Curriculum Development in Language Teaching
Product description
Curriculum Development in Language Teaching Second edition describes and examines key stages in the process of curriculum development and implementation, including situation analysis, needs analysis, goal setting, syllabus design, materials development and adaptation, teaching and teacher support, and evaluation. As well as describing and examining a traditional product-focused curriculum perspective, is also considers curriculum from the perspective of classroom processes. The book is written in an accessible manner to give the reader a clear introduction to fundamental issues and practices and highlights issues which can impact significantly on curriculum, so readers gain an insight into the effectiveness of innovation in curriculum.
Key features
- Discussion questions within and at the end of chapters, give readers opportunities to reflect on and discuss the issues.
- Case studies in each chapter enable readers to see how the issues discussed are addressed by practitioners.
- Thoroughly updated for the second edition, including new chapters on the nature of curriculum and curriculum as process.