Materials Development for TESOL: (Edinburgh Textbooks in TESOL)

About the Book

Teaching English as a Second or Other Language (TESOL) is a multifaceted academic discipline requiring training in linguistics, language acquisition, language pedagogy, methodology, materials development, testing and research, curriculum and syllabus design, programme administration and cross-cultural communication. This series of advanced textbooks in TESOL comprises individual volumes addressing an identifiable subfield within TESOL in more depth than would be covered in an introductory textbook to the area as a whole. Each volume is designed for use alongside taught module-length topics on TESOL degrees. As a whole, the series provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject.

Table of Contents:
Series Editors’ Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Figures; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1.Why do we need a book about Materials Development?; 1.2. What are Materials?; 1.3. What do we need Materials for?; 1.4. The Purpose of this Book; 1.5. The Structure of the Book; Chapter 2: Principled Materials Development; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The Importance of Affective and Cognitive Challenge in Language Learning Materials; 2.3. Input and Output in Language Learning Materials; 2.4. Awareness-raising and Language Learning Materials; 2.5. Further Reading One; 2.6. Further Reading Two; 2.7. Conclusion; 2.8. Additional Readings; Chapter 3: Materials, Methods and Contexts; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. English Language Teaching and the Global Diversification of English; 3.3. Pedagogy and English Language Teaching Materials; 3.4. English Language Teaching Coursebooks; 3.5. Further Reading One; 3.6. Further Reading Two; 3.7. Conclusion; 3.8. Additional Readings; Chapter 4: Materials Evaluation and Adaptation; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. The Need for Principled Evaluation;4.3. The Nature of Evaluation; 4.4. Materials Adaptation; 4.5. Further Reading One; 4.6 Further Reading Two; 4.7. Conclusion; 4.8. Additional Readings; Chapter 5: Reconceptualising Materials for the Technological Environment; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. The Context: Normalisation of Technology; 5.3. Reconceptualising Materials for the Technological Environment: Materials as Products and Materials as Processes; 5.4. A Template for Materials using Technology; 5.5. Further Reading One; 5.6. Further Reading Two; 5.7. Conclusion; 5.8. Additional Readings; Chapter 6: Materials to Develop Reading and Listening Skills; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Materials to Develop Reading Skills; 6.3. Materials to Develop Listening Skills; 6.4. Further Reading One; 6.5. Further Reading Two; 6.6. Conclusion; 6.7. Additional Readings; Chapter 7: Materials to Develop Speaking and Writing Skills; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2 Materials to Develop Speaking Skills; 7.3. Materials to Develop Writing Skills; 7.4. Further Reading One; 7.5. Further Reading Two; 7.6. Conclusion; 7.7 Additional Readings; Chapter 8: Materials for Vocabulary and Grammar; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. Materials for Vocabulary; 8.3. Materials for Teaching Grammar; 8.4. Further Reading One; 8.5. Further Reading Two; 8.6. Conclusion; 8.7. Additional Readings; Chapter 9: Materials Design: From Process to Product; 9.1. Introduction; 9.2. The Production Sequence; 9.3. The Production Sequence in Action; 9.4. The Creative Process; 9.5. Further Reading One; 9.6. Further Reading Two; 9.7. Conclusion; 9.8. Additional Readings; Chapter 10: Conclusion

About the Author :
Freda Mishan is Lecturer in TESOL at the University of Limerick Ivor Timmis is Reader in ELT at Leeds Beckett University

Review :

From the perspective of a director of MAs in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, I appreciate that this course (1) pulls together a wide range of relevant literature up to 2014, (2) emphasizes the importance of applying principles based on second language acquisition studies, (3) considers issues related to diversifying English across the globe, and (4) contains useful thought-provoking tasks and activities including some examples of materials developed by the authors.

--Hitomi Masuhara, University of Liverpool "TESOL Quarlerly "

This volume provides a rich and comprehensive resource for academics and teacher-educators designing or teaching on this type of module... As a resource for lecturers it provides really good, challenging and thought-provoking study tasks, and a helpful checklist of topics to be covered and key issues to discuss. It would also provide a really useful resource for students as key reading. It fills the space between very practical handbooks for teachers on aspects of materials writing and more theoretical volumes on principles and processes of materials writing.

--Nick Andon, King's College London "ELT Journal "