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Designing Language Courses: A Guide for Teachers
Designing Language Courses: A Guide for Teachers is a clear and comprehensive overview of course design. This text provides a practical guide to designing language courses by encouraging teachers to explore ways of planning and organizing content, and evaluating materials.
308 pages, Paperback
First published July 6, 1999
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May 25, 2014
Very clearly written with many concrete examples, this book is a real help if you are working on the Cambridge DELTA or any other course where you have to implement syllabus design. I highly recommend it.
March 9, 2021
Good for the complete beginners in teaching. Still, felt too basic.
The info needs to be revised, a lot of materials and suggestions are outdated and ineffective.
Too many personal cool stories to my liking: ok, we get you have an extensive experience, but all this personalization, though on topic, is confusing. What makes an author sure that she can apply her individual experience to all the ESL classes?
Basically, it’s just “Look, I am a teacher, let me share my experience and give you the review of all the books I’ve read. Also there are some other teachers who share their stories. The nutshell: plan everything after you met your group, love�.
The info needs to be revised, a lot of materials and suggestions are outdated and ineffective.
Too many personal cool stories to my liking: ok, we get you have an extensive experience, but all this personalization, though on topic, is confusing. What makes an author sure that she can apply her individual experience to all the ESL classes?
Basically, it’s just “Look, I am a teacher, let me share my experience and give you the review of all the books I’ve read. Also there are some other teachers who share their stories. The nutshell: plan everything after you met your group, love�.
February 13, 2008
Unlike many linguistic textbooks, this book does not seem to advocate a single approach, theory, or methodology (mostly because she's talking about designing, not teaching). The author is very open to suggestions, and has good tips for brainstorming and organizing... good principles to apply to more than just designing courses....!
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August 2, 2011Lots of practical information and planning tips. Lots of good insight from experienced teachers. Very good for those who appreciate visual illustrations.
September 30, 2014
good book
April 15, 2017
Giving practical ways to design an English Language Learning course.
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