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

Preface Introduction Paul Nation and John Macalister A survival language learning syllabus for foreign travel Paul Nation and David Crabbe Design meeting context: A general English course for Burmese adults Katie Julian and Derek Foster Designing English language courses for Omani students Angela Joe My ideal vocabularyteaching course Paul Nation Opening the door to international communication: Peruvian officials and APEC Susan Smith Helping skilled migrants into employment: The workplace communication program Nicky Riddiford The blended language learning course in Taiwan: Issues & challenges of instructional design Gi-Zen Liu Designing the assessment of a university ESOL course John Read and Lizzy Roe Refreshing a writing course: The role of evaluation John Macalister Localizing Spanish in the Ann Arbor Languages Partnership: Develoopiing and using a ‘teachable’ curriculum Donald Freeman, Maria Coolican and Kathleen Graves Learning to teach Spanish: Identifying, inducting, and supporting apprentice teachers in the Ann Arbor Languages Partnership Donald Freeman, Maria Coolican and Kathleen Graves Negotiated syllabuses: Do you want to? Andrew Boon Enhancing consumerist literacy practices in an urbanizing community Moses Samuel and Saratha Sithamparam The teacher as intermediary between national curriculum and classroom Kevin Parent Developing a blogwriting program at a Japanese university Patrick Foss