Teachers as Course Developers

This is a book about how language teachers themselves rather than curriculum specialists develop and implement their own courses.

Kathleen Graves (Edited by)

9780521497688, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 23 February 1996

224 pages
22.8 x 15.3 x 1.5 cm, 0.373 kg

'I strongly recommend this book for ESL/EAP teachers and course designers as it enriches their knowledge on research and curriculum frameworks. It is a great incentive for teachers to start jotting down their daily teaching experiences, which could be as valuable and important as what is discussed in this useful resource book.' Teacher Development IATEFL No. 34, 1997

This is a book about how language teachers themselves rather than curriculum specialists develop and implement their own courses. The paperback edition illuminates the process of course development through the narratives of six ELT teachers who have designed courses in widely varying contexts worldwide. Graves provides a framework for course design and examines how these six teachers have utilized or departed from the framework in meeting the challenges of their particular situations. Each narrative is followed by an analysis and a set of tasks that direct the reader's attention to a particular aspect of the framework.

Subject Areas: ELT: teaching theory & methods [EBA]