Case Studies in Language Curriculum Design: Concepts and Approaches in Action Around the World

by John Macalister; Victoria Univ

• ISBN13: 9780415882316
• ISBN10: 0415882311
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-03-14
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Case studies are a powerful pedagogical tool for illuminating constructs and models in real-life contexts. Covering a wide range of teaching-learning contexts and offering in-depth analyses of ESL/ELT language curriculum design issues, this casebook is distinctive and unique in that each case draws on and is clearly linked to a single model presented in Nation and Macalister's Language Curriculum Design (www.routledge.com/9780415806060), giving the book a high degree of coherence. A short commentary by the editors after each case highlights features of note and/or issues arising from it. This is a versatile text, designed to work as a companion to Language Curriculum Design (adding meaning and depth to the model presented there by relating it to a range of applications), as a stand-alone text, or as a resource for language teacher trainees, teacher educators, practicing teachers, program administrators, and materials writers in the field.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
List of Contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
A Survival Language Learning Syllabus for Foreign Travel	p. 8
Design Meeting Context: A General English Course for Burmese Adults	p. 21
Designing English Language Courses for Omani Students	p. 40
My Ideal Vocabulary Teaching Course	p. 49
Opening the Door to International Communication: Peruvian Officials and APEC	p. 63
Helping Skilled Migrants into Employment: The Workplace Communication Program	p. 72
The Blended Language Learning Course in Taiwan: Issues and Challenges of Instructional Design	p. 82
Designing the Assessment of a University ESOL Course	p. 101
Refreshing a Writing Course: The Role of Evaluation	p. 114
Localizing Spanish in the Ann Arbor Languages Partnership: Developing and Using a "Teachable" Curriculum	p. 129
Learning to Teach Spanish: Identifying, Inducting, and Supporting Apprentice Teachers in the Ann Arbor Languages Partnership	p. 147
Negotiated Syllabuses: Do You Want to?	p. 166
Enhancing Consumerist Literacy Practices in an Urbanizing Community	p. 178
The Teacher as Intermediary between National Curriculum and Classroom	p. 186
Developing a Blogwriting Program at a Japanese University	p. 195
Index	p. 209
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