Materials Development for TESOL - (Edinburgh Textbooks in Tesol) by Freda Mishan & Ivor Timmis (Paperback)

About the Book

The fundamental principles of materials development in TESOL

Materials are at the very centre of language teaching, and understanding what goes into creating them is an essential part of a language teacher's professional development.

Offering a practical introduction to the fundamental principles of materials development in TESOL, this textbook introduces you to a wide range of theoretical and practical issues in materials development to enable you to make informed and principled choices in the selection, evaluation, adaptation and production of materials.

Advocating a principled approach to the creation of materials, it combines an awareness of relevant language learning and teaching theory with a critical attitude to existing published materials. It also encourages critical reflection by demonstrating how choices need to be informed by an awareness of culture, context and purpose.

Material Development in TESOL's stimulating approach, with thought-provoking, interactive tasks, online resources, and added perspectives from international research, makes it an ideal textbook for language teacher programmes around the world, equipping TESOL student teachers and practicing teachers with the frameworks, resources and practical skills necessary to carry out effective evaluations and to develop principled materials in practice.

• Written specifically for TESOL practitioners and those studying TESOL teaching
• Accessible presentation of concepts and research
• Accompanying website provides additional online resources and materials
• Interactive tasks and further reading suggestions
• Encourages students to critically reflect on their choices of materials

Book Synopsis

Teaching English as a Second or Other Language (TESOL) is a multifaceted academic discipline requiring training in linguistics, language acquisition, language pedagogy, methodology, materials development, testing and research, curriculum and syllabus design, programme administration and cross-cultural communication. This series of advanced textbooks in TESOL comprises individual volumes addressing an identifiable subfield within TESOL in more depth than would be covered in an introductory textbook to the area as a whole. Each volume is designed for use alongside taught module-length topics on TESOL degrees. As a whole, the series provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject.

From the Back Cover

EDINBURGH TEXTBOOKS IN TESOL Series Editors: Joan Cutting and Fiona Farr This series of advanced textbooks in TESOL comprises individual volumes addressing an identifiable subfield within TESOL in more depth than would be found in an introductory textbook to the area as a whole. Each volume is designed for use alongside module-length topics on TESOL programmes and emphasises intercultural awareness and the practical applications of theory. How do you develop materials for language teaching? How do you evaluate them effectively? How do you produce materials? Offering a practical introduction to the fundamental principles of materials development in TESOL, this textbook introduces you to a wide range of theoretical and practical issues in materials development to enable you to make informed and principled choices in the selection, evaluation, adaptation and production of materials. Advocating a principled approach to the creation of materials, it combines an awareness of relevant language learning and teaching theory with a critical attitude to existing published materials. It also encourages critical reflection by demonstrating how choices need to be informed by an awareness of culture, context and purpose. The book's stimulating approach, with thought-provoking, interactive tasks, online resources, and added perspectives from international research, makes Materials Development for TESOL an ideal textbook for language teacher programmes around the world, equipping TESOL student teachers and practicing teachers with the frameworks, resources and practical skills necessary to carry out effective evaluations and to develop principled materials in practice. Online resources are available on the book's webpage: www.euppublishing.com/page/TESOL/AdditionalResources/MishanTimmis Freda Mishan is course director of the PhD TESOL at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Ivor Timmis is Reader in English Language Teaching at Leeds Beckett University. Cover image: (c) Peter Booth/iStockphoto. Cover design: www.hayesdesign.co.uk [EUP logo] www.euppublishing.com

Review Quotes

From the perspective of a director of MAs in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, I appreciate that this course (1) pulls together a wide range of relevant literature up to 2014, (2) emphasizes the importance of applying principles based on second language acquisition studies, (3) considers issues related to diversifying English across the globe, and (4) contains useful thought-provoking tasks and activities including some examples of materials developed by the authors.

--Hitomi Masuhara, University of Liverpool "TESOL Quarlerly "

This volume provides a rich and comprehensive resource for academics and teacher-educators designing or teaching on this type of module... As a resource for lecturers it provides really good, challenging and thought-provoking study tasks, and a helpful checklist of topics to be covered and key issues to discuss. It would also provide a really useful resource for students as key reading. It fills the space between very practical handbooks for teachers on aspects of materials writing and more theoretical volumes on principles and processes of materials writing.

--Nick Andon, King's College London "ELT Journal "

About the Author

Freda Mishan is Lecturer in TESOL at the University of Limerick

Ivor Timmis is Reader in ELT at Leeds Beckett University