Description
Book SynopsisThis is a book which provides post-graduate students, researchers, materials developers and teachers with everything they need to know about materials development for language learning, both for the development of paper and of digital materials.
Trade Review"This thought-provoking and resourceful book will be of great help for teachers, publishers, and researchers interested in materials development. In addition to informing the reader about historical tradition, providing the results of the latest empirical findings, and summarizing the existing trends in materials development, the authors voice their own beliefs coming from their many years of personal and professional experience." -
LINGUIST LIST, June 2019
"Everyone in this profession needs a copy of this book at hand to consult in their everyday working lives, be they teachers, teacher trainers, directors of study or publishers. The language in the book is accessible and the book will prove useful for those new to materials development as well as those who have been developing and adapting materials for years but who perhaps have not thought about it concisely as a distinct activity." -
Naeema B. Han, Leeds Beckett University, UK,
Folio 18/2 September 2018
“All in all, the book is informative and inspiring, and it is worthy of a thorough study by practitioners and esearchers who are interested in materials development, L1 and L2 acquisition, language teaching, curriculum design, language testing and teacher education.” – System, Volume 87 (December 2019) Article 102160
Table of ContentsPreface vii
1 Materials Development So Far 1
2 Issues in Materials Development 25
3 Materials Evaluation 52
4 Materials Adaptation 82
5 The Development of Materials 117
6 The Process of Publishing Coursebooks 145
7 Developing Digital Materials 171
8 Developing Materials for the Acquisition of Language 189
9 Developing Materials for the Development of Skills 220
10 Developing Materials for Young Learners 246
11 Developing Materials for Teenagers and Adults 270
12 Developing Materials for Different Levels, Users, and Purposes 291
13 Visuals, Layout, and Design 325
14 Writing Instructions for Language-Learning Activities 342
15 Materials Development Research 355
Conclusion 389
Resources Useful for Materials Developers 391
Index 399
