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Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-309) and index.

"Issues of language curriculum development underlie all stages in the planning and implementation of language teaching programmes. This authoritative collection of papers argues for these issues to be made explicit. The stages which the book deals with are: curriculum planning, specification of ends and means, programme implementation, and classroom implementation. Evaluation is also of crucial relevance at each stage.

The 'curriculum' is taken to mean all the factors which contribute to the teaching and learning situation, and the emphasis of the book is on the interdependence of these factors. The contributors are leading practitioners and researchers with experience in various parts of the world. They identify the problems faced and the directions to be followed in relating current theory with practice in curriculum development. This collection will be of key interest to teachers, teacher-trainers, course directors and designers, and all others concerned with designing and implementing language programmes." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:
Contributors
Series editors' preface
Acknowledgements Overview

I. 1 CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
Chapter 1: A decision-making framework for the coherent language curriculum / Robert Keith Johnson

I. 2. CURRICULUM PLANNING
Chapter 2: Syllabus design, curriculum development and polity determination / Theodore S. Rodgers
Chapter 3: DES-IMPL-EVALU-IGN: an evaluator's checklist / Peter Hargreaves

II. ENDS/MEANS SPECIFICATION
Chapter 4: Needs assessment in language programming: from theory to practice / Richard Berwick
Chapter 5: The role of needs analysis in adult ESL programme design / Geoffrey Brindley
Chapter 6: Service English programme design and opportunity cost / John Swales

III. PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Chapter 7: Faculty development for language programs / Martha C. Pennington
Chapter 8: The evolution of a teacher training programme / Michael Breen, Chris Candlin, Leni Dam, and Gerd Gabrielsen
Chapter 9: Appropriate design: the internal organisation of course units / Graham Low
Chapter 10: Beyond language learning: perspectives on materials design / Andrew Littlejohn and Scott Windeatt

IV. CLASSROOM IMPLEMENTATION
Chapter 11: Hidden agendas: the role of the learner in programme implementation / David Nunan
Chapter 12: The evaluation cycle for language learning tasks / Michael Breen
Chapter 13: Seeing the wood AND the trees: some thoughts on language teaching analysis / H.H. Stern

V. EVALUATION
Chapter 14: Language program evaluation: a synthesis of existing possibilities / James Dean Brown
Chapter 15: The development and use of criterion-referenced tests of language ability in language program evaluation / Lyle F. Bachman
Chapter 16: Mastery decisions in program evaluation / Thom Hudson
Chapter 17: Tailoring the evaluation to fit the context / Warwick B. Elley

Bibliography

Index