Yalden, Janice. <br/><br/>
Principles of Course Design for Language Teaching / 
Janice Yalden. 
 - New York, NY :  Cambridge University Press,  1987. 
 - ix, 207 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
 - New directions in language teaching .
 - New directions in language teaching .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index. 
<br/><br/>“In preparing and teaching second language courses, language professionals frequently make decisions in response to learner needs: in choosing textbooks, altering a sequence of exercises from a textbook, creating classroom materials, and so on. Yalden puts these kinds of decisions into perspective, outlining theoretical issues relevant to language teachers today.<br/> Set against this theoretical background are practical suggestions on how teachers can devise classroom procedures and materials that best fir the linguistic and communicative needs of their learners. Emphasis is placed on gathering information form and about the learner. This leads to the establishment of frameworks, short language-learning modules which give support to all of the components needed in a language course.<br/> Procedures for developing main or supplementary units to new or existing courses are described in detail. Three complete case studies of courses that the author and her colleagues developed are included in the book. They contain numerous examples of resulting course materials.” –Back cover<br/> CONTENTS: Preface<br/> Part I. Usable theories<br/>  1. Setting up a course<br/> Part II. Language teaching and linguistics: current issues<br/>  2. Proficiency in a second language<br/>  3. Language functions and pragmatics<br/>  4. Discourse analysis and course design Part III From theory to practice<br/>  5. Teachers and teaching<br/>  6. Teachers and linguists<br/>  7. Teachers and course design Part IV. Frameworks for second language course design<br/>  8. Syllabus and methodology<br/>  9. A proportional approach<br/>  10. Three case studies<br/>  11. Using frameworks Appendix A Sample task-based framework<br/> Appendix B Frameworks for Communications Needs Courses<br/> References<br/> Index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521309891 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>86017197 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB8862971  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>BA00610956  JP-ToKJK 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Language and languages--Study and teaching.<br/>Curriculum planning.<br/>Langage et langues--Étude et enseignement.<br/>Programmes d'études--Planification.<br/>Curriculum planning.<br/>Language and languages--Study and teaching.<br/>Taalonderwijs.<br/>Leerplanontwikkeling.<br/>Curriculumplanung<br/>Fremdsprachenunterricht<br/>Programme d'études.<br/>Langage et langues--Étude et enseignement.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Foreign languages  Teaching  Methodology.