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Teaching Materials and the Roles of EFL/ESL Teachers: Practice and Theory
Author(s): Ian McGrath (Author)
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
- Publication Date: 14 Mar. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 1441190600
- ISBN-13: 9781441190604
Book Description
The book explores these issues from a variety of perspectives. The views of publishers/textbook writers, those contributing to the professional literature, and teacher educators are synthesised to establish a ‘theory’ of how teachers can best fulfil their roles vis-à-vis materials and learners. This is then compared with ‘practice’, as represented by published accounts of teachers’ actual practices and learners’ perspectives. The conclusion reached is that teacher education in materials evaluation and design is essential and suggestions are offered as to the form this might take.
The book is intended particularly for MA students and teacher educators concerned with materials evaluation and design, but is of interest to all those concerned with the publication and use of English language teaching materials.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Times Higher Education
[A] valuable resource for postgraduate students, researchers, and teacher educators in the area of TESOL. What it reveals about how coursebooks are actually used will also make it salutary reading for publishers and coursebook writers. With his measured tone and a balanced approach which takes into consideration all sectors of the language teaching community, McGrath gives us a very readable, thought-provoking, and welcome addition to the steadily growing body of literature on materials development.
ELT Journal
McGrath’s book … provides a safety harness for the inexperienced teacher while offering the more seasoned teacher an opportunity to rethink and refresh perspectives held towards materials development and design … A useful resource for all teachers and teacher educators.
Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
