Case Studies in Language Curriculum Design

John Macalister is Senior Lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He specialises in the fields of language teaching methodology and curriculum design and draws on experience in teacher education and curriculum design in Thailand, Cambodia, Kiribati, Vanuatu and Namibia.I.S.P. Nation is Professor in Applied Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. In addition to books, his extensive list of publications on teaching and learning vocabulary, language teaching methodology, and curriculum design, includes journal articles, book chapters and book reviews. He has taught in Indonesia, Thailand, the United States, Finland and Japan.

• Preface IntroductionPaul Nation and John Macalister A survival language learning syllabus for foreign travelPaul Nation and David Crabbe Design meeting context: A general English course for Burmese adultsKatie Julian and Derek Foster Designing English language courses for Omani studentsAngela Joe My ideal vocabulary teaching coursePaul Nation Opening the door to international communication: Peruvian officials and APECSusan Smith Helping skilled migrants into employment: The workplace communication programNicky Riddiford The blended language learning course in Taiwan: Issues & challenges of instructional designGi-Zen Liu Designing the assessment of a university ESOL courseJohn Read and Lizzy Roe Refreshing a writing course: The role of evaluationJohn Macalister Localizing Spanish in the Ann Arbor Languages Partnership: Develoopiing and using a ‘teachable’ curriculumDonald Freeman, Maria Coolican and Kathleen Graves Learning to teach Spanish: Identifying, inducting, and supporting apprentice teachers in the Ann Arbor Languages PartnershipDonald Freeman, Maria Coolican and Kathleen Graves Negotiated syllabuses: Do you want to?Andrew Boon Enhancing consumerist literacy practices in an urbanizing communityMoses Samuel and Saratha Sithamparam The teacher as intermediary between national curriculum and classroomKevin Parent Developing a blogwriting program at a Japanese universityPatrick Foss