Overview
- Answers the why and the how of implementing curriculum change, as well as the critical considerations of the curriculum as planned and lived in practice
- Poses a series of critical questions to encourage reflection on how the content relates to the particular context of the reader
- Includes tools, samples and case study examples throughout to ground the book in a notably practical outlook
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About this book
This book introduces and explains a series of tools for curriculum renewal and revitalization in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programs, based on the experiences of the authors in successfully implementing a new curriculum in a large EAP program in North America. The book focuses on the why and how of introducing curriculum change, while also engaging critically with the realities of day-to-day classroom practice and the important issue of teacher engagement. While maintaining a principles-driven approach, each chapter is also filled with tools, samples and case study examples, grounding the book in practice and making it an essential resource for language teachers, teacher trainers, and students on TESOL and related courses.
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Keywords
- curriculum design
- Communicative Language Teaching
- English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
- English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
- Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)
- Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)
- learning goals
- pedagogy
- curriculum change
- teacher engagement
- english
Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
“Presented as a step-by-step guide, the book takes the reader through a curriculum review and development process ... . Besides being strongly based on research, the book has various strengths in its practicality as well. One particular strength is that it is highly reader-friendly. ... Overall, the book is a useful resource for academic managers and curriculum specialists preparing to review their EAP courses.” (Agnes Bodis, English Australia Journal, Vol. 37 (2), 2021)
A very useful overview and introduction to ESP course design. The authors draw on a comprehensive understanding of curriculum theory and practice, and the useful examples, case studies and guidelines given throughout the book make it a valuable resource for ESP practitioners.
– Professor Jack C Richards, University of Sydney, Australia
This book is my new ‘go-to’ resource for practical insights and tools to guide the processes of building, refining and evaluating an EAP Curriculum. The authors seamlessly weave into the book their own story of curriculum renewal, taking the reader through every detail of the process. Illuminating and eminently useable.
– Dr Jonathan Newton, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Martin Guardado is Professor of Applied Linguistics and the Director of the English Language School at the University of Alberta, Canada.
Justine Light is a curriculum developer at NorQuest College and Adjunct Professor in the TESL program at the University of Alberta, Canada. She has taught ESL for the past twenty years in a wide range of settings, including a decade of instruction in EAP programs.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Curriculum Development in English for Academic Purposes
Book Subtitle: A Guide to Practice
Authors: Martin Guardado, Justine Light
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47468-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47467-6Published: 30 May 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47468-3Published: 29 May 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 123
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Language Education, Language Teaching, English, Curriculum Studies