What English Language Teachers Need to Know Volume III

"This text is a necessity as Ministries of Education are looking at adopting new curricula in their countries." Dolores E. Parker, Independent Consultant, and Department of State, Regional English Language Officer (ret.), USA "Very timely for teacher education programs in EFL settings. This text will provide prospective teachers with the theoretical and practical knowledge they need about curriculum development." Aysegul Daloglu, Middle East Technical University, Turkey "Authors Christison and Murray are well known throughout the world for their stellar contributions to the field of English language teaching. Their understanding of language curriculum issues is closely tied to their real-world experiences with curriculum design and curriculum renewal projects at their home institutions and in institutions, large and small, around the world. The real-world examples throughout [this text] will be welcomed by both pre-service and in-service teachers." Fredricka L. Stoller, Northern Arizona University, USA "The book's many strengths include its general accessibility in terms of style and content for its target audience, and the experience of its two authors, which help this volume to successfully bridge the theory-practice divide. ... A valuable handbook-type resource on topics that are fundamental to ELT." The TESOLANZ Journal "This book is recommended for its readability and for its impressive breadth. It provides a very sensible and comprehensive introduction to the field of curriculum for undergraduate and novice teachers of English. For others - postgraduates, academics, professionals - it provides a solid reference point from which to delve more deeply elsewhere into the particular areas that are of interest to the reader." Perspectives "Overall, Christison and Murray's What English Language Teachers Need to Know Volume III: Designing Curriculum has three strong points. First, it is an easy-to-read and approachable book with varied examples, definitions of key terms, and a clear structure to each chapter. Second, it covers a lot of material, from the context and the development of curriculum to an introduction of 14 different types of curricula. Third, the resources within each chapter allow the book to be easily utilized in a classroom setting or in the great number of distance education TESOL courses now available." JALT Journal

MaryAnn Christison is Professor, University of Utah, Department of Linguistics and the Urban Institute for Teacher Education, USA. Denise E. Murray is Professor Emerita, Macquarie University, Australia and Professor Emerita, San Jose State University, USA.

Brief ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Part I: Contexts for ELT Curricula 1 The Nature of Curriculum Design 2 Social, Political, and Historical Contexts 3 The World of ELT 4 Technological Context Part II: Key Processes in Curriculum Design 5 The Cycle of Curriculum Design 6 Using Curriculum to Connect Lessons, Courses, and Programs 7 Quality Assurance and Curriculum Part III: Linguistic-based Curricula 8 The Structural Approach 9 The Notional-Functional Approach 10 The Academic Language Functions Approach 11 A Genre and Text-based Approach 12 A Vocabulary Approach 13 A Skills-based Approach Part IV: Content-based Curricula 14 The Integration of Content and Language 15 Topical and Situational Approaches Part V: Learner Centered Curricula 16 A Negotiated Curriculum 17 A Humanistic Curriculum 18 A Task-based Curriculum Part VI: Learning Centered Curricula 19 Outcome-based Education 20 Competency-based Curriculum 21 Standards-based Curriculum