Overview

This book brings together renowned scholars and new voices to challenge current practices in ELT materials design in order to work towards optimal learning conditions. It proposes ideas and principles to improve second language task design through novel resources such as drama, poetry, literature and online resources; and it maps out a number of unusual connections between theory and practice in the field of ELT materials development. The first section of the book discusses how innovative task-writing ideas can stretch materials beyond the current quality to make them more original and inspiring; the second part examines how different arts and technologies can drive innovation in coursebooks; the third section describes how teachers and learners can participate in materials writing and negotiate ways to personalize learning.

Full Product Details

Author:   Dat Bao
Publisher:   Multilingual Matters
Imprint:   Multilingual Matters
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.395kg
ISBN:  

9781788923101

ISBN 10:   1788923103
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   06 March 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Contributors Authors’ Bio Data Preface 1. Dat Bao: Expanding the Discourse in ELT Materials Development through Creativity and Innovations Part A - Improving In ELT Materials Through Creative Pedagogies 2. Brian Tomlinson: Making Typical Coursebook Activities More Beneficial For the Learner 3. Alan Maley: Creative Materials: An Oxymoron? 4. Dat Bao: Materials for Creativity: A Constructivist Perspective 5. Dat Bao and Ranran Liu: Incorporating Creativity in Primary English Coursebooks 6. Tan Bee Tin: Promoting Autonomy through Creative Tasks: Broadening Possibilities within Constraints Part B - Improving In ELT Materials through Specific Resources 7. Hae-Ok Park: ELT Materials Using Process Drama 8. Paul Hullah: Living in the Materials World: Why Literature Has A Place Here 9. Dat Bao and Xiaofang Shang: ICT Integration in Second Language Materials: Challenges and Insights 10. Flora D. Floris, Willy A. Renandya and Dat Bao: Mining Online L2 Learning Resources: From SLA Principles to Innovative Task Design Part C – Improving In ELT Materials through Teacher and Learner Involvement 11. Rajeevnath Ramnath: Localizing the Genre-Based Approach: Materials Developing Lessons from Thailand 12. Dat Bao: Fostering Self-Expression: Learners Create Their Own Visuals 13. Mohammod Moninoor Roshid, Md Zulfeqar Haider and Hosne Ara Begum: Bangladeshi EFL Teachers’ Views On The English For Today Textbook: What Do They Have To Offer Inside The Classroom? Index

Reviews

This volume presents an impressive repertoire of ideas, theory-driven and proven in practice, and convincingly argues for the need to prioritise innovation and creativity in task design. Through concrete examples in a range of contexts, coursebook developers and teachers are shown inspiring ways of facilitating the learning process. -- Jennifer St. John, University of Ottawa, Canada * IATEFL VOICES 268 - May/June 2019 * I welcome this book as an important contribution to the ever-increasing materials development literature. It holds the possibility to stimulate both ELT practitioners and materials writers who would like to diverge from the current practice of materials design. -- Luis Carabantes, University College London, UK * TESOL Quarterly, Volume 53, Issue 1 * [...] the process of materials delivery, adaptation and development needs to be well aligned to bring out the optimal learning impact. Along this line, [this book] represents a good source of support for these meaningful endeavours. I would highly recommend it to academic scholars and classroom practitioners alike. -- Mayyer Ling, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei * Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration, Volume 3, Number 2 * This accessible edited book should be essential reading for ELT methods and materials courses and for programmes in teacher development to inspire flexibility, creativity and innovative learner involvement in a comprehensive range of classroom practices. * Martin Cortazzi, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China; University of Warwick, UK * This volume provides a fresh and original look at ELT materials development that goes beyond the general view of the field. The various chapters provide a wealth of information and ways of developing ELT materials that will be useful for materials writers and teachers. The book is user-friendly and well-organized, and the 13 chapters are clearly written. I highly recommend it to ELT professionals. * Richard Day, University of Hawaii, USA * This book brings new and exciting ingredients into the materials design mix, such as learner-centred visuals and process drama. Its contributors, representing the many faces of the ELT profession, include both loved ELT 'greats' and the fresh perspectives of new practitioners. Together they invite us to revisit what we know, or think we know, about ELT materials, and to re-assess the design tension between constraint and creative possibility. * Jane Spiro, Oxford Brookes University, UK *

This volume presents an impressive repertoire of ideas, theory-driven and proven in practice, and convincingly argues for the need to prioritise innovation and creativity in task design. Through concrete examples in a range of contexts, coursebook developers and teachers are shown inspiring ways of facilitating the learning process. -- Jennifer St. John, University of Ottawa, Canada * IATEFL VOICES 268 - May/June 2019 * This accessible edited book should be essential reading for ELT methods and materials courses and for programmes in teacher development to inspire flexibility, creativity and innovative learner involvement in a comprehensive range of classroom practices. * Martin Cortazzi, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China; University of Warwick, UK * This volume provides a fresh and original look at ELT materials development that goes beyond the general view of the field. The various chapters provide a wealth of information and ways of developing ELT materials that will be useful for materials writers and teachers. The book is user-friendly and well-organized, and the 13 chapters are clearly written. I highly recommend it to ELT professionals. * Richard Day, University of Hawaii, USA * This book brings new and exciting ingredients into the materials design mix, such as learner-centred visuals and process drama. Its contributors, representing the many faces of the ELT profession, include both loved ELT 'greats' and the fresh perspectives of new practitioners. Together they invite us to revisit what we know, or think we know, about ELT materials, and to re-assess the design tension between constraint and creative possibility. * Jane Spiro, Oxford Brookes University, UK *

This accessible edited book should be essential reading for ELT methods and materials courses and for programmes in teacher development to inspire flexibility, creativity and innovative learner involvement in a comprehensive range of classroom practices. * Martin Cortazzi, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China; University of Warwick, UK * This volume provides a fresh and original look at ELT materials development that goes beyond the general view of the field. The various chapters provide a wealth of information and ways of developing ELT materials that will be useful for materials writers and teachers. The book is user-friendly and well-organized, and the 13 chapters are clearly written. I highly recommend it to ELT professionals. * Richard Day, University of Hawaii, USA * This book brings new and exciting ingredients into the materials design mix, such as learner-centred visuals and process drama. Its contributors, representing the many faces of the ELT profession, include both loved ELT 'greats' and the fresh perspectives of new practitioners. Together they invite us to revisit what we know, or think we know, about ELT materials, and to re-assess the design tension between constraint and creative possibility. * Jane Spiro, Oxford Brookes University, UK *

Author Information

Dat Bao is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia. He is the author of Understanding Silence and Reticence: Ways of Participating in Second Language Acquisition (Bloomsbury, 2014). 

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