Syllabus Design A practical look at the principles involved in planning and designing an effective syllabus. Considers important concepts such as goal setting, needs analysis and content specification, and serves as an excellent introduction for teachers who want a greater understanding of syllabus design for their own classroom application. By David Nunan - (OUP)   Order Now > Book     Teachers as Course Developers An excellent book about how language teachers themselves rather than curriculum specialists develop and implement their own courses. It uses a unique case study approach featuring the stories of six teachers who successfully designed their own courses in different settings in Japan, the U.S., and Latin America, and provides provides a framework for the processes of course development which any teacher can use in developing his or her own courses. (Edited) By Kathleen Graves - (CUP)   Order Now > Book       Course Design Written for teachers who are - or will be - involved in planning and developing courses, this book describes the factors which must be considered in constructing courses and materials. It provides examples of different types of materials, and the process of creating materials is described as the link between the syllabus and the audience. The book also includes a survey of the practical issues involved in organizing writing projects. By Fraida Dubin and Elite Olshtain - (CUP)   Order Now > Book     Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom Provides an excelletn introduction to the theoretical and practical aspects of communicative task design, and is aimed at all second and foreign language teachers who want to develop their own tasks, or adopt/adapt those of others. The book's primary aim is to integrate recent research and practice in language teaching into a framework for analysing learning tasks. It should help teachers select, adapt or create their own communicative tasks. The ideas presented are relevant to teachers working in - or preparing for - a wide variety of teaching situations. By David Nunan - (CUP)   Order Now > Book     Materials Development in Language Teaching Contains contributions from a variety of experts on current issues in developing materials for language teaching. Helps readers to apply current theoretical principles and research findings to the practical realities of developing classroom materials. Will appeal to any practising teacher, as well as trainee teachers on TESOL courses. (Edited) By Brian Tomlinson - (CUP)   Order Now > Book       Managing Curricular Innovation This book gives a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of instituting change in language education programs. It applies a framework to the implementation of a major curricular change in a U.S. university program and then proposes nine practical principles to guide the management of educational innovation. By Numa Markee - (CUP)   Order Now > Book     Back to Bookstore