Syllabus Design and Materials Development

Hamed Barjesteh is an assistant professor of Education, Professor of applied linguistics, and a faculty member of Islamic Azad University, Ayatollah Amoli branch, Amol, Iran. A teacher educator for 20 years, Hamed Barjesteh has published several books and articles on teaching English to young and adult language learners and presented at conferences at various national and international levels. He has trained teachers and supervised many MA theses and Ph.D. dissertations. He serves as the head of English Language department, an editor and a reviewer for various journals and conferences. His research interests lies in the field of critical language pedagogy, thinking skills in language learning, Critical Language testing, dynamic assessment, and corrective feedback.

• Chapter 1 Adoption, Adaptation, and Development of Language Instructional UnitChapter 2 Structural Syllabus, Functional/Notional SyllabusChapter 3 Situational, Topical, and Lexical SyllabusChapter 4 Task-Based SyllabusChapter 5 Developing Language Instructional Materials for Young LearnersChapter 6 Developing Electronic Language Instructional MaterialChapter 7 Developing Materials for Cultural AwarenessChapter 8 Developing EAP/ESP Instructional MaterialsChapter 9 Situation Analysis And Language Curriculum DevelopmentChapter 10 Project Work as Part of Curriculum DevelopmentChapter 11 Discourse-Based and Genre-Based Curriculum DevelopmentChapter 12 Competency-Based Language Curriculum DevelopmentChapter 13 Constructivism and Language Teaching Development