Case Studies in Language Curriculum Design [[electronic resource] ] : Concepts and Approaches in Action Around the World

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789606503321
• Autore: Macalister John <1956->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013
• ISBN: 1-283-10583-7; 9786613105837; 1-136-94420-6; 0-203-84785-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Collana: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series
• Altri autori (Persone): NationI.S.P
• Disciplina: 428.2/4071; 428.24071
• Soggetti: English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers; English language --Study and teaching --Foreign speakers; English teachers - Training of; English teachers --Training of; English language - Foreign speakers - Study and teaching; English; Languages & Literatures; English Language
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Case Studies in Language Curriculum Design Concepts and Approaches in Action Around the World; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 A Survival Language Learning Syllabus for Foreign Travel; 3 Design Meeting Context: A General English Course for Burmese Adults; 4 Designing English Language Courses for Omani Students; 5 My Ideal Vocabulary Teaching Course; 6 Opening The Door to International Communication: Peruvian Officials and Apec; 7 Helping Skilled Migrants into Employment: The Workplace Communication Program; 8 The Blended Language Learning Course in Taiwan: Issues and Challenges of Instructional Design9 Designing the Assessment of a ; University Esol Course; 10 Refreshing a Writing Course: The Role of Evaluation; 11 Localizing Spanish in the Ann Arbor Languages Partnership: Developing and Using a "Teachable" Curriculum; 12 Learning to Teach Spanish: Identifying, Inducting, and Supporting Apprentice Teachers in the Ann Arbor Languages Partnership; 13 Negotiated Syllabuses: Do You Want to?; 14 Enhancing Consumerist Literacy Practices in an Urbanizing Community; 15 The Teacher as Intermediary between National Curriculum and Classroom16 Developing a Blogwriting Program at a Japanese University; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 fr