English Language Teaching Materials: Theory and Practice Book

Contributors vii

Series editor's preface ix

Part A Introduction

1 Issues in materials development and design Nigel Harwood 3

Part B Perspectives On Materials

2 Second language acquisition research and language-teaching materials Rod Ellis 33

3 The theory and practice of technology in materials development and task design Hayo Reinders Cynthia White 58

4 Principles of effective materials development Brian Tomlinson 81

5 Critical praxis as materials development: Responding to military recruitment on a U.S. campus Sarah Benesch 109

Part C Materials for the Language Syllabus

6 A principled approach to content-based materials development for reading Norman W. Evans K. James Hartshorn Neil J. Anderson 131

7 A genre-based approach to developing materials for writing Christopher Tribble 157

8 Listening as process: Learning activities for self-appraisal and self-regulation Christine Goh 179

9 Materials to develop the speaking skill Rebecca Hughes 207

10 Developing materials for discipline-specific vocabulary and phrases in academic seminars Martha Jones Norbert Schmitt 225

Part D Materials for Specific and Academic Purposes

11 Materials for university essay writing Martin Hewings 251

12 Writing for publication: Corpus-informed materials for postdoctoral fellows in perinatology Christine B. Feak John M. Swales 279

13 Research-based materials to demystify academic citation for postgraduates Nigel Harwood 301

14 Making professional academic writing practices visible: Designing research-based heuristics to support English-medium text production Mary Jane Curry Theresa Lillis 322

15 English for nursing: Developing discipline-specific materials Susan Bosher 346

16 Using textbook and real-life data to teach turn taking in business meetings Jo Angouri 373

17 Designing materials for community-based adult ESL programs Cori Jakubiak Linda Harklau 395

Author index 419

Subject index 428