| Description |
xxii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge applied linguistics series |
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Cambridge applied linguistics series.
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| Contents |
A decision-making framework for the coherent language curriculum / Robert Keith Johnson -- Syllabus design, curriculum development and polity determination / Theodore S. Rodgers -- DES-IMPL-EVALU-IGN : an evaluator's checklist / Peter Hargreaves -- Needs assessment in language programming : from theory to practice / Richard Berwick -- The role of needs analysis in adult ESL programme design / Geoffrey Brindley -- Service English programme design and opportunity cost / John Swales -- Faculty development for language programs / Martha C. Pennington -- The evolution of a teacher training programme / Michael Breen ... [et al.] -- Appropriate design : the internal organisation of course units / Graham Low |
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Beyond language learning : perspectives on materials design / Andrew Littlejohn and Scott Windeatt -- Hidden agendas : the role of the learner in programme implementation / David Nunan -- The evaluation cycle for language learning tasks / Michael Breen -- Seeing the wood AND the trees : some thoughts on language teaching analysis / H.H. Stern -- Language program evaluation : a synthesis of existing possibilities / James Dean Brown -- The development and use of criterion-referenced tests of language ability in language program evaluation / Lyle F. Bachman -- Mastery decisions in program evaluation / Thom Hudson -- Tailoring the evaluation to fit the context / Warwick B. Elley |
| Summary |
Issues of language curriculum development underlied the planning and implementation of language teaching programmes. These papers argue for the process to be made explicit and deal with curriculum planning, specification of ends and means, programme implementation and classroom implementation |
| Analysis |
Non-English speaking students Curriculum subjects: English language Curriculum Development |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 286-309 |
| Subject |
Curriculum planning.
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
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Second language acquisition.
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| Author |
Johnson, Robert Keith.
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| LC no. |
88023433 |
| ISBN |
0521361567 |
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0521369614 (paperback) |
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