development, Brian Tomlinson \ 6. Writing a Coursebook, Chris Mares \ 7. Publishing a Coursebook, Duria Aziz Singapore Wala \ 8. Humanizing the Coursebook, Brian Tomlinson \ 9. The Visual Elements in EFL Coursebooks, David Hill \ 10. Creative Approaches to Materials Writing, Alan Maley \ 11. Developing Electronic Materials for Language Teaching, Beverley Derewianka \ 12. Hyperfiction: Explorations in Texture, Claudia Ferradas Moi \ Comments on Part B - Brian Tomlinson \ Part III: Developing Materials for Target Groups \ 13. Materials for Young Learners, Shelagh Rixon \ 14. The Realization of Primary School Coursebook Tasks in the Primary Classroom , Irma-Kaarina Ghosn \ 15. Materials for Beginners, Carlos Islam \ 16. Materials for Adult Beginners of Spanish, Rosa-Maria Cives-Enriquez \ 17. Materials for Adult Beginners from a Users' Perspective, Vivian Cook \ 18. Materials for Specific Purposes, Roger Barnard and Dorothy Zemach \ 19. Materials for ESOL, Naeema Haan \ Comments on Part III - Brian Tomlinson \ Part IV: Developing Specific Types of Materials \ 20. Materials for the Teaching of Grammar, Jeff Stranks \ 21. Materials for Teaching Vocabulary, Paul Nation \ 22. Materials for Developing Reading Skills, Hitomi Masuhara \ 23. Materials for Developing Writing Skills, Hitomi Masuhara \ 24. Materials for Developing Speaking Skills, Bao Dat \ 25. Coursebook Listening Activities, David A. Hill and Brian Tomlinson \ 26. Materials for Language Through Literature, Claudia Ferradas Moi \ 27. Materials for Language Awareness, Rod Bolitho \ 28. Materials for Cultural Awareness, Alan Pulverness \ 29. Corpus-Informed Materials, Ivor Timmis \ 30. Blended Learning Materials, Heather Buchanan \ Comments on Part IV - Brian Tomlinson \ Part VI: Materials Development and Teacher Training \ 31. Materials Development Courses, Brian Tomlinson \ 32. Simulations in Materials Development, Brian Tomlinson and Hitomi Masuhara \ 33. Materials Development and Teacher Training, Christophe Canniveng and Mertxe Martinez \ 34. Developing CLIL Materials on a Teachers' Course, Helen Emery \ 35. A Practical Experience of Institutional Textbook Writing, Patrick Lyons \ 36. Personal and Professional Development through Materials Writing, Ruxandra Popovici and Rod Bolitho \ Comments on Part VI - Brian Tomlinson \ Conclusion - Brian Tomlinson \ Notes \ Index