ELTWeekly Issue 2 – Book of the week: The ELT Curriculum: Design, Innovation and Mangement by Ronald White
By Tarun Patel
The ELT book of the week for the second issue of ELTWeekly is:
“The ELT Curriculum: Design, Innovation and Mangement” by Ronald White
Book Details
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (July 7, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0631151524
ISBN-13: 978-0631151524
Book Description
ELT teachers today are faced with a bewildering choice of aims, methods and materials. How can they design or choose language curricula best suited to their learners’ needs? What options are open to them in designing and introducing new Syllabuses and methods? In answering these questions, the author begins by reviewing historically the development of ideas on language teaching and language curriculum.
He describes various types of syllabus, both past and current, and he highlights the assumptions, principles and aims underlying them. Proposing curriculum renewal is one matter; introducing it into an existing system is quite another.
The effective management and implementation of curriculum change forms the basis of the successful introduction of new syllabuses, materials and methods, issues about which the author offers theoretical guidance and practical advice based on evidence derived form the study of innovation in education.
Reviews
Ken Cripwell, ESOL
“Ron White approaches ELT curriculum issues by making the case that however desirable curriculum renewal/change within the financial and administrative constraints of existing educational systems might be, the reality is frequently problematic. This book seems particularly aimed at educational administrators and teachers who want to expand their rudimentary knowledge of the subject, and ample background is provided via the author’s thorough historical overview of the development of ideas on language teaching.” Leslie F. Sheldon, Times Higher Educational Supplement “It makes fascinating reading … I couldn’t put it down … The synthesis of the field is excellent and the treatment is very clear so that it really is the kind of book that our students need to have. It is going to be one of those fundamental texts which we will all be referring to in the future.”
Leslie F. Sheldon, Times Higher Educational Supplement
“Ron White approaches ELT curriculum issues by making the case that however desirable curriculum renewal/change within the financial and administrative constraints of existing educational systems might be, the reality is frequently problematic. This book seems particularly aimed at educational administrators and teachers who want to expand their rudimentary knowledge of the subject, and ample background is provided via the author’s thorough historical overview of the development of ideas on language teaching.”
Ken Cripwell, ESOL
“It makes fascinating reading . . . I couldn’t put it down . . . The synthesis of the field is excellent and the treatment is very clear so that it really is the kind of book that our students need to have. It is going to be one of those fundamental texts which we will all be referring to in the future.”
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December 19th, 2008About... Tarun Patel
This author published 569 posts in this site.Tarun Patel (http://tarunpatel.net/blog/) is an ELT and Communication skills teacher, working with Charotar University of Science & Technology (CHARUSAT - http://charusat.ac.in/). He has been dealing with the Language learning processes for last seven years. 'Technology in Teaching English' is his favorite domain and he has presented several research papers in national and international conferences on the same theme. He is the founder editor of ELTWeekly (http://eltweekly.com/), India's first weekly ELT eNewsletter which reaches in more than forty countries and benefits more than 1600d teachers of English and Communication Skills. Have a look at his personal blog http://tarunpatel.net/blog/.
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