SLA Research and Materials Development for Language Learning (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Tomlinson, Brian

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

SLA Research and Materials Development for Language Learning is the only book available to focus on the interaction between second language acquisition theory and materials development for language learning. It consists of contributions written by experts in SLA, experts in materials development, researchers who have expertise in both fields, and introductions and conclusions by the editor. Organized into four major sections, this book offers a diverse range of perspectives while maintaining a cohesive and comprehensive overview on the subject. This book is ideal for post-graduate courses in applied linguistics and second language acquisition and for researchers interested in the relationship between SLA and materials development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317608028
• Artikelnr.: 45099734

Autorenporträt

Brian Tomlinson is President of the Materials Development Association (MATSDA), a Visiting Professor at the University of Liverpool and a TESOL Professor at Anaheim University. He has over one hundred publications on materials development, language through literature, the teaching of reading, language awareness and teacher development.

Inhaltsangabe

SECTION 1: Position Statements. Comments on Section 1 by Brian Tomlinson.
Chapter 1: Achieving a Match between SLA Theory and Materials Development
by Brian Tomlinson. Chapter 2: Brain Studies and Materials for Language
Learning by Hitomi Masuhara. Chapter 3: Applying SLA Principles to Whole
Class Activities by Brian Tomlinson. Chapter 4: No Place for Coursebooks in
the Very Young Learner Classroom by Irma-Kaarina Ghosn. SECTION 2:
Materials Driven by SLA Theory. Comments on Section 2 by Brian Tomlinson.
Chapter 5: A Case Study of Principled Materials in Action by Alper Darici
and Brian Tomlinson. Chapter 6: Research-Informed Materials for Teaching
Pragmatics: The Case of Agreement and Disagreement in English by Noriko
Ishihara and Daniel Leigh Paller. Chapter 7: From SLA Research on
Interaction to TBLT Materials by Alison Mackey, Nicole Ziegler and Lara
Bryfonski. SECTION 3: Evaluations of Materials in Relation to SLA Theory.
Comments on Section 3 by Brian Tomlinson. Chapter 8: Vocabulary Learning
Exercises: Evaluating a Selection of Exercises Commonly Featured in
Language Learning Materials by Tatsuya Nakata and Stuart Webb. Chapter 9:
An Evaluation of Textbook Exercises on Collocations by Frank Boers and
Brian Strong. Chapter 10: What Grammar Activities Do ELT Workbooks Focus
On? by Sasan Baleghizadeh, Elnaz Goldouz and Mehrdad Yousefpoori-Naeim.
Chapter 11: Comprehensibility and Cognitive Challenge in Language Learning
Materials by Freda Mishan. Chapter 12: What Aspects of Creativity
Enhancement do ELT Textbooks Take into Account?by Sasan Baleghizadeh and
Zeinab Dargahi. SECTION 4: Proposals for Action. Comments on Section 4 by
Brian Tomlinson. Chapter 13: Language Teaching Materials as Work Plans: an
SLA Perspective by Rod Ellis.
Chapter 14: Supporting Language Learning on the Move: An Evaluative
Framework for Mobile Language Learning Resources by Hayo Reinders and Mark
Pegru. Chapter 15: Framing Vocational English (VE) Materials from a Social
Semiotic Perspective: The Design and Use of Accounting English Materials by
Handoyo Puji Widodo. Chapter 16: Corpus-Based Materials Development for
Teaching and Learning Pragmatic Routines by Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig and
Sabrina Mossman. Chapter 17: Why One-size-fits-all is not Fit for Purpose:
the Problem with Mass-Produced Teaching Materials, and How One Might
Creatively and Sensitively Confront this Problem by Kevin Ottley. Chapter
18: When It's Not What You Do, but The Way that You Do It: How Research
into Second Language Acquisition Can Help Teachers to Make the Most of
their Classroom Materials by Pauline Foster and Ann-Marie Hunter.
Conclusion: Brian Tomlinson