ABSTRACT

Designed for pre-service and novice teachers in ELT, What English Language Teachers Need to Know Volumes I, II, and III are companion textbooks organized around the key question: What do teachers need to know and be able to do in order to help their students to learn English?

Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of Volume III explores the contexts for ELT curricula; explains key processes in curriculum design; and sets out approaches to curricula that are linguistic-based, content-based, learner centered, and learning centered. Organized around the three pillars of teaching—planning, instructing, and assessing—chapters in the second edition are updated to include current research and theory to meet the needs of today’s teachers, and feature new or revised vignettes and activities. New chapters help teachers understand both the technological and multilingual approaches that learners need to succeed today.

The comprehensive texts of this series are suitable resources for teachers across different contexts—where English is the dominant language, an official language, or a foreign language; for different levels—elementary/primary, secondary, university, or adult education; and for different learning purposes—general English, workplace English, English for academic purposes, or English for specific purposes.

part I|84 pages

Contexts for ELT Curricula

chapter 1|15 pages

The Nature of Curriculum Design

chapter 2|15 pages

Social, Political, and Historical Contexts

chapter 3|18 pages

Emergent and Emerging Englishes

chapter 4|13 pages

The Multilingual Context

chapter 5|21 pages

The Technological Context

part II|47 pages

Key Processes in Curriculum Design

chapter 6|19 pages

The Cycle of Curriculum Design

chapter 7|11 pages

Connecting Lessons, Courses, and Programs

chapter 8|15 pages

Quality Assurance and the Curriculum

part III|94 pages

Linguistic-Based Curricula

chapter 9|16 pages

The Structural Approach

chapter 10|16 pages

The Notional-Functional Approach

chapter 11|16 pages

The Academic Language Functions Approach

chapter 12|15 pages

Genre- and Text-Based Approach

chapter 13|14 pages

A Vocabulary Approach

chapter 14|15 pages

A Language Skills Approach

part IV|36 pages

Content-Based Curricula

chapter 15|21 pages

A Content and Language Integrated Approach

chapter 16|13 pages

A Topical-Situational Approach

part V|41 pages

Learner-Centered Curricula

chapter 17|13 pages

A Negotiated Curriculum

chapter 18|14 pages

A Humanistic Curriculum

chapter 19|12 pages

A Task-Based Curriculum

part VI|48 pages

Learning-Centered Curricula

chapter 20|14 pages

Outcome-Based Education

chapter 21|16 pages

A Competency-Based Curriculum

chapter 22|16 pages

A Standards-Based Curriculum