Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Teachers as course developers /
Kathleen Graves

2. A framework of course development processes / Kathleen Graves

3. Designing workplace ESOL courses for Chinese health-care workers at a Boston nursing home / Johan Uvin

4. Designing a seventh-grade social studies course for ESL students at an international school / Pat Fisher

5. Designing an EAP course for postgraduate students in Ecuador / Maria del Carmen Blyth

6. Designing a writing component for teen courses at a Brazilian language institute / Maria Estela Pinheiro Franco

7. Planning an advanced listening comprehension elective for Japanese college students / Barbara Fujiwara

8. A curriculum framework for corporate language programs / Laura Hull

"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. Uses unique case study approach to illustrate course design. Provides a framework for course development that any teacher can apply. Offers tasks and discussions to facilitate use of the book in curriculum design classes." (Publisher's Website)