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English Language Teaching Textbooks

Content, Consumption, Production

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Editors:
  1. Nigel Harwood

    1. Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. 1 Content, Consumption, and Production: Three Levels of Textbook Research

    1. Content, Consumption, and Production: Three Levels of Textbook Research

      • Nigel Harwood
      Pages 1-41

  3. Studies of Textbook Content

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. All Middle Class Now? Evolving Representations of the Working Class in the Neoliberal Era: The Case of ELT Textbooks

      • John Gray, David Block
      Pages 45-71

    3. Reading Comprehension Questions: The Distribution of Different Types in Global EFL Textbooks

      • Diana Freeman
      Pages 72-110

    4. Teaching English Reading: What’s Included in the Textbooks of Pre-Service General Education Teachers?

      • L. Quentin Dixon, Shuang Wu, Renata Burgess-Brigham, R. Malatesha Joshi, Emily Binks-Cantrell, Erin Washburn
      Pages 111-141

  4. Studies of Textbook Consumption

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Teachers’ Conceptualization and Use of the Textbook on a Medical English Course

      • Ahlam Menkabu, Nigel Harwood
      Pages 145-177

    3. An Experienced Teacher’s Use of the Textbook on an Academic English Course: A Case Study

      • Fotini Grammatosi, Nigel Harwood
      Pages 178-204

    4. Global Textbooks in Local Contexts: An Empirical Investigation of Effectiveness

      • Gregory Hadley
      Pages 205-238

  5. Studies of Textbook Production

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
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    2. Writing Materials for Publication: Questions Raised and Lessons Learned

      • Ivor Timmis
      Pages 241-261

    3. An Interdisciplinary Textbook Project: Charting the Paths Taken

      • Fredricka L. Stoller, Marin S. Robinson
      Pages 262-298

    4. Tensions between the Old and the New in EAP Textbook Revision: A Tale of Two Projects

      • Christine B. Feak, John M. Swales
      Pages 299-319

    5. Chaosmos: Spontaneity and Order in the Materials Design Process

      • Jill Hadfield
      Pages 320-359

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 360-373
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About this book

English language teaching textbooks (or coursebooks) play a central role in the life of a classroom. This edited volume contains research-informed chapters focusing on: analysis of textbook content; how textbooks are used in the classroom; and textbook writers' accounts of the materials writing, design, and publishing process.

Reviews

“This book is likely to inspire both novice and more experienced researchers, and it would make a good choice of core reading in both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in ELT curriculum or materials development and analysis … . this volume is to be welcomed by applied linguists with a range of interests, including classroom pedagogy, semiotics, literacy development, teacher education, and language teaching materials.” (Denise Santos, Applied Linguistics, Vol. 37 (1), February, 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex, UK

    Nigel Harwood

About the editor

Emily Binks-Cantrell, Texas A&M University, USA David Block, Universitat de Lleida, Spain Renata Burgess-Brigham, Texas A&M University, USA L. Quentin Dixon, Texas A&M University, USA Christine Feak, University of Michigan, USA Diana Freeman, University of Essex, UK Fotini Grammatosi, University of Essex, UK John Gray, Institute of Education, University of London, UK Jill Hadfield, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand Gregory Hadley, University of Oxford, UK Nigel Harwood, University of Essex, UK R. Malatesha (Malt) Joshi, Texas A&M University, USA Ahlam Menkabu, University of Essex, UK Marin S. Robinson, Northern Arizona University, USA Fredricka L. Stoller, Northern Arizona University, USA John M. Swales, University of Michigan, USA Ivor Timmis, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK Erin Washburn, Binghamton University, USA Shuang Wu, Texas A&M University, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: English Language Teaching Textbooks

  • Book Subtitle: Content, Consumption, Production

  • Editors: Nigel Harwood

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137276285

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-27627-8Published: 29 November 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-27630-8Published: 29 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-27628-5Published: 29 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 373

  • Topics: Language Teaching, Language Education, Linguistics, general, English

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