Freda Mishan is Lecturer in TESOL at the University of Limerick Ivor Timmis is Reader in ELT at Leeds Beckett University

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• Series Editors’ Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Figures; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1.Why do we need a book about Materials Development?; 1.2. What are Materials?; 1.3. What do we need Materials for?; 1.4. The Purpose of this Book; 1.5. The Structure of the Book; Chapter 2: Principled Materials Development; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The Importance of Affective and Cognitive Challenge in Language Learning Materials; 2.3. Input and Output in Language Learning Materials; 2.4. Awareness-raising and Language Learning Materials; 2.5. Further Reading One; 2.6. Further Reading Two; 2.7. Conclusion; 2.8. Additional Readings; Chapter 3: Materials, Methods and Contexts; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. English Language Teaching and the Global Diversification of English; 3.3. Pedagogy and English Language Teaching Materials; 3.4. English Language Teaching Coursebooks; 3.5. Further Reading One; 3.6. Further Reading Two; 3.7. Conclusion; 3.8. Additional Readings; Chapter 4: Materials Evaluation and Adaptation; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. The Need for Principled Evaluation;4.3. The Nature of Evaluation; 4.4. Materials Adaptation; 4.5. Further Reading One; 4.6 Further Reading Two; 4.7. Conclusion; 4.8. Additional Readings; Chapter 5: Reconceptualising Materials for the Technological Environment; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. The Context: Normalisation of Technology; 5.3. Reconceptualising Materials for the Technological Environment: Materials as Products and Materials as Processes; 5.4. A Template for Materials using Technology; 5.5. Further Reading One; 5.6. Further Reading Two; 5.7. Conclusion; 5.8. Additional Readings; Chapter 6: Materials to Develop Reading and Listening Skills; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Materials to Develop Reading Skills; 6.3. Materials to Develop Listening Skills; 6.4. Further Reading One; 6.5. Further Reading Two; 6.6. Conclusion; 6.7. Additional Readings; Chapter 7: Materials to Develop Speaking and Writing Skills; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2 Materials to Develop Speaking Skills; 7.3. Materials to Develop Writing Skills; 7.4. Further Reading One; 7.5. Further Reading Two; 7.6. Conclusion; 7.7 Additional Readings; Chapter 8: Materials for Vocabulary and Grammar; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. Materials for Vocabulary; 8.3. Materials for Teaching Grammar; 8.4. Further Reading One; 8.5. Further Reading Two; 8.6. Conclusion; 8.7. Additional Readings; Chapter 9: Materials Design: From Process to Product; 9.1. Introduction; 9.2. The Production Sequence; 9.3. The Production Sequence in Action; 9.4. The Creative Process; 9.5. Further Reading One; 9.6. Further Reading Two; 9.7. Conclusion; 9.8. Additional Readings; Chapter 10: Conclusion