Gray Critical Perspectives on Language Teaching Materials

2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-38426-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 263 Seiten

This Critical Perspectives on Language Teaching Materials  brings together a collection of critical voices on the subject of language teaching materials for use in English, French, Spanish, German and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) classrooms.

Nick Andon, King's College London, UK Christian W. Chun, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Simon Coffey, King's College London, UK John Gray, Institute of Education, University of London, UK John Kullman, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK Tom Morton, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Cristina Ros i Solé, King's College London and University College London, UK Denise Santos, language teaching consultant and materials writer Ursula Wingate, King's College London, UK Scott Thornbury, The New School, New York, USA

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gray, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Contents;6
3;List of Tables;8
4;Notes on Contributors;9
5;1 Introduction;11
6;2 Telling Tales: Changing Discourses of Identity in the ‘Global’ UK-Published English Language Coursebook;27
7;3 LGBT Invisibility and Heteronormativity in ELT Materials;50
8;4 The ‘Neoliberal Citizen’: Resemiotising Globalised Identities in EAP Materials;74
9;5 ‘This activity is far from being a pause for reflection’: An Exploration of ELT Authors’, Editors’, Teachers’ and Learners’ Approaches to Critical Thinking;98
10;6 Critically Evaluating Materials for CLIL: Practitioners’ Practices and Perspectives;121
11;7 Communicating Constructions of Frenchness through Language Coursebooks: A Comparison;147
12;8 Spanish Imagined: Political and Subjective Approaches to Language Textbooks;171
13;9 Motivation, Authenticity and Challenge in German Textbooks for Key Stage 3;192
14;10 Resisting Coursebooks;214
15;Bibliography;234
16;Index;258