The Coursebook and Beyond : Choosing, Using and Teaching Outside the Text /
Fiona Copland and Steve Mann ; Hugh Graham-Marr (Series Editor).
- 1st ed.
- Tokyo : ABAX ELT publishers, 2012.
- 170 p. : ill. (b&w) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
"The Coursebook and Beyond is a resource for current and future English language teachers. It has been written both for use by the individual teacher and for use in teacher training courses. The book looks at the central role played by the coursebook in most language courses, at some of the curricular ideas behind a coursebook and at the different ways a coursebook may go about implementing these. For the most part, the focus ofThe Coursebook and Beyond is very practical, a focus on how teachers can deal with a prescribed body of materials. The book presents ideas on how to select (or reject) a coursebook, on different ways to work with the materials within a coursebook, and on how to jump outside the text altogether where this helps to better attain the goals of the course and where the coursebook might need augmentation. The overarching aim of The Coursebook and Beyond is to help teachers see course materials as less a fixed route and more a suggested path for helping students achieve the goals of a course. And that teachers practicing choice in how to use a coursebook with their students—and on when to jump away from it altogether—can greatly improve how any text does its job." (Book Cover) CONTENTS: Introduction Chapter 1: The Coursebook 1.1 Levels of course design Curriculum / Syllabus / Course / Coursebook / Lesson Plans 1.2 Types of Coursebook Course-books for the International Market / Locally produced coursebook 1.3 Coursebook design How are Coursebooks designed? / Grammar Translation Present, Practice, Produce (PPP) / Task based approach 1.4 Choosing a coursebook How can we learn about coursebooks? / Steps in making your choice Developing 'specific' criteria / Developing global criteria 1.5 Do you need a course book at all? Other language teaching publications Chapter 2: The Coursebook in the Classroom 2.1 Selecting Activities Selecting activities for a lesson / Selecting activities to practice grammar Selecting activities to encourage Interaction / Selecting activities to improve listening skills Selecting activities over a series of lessons 2.2 Adapting Coursebooks Adapting to personalize/ Adapting to increase interaction Chapter 3: Extending Coursebook Material 3.1 Extension More of the same / Something a little different Transferring language to a new context / Extension activities in response to a student query 3.2 Review Course-books for the International Market / Locally produced coursebook 3.3 Top Tips for adapting and extending texts in the classroom Chapter 4: Other Materials for Classroom Use 4.1 Other materials Plugging the gap / Skills books / Specialist materials (English for Specific Purposes) Resource Books / Dictionaries 4.2 Writing your own materials 4.3 Authentic materials Selecting authentic materials / Using different authentic materials / Sources of authentic materials 4.4 Culture
"The Coursebook and Beyond is a resource for current and future English language teachers. It has been written both for use by the individual teacher and for use in teacher training courses.
The book looks at the central role played by the coursebook in most language courses, at some of the curricular ideas behind a coursebook and at the different ways a coursebook may go about implementing these. For the most part, the focus ofThe Coursebook and Beyond is very practical, a focus on how teachers can deal with a prescribed body of materials. The book presents ideas on how to select (or reject) a coursebook, on different ways to work with the materials within a coursebook, and on how to jump outside the text altogether where this helps to better attain the goals of the course and where the coursebook might need augmentation.
The overarching aim of The Coursebook and Beyond is to help teachers see course materials as less a fixed route and more a suggested path for helping students achieve the goals of a course. And that teachers practicing choice in how to use a coursebook with their students—and on when to jump away from it altogether—can greatly improve how any text does its job." (Book Cover) Introduction
Chapter 1: The Coursebook 1.1 Levels of course design Curriculum / Syllabus / Course / Coursebook / Lesson Plans 1.2 Types of Coursebook Course-books for the International Market / Locally produced coursebook 1.3 Coursebook design How are Coursebooks designed? / Grammar Translation Present, Practice, Produce (PPP) / Task based approach 1.4 Choosing a coursebook How can we learn about coursebooks? / Steps in making your choice Developing 'specific' criteria / Developing global criteria 1.5 Do you need a course book at all? Other language teaching publications
Chapter 2: The Coursebook in the Classroom 2.1 Selecting Activities Selecting activities for a lesson / Selecting activities to practice grammar Selecting activities to encourage Interaction / Selecting activities to improve listening skills Selecting activities over a series of lessons 2.2 Adapting Coursebooks Adapting to personalize/ Adapting to increase interaction
Chapter 3: Extending Coursebook Material 3.1 Extension More of the same / Something a little different Transferring language to a new context / Extension activities in response to a student query 3.2 Review Course-books for the International Market / Locally produced coursebook 3.3 Top Tips for adapting and extending texts in the classroom
Chapter 4: Other Materials for Classroom Use 4.1 Other materials Plugging the gap / Skills books / Specialist materials (English for Specific Purposes) Resource Books / Dictionaries 4.2 Writing your own materials 4.3 Authentic materials Selecting authentic materials / Using different authentic materials / Sources of authentic materials 4.4 Culture What do we mean by culture? / Target culture / Popular Culture The Cultures of Other Countries / A Student's Culture / Hidden agendas 4.5 Top 10 stand-alone activities
Chapter 5: Beyond the Classroom 5.1 Homework Setting homework / What homework is suitable? / Other speaking homework Marking homework / Integrating homework 5.2 CALL CD-Rom/ Internet / Using e-mail and pen pals/ Integrating the computer into the lesson Materials for the Teacher / CALL problems 5.3 The self-access centre (SAC) Self-access and computers 5.4 English Club Establishing an English club / Project work / Drama / Visitors / Karaoke Playing games in English / Recommended further reading on coursebooks and materials