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Dingfang Shu; Shanshan Yang; Masatoshi Sato – Applied Linguistics, 2024
The need for collaboration between researchers and practitioners to address the research-practice gap is a long-debated topic in applied linguistics. Little is known, however, about how researchers and practitioners can collaboratively develop teaching materials, as a potential venue to narrow the gap. This study explored how two groups of…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Applied Linguistics, Instructional Materials
Ton Nu, Anh T.; Murray, Jill – TESL-EJ, 2020
Recent research studies in ESL/EFL contexts worldwide have shown a gap between the findings of pragmatics research and how the English language is actually taught and learnt in EFL classrooms, as well as a paucity of pragmatic information provided in ESL/EFL textbooks. Utilizing content analysis, this study explores the provision of pragmatic…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ait Bouzid Hassan; Erguig Reddad; Yeou Mohamed – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2019
This paper is built on the assumption that there are no perfect language teaching textbooks; therefore, it hopes to draw the attention of Moroccan BLT practitioners to the viability of using textbook evaluation to improve the quality of these teaching-learning materials. It aims to investigate ways in which grammar lessons are presented in three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbook Evaluation, Grammar, Second Language Learning
Alharbi, Aisha T. – English Language Teaching, 2020
This study looked into Saudi female English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' perception of their motivational practices in the actual classroom in public and private schools. Forty (n=40) EFL teachers filled out a questionnaire consisting of forty-four motivational strategies that were based on a five-point Likert scale ranging from…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning
Rai, Laxmisha; Deng, Chunrao – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2016
With the frequent interaction between China and the world, glocalisation, the combination of globalisation and localisation, is an unavoidable trend. This paper argues that the association of local situation with global awareness is one of the ways to assimilate English for daily use in Chinese context. The fundamental idea is that the use of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Global Approach
Between Discourse and Practice; Immigrant Rights, Curriculum Development, and ESL Teacher Education.

Ullman, Char – TESOL Quarterly, 1999
Reports on a teacher-education project in which English-as-a-Second-Language teachers from five community-based organizations in Chicago developed a textbook about immigrant rights in the United States. The process not only produced significant course materials, but it also changed teachers' understanding of their classes, students, and teaching…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Civil Rights, English (Second Language), Immigrants

Barnard, Roger; Randall, Mick – System, 1995
This article compares two English-as-a-Second-Language textbook and curriculum materials trials conducted in elementary and secondary schools of the Sultanate of Oman in the 1980s. Results found that the smaller and more immediate of the trialling processes provided much more usable information for the rewriting of the trial materials. Contains 11…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
Byrd, Patricia; Reid, Joy – Journal of Intensive English Studies, 1995
Discusses the appropriate bases for using instructional materials for English-as-a-Second-Language classes and points to student writing as a previously overlooked source for teaching materials. The article emphasizes the importance of handling legal and ethical issues properly when using student materials and lists guidelines for editing the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Editing, English (Second Language), Grammar

Theil, Elvira – Babel: Australia, 1997
Evaluates the first stage of "Lernpunkt Deutsch," a new three-stage German course designed for upper elementary and early secondary school. Describes the publisher's package of materials and the appropriateness of the course, utility of the different package elements, format of the materials, and assesses whether the course provides pedagogically…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Elementary Secondary Education, German, Grammar
Colebrook, Richard – 1996
This paper describes the process of developing the Australian English Language Course (AELC) by the Defence International Training Centre in Australia. The 400-hour, intermediate-level course is an English language teaching course to be used by non-English speaking background (NESB) teachers of English at language centers in Thailand, Indonesia,…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials
Jones, Martha; And Others – 1995
A study analyzed gender bias in dialogues as presented in three recent, popular textbooks designed for early intermediate or intermediate English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction. Analysis focused on dialogues intended for practice in speaking. For each textbook, data were gathered on: different male and female character types; number and…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Tarnopolsky, Oleg; Kozhushko, Svitlana – 2002
This article notes that one constraint to learning business English in Eastern Europe, particularly in the Ukraine, is the lack of adequate and culturally-relevant textbooks and other teaching materials. It suggests that the best solution would be to write a new textbook that combines the latest achievements of the western world with cultural…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Education, Business English, Cooperative Learning
Adamson, Bob; Lee, John C. K. – 1994
A discussion of the role of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) textbooks in Hong Kong schools is examined first in social and historical contexts and then within the framework of a newly revised public school curriculum. The textbook is first viewed from three perspectives: curricular (socio-political); instructional (as an educational tool); and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Economic Factors, Educational Change

McDonough, Jo – ELT Journal, 1998
New textbooks for teaching English for Special Purposes (ESP) are reviewed, including texts for science and technology, computing, engineering, and electronics as well as a guide to general classroom techniques and activities for ESP teachers. Criteria for evaluating and selecting instructional materials are also addressed briefly. (MSE)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Computer Science, Educational Strategies
Byrd, Patricia, Ed. – 1995
This guide is a collection of essays on the writing of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) textbooks and other instructional materials. Articles include: "Writing and Publishing Textbooks (Patricia Byrd); "The Craft of Materials Writing" (Fraida Dubin); "Considering Culture: Guidelines for ESL/EFL Textbook Writers" (Gayle Nelson); "Issues in the…
Descriptors: Authors, Copyrights, Course Content, Cultural Awareness
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