Cover -- Half-Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- 1 Introduction: Applied linguistics and materials development -- What is the relationship between applied linguistics and materials development? -- The aims of applied linguistics and materials development -- An appeal to the reader -- Bibliography -- PART ONE Learning and teaching languages -- 2 Second language acquisition and materials development -- Introduction -- What we know about the process of SLA -- What we would like to know about SLA -- Suggestions for applying SLA theory to ELT materials development -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 3 Beyond semantics: Moving language in foreign language learning -- Part one -- Part two -- Bibliography -- 4 Classroom research of language classes -- Introduction -- What classroom research has revealed -- What we do not know about the classroom -- What is the match between what coursebooks ask their users to do and what is reported to typically happen in the classroom? -- What can coursebook writers learn from classroom research? -- Bibliography -- 5 Language learning for young learners -- Introduction -- Part one -- Part two -- Bibliography -- Comments on PART ONE -- PART TWO Aspects of language use -- 6 Spoken language research: The applied linguistic challenge -- Part one -- Part two -- Bibliography -- 7 Vocabulary -- Part one -- Part two -- Bibliography -- 8 Pragmatics -- Part one -- Part two -- Bibliography -- 9 The application of discourse analysis to materials design for language teaching -- What we know -- What we think we know -- What we need to find out -- The current match with published materials -- Suggestions for materials development applications -- An example of materials development application -- Bibliography -- 10 Intercultural competence -- Introduction -- Cross-cultural training.

Intercultural education and foreign language teaching -- Teaching as education and training -- Teaching 'knowledge about' -- Assessment -- The current match with published materials for intercultural language education -- Materials with more emphasis on intercultural education -- Materials with more emphasis on language learning -- Suggestions for materials development for intercultural language education -- Bibliography -- Comments on PART TWO -- PART THREE Language skills -- 11 Reading -- Part one -- Part two -- Bibliography -- 12 The teaching of reading in English for young learners: Some considerations and next steps -- Part one -- Part two -- Bibliography -- 13 Listening in another language - research and materials -- Part one -- Part two -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 14 Materials for writing - was this the case of the Runaway Bandwagon? -- Part one -- Writing teachers must be writers! -- Part two -- Bibliography -- 15 Teaching speaking in a second language -- Part one -- Part two -- Bibliography -- Comments on PART THREE -- PART FOUR Curriculum development -- 16 Implementing language policy and planning through materials development -- Language policy and planning -- The implementation of LPP through materials development and use -- Bibliography -- 17 Studies of pedagogy -- Introduction -- The communicative approach to language teaching -- Task-based language learning -- Problem-based learning -- Consciousness-raising -- Corpus linguistics: Pedagogy and materials -- Using grammar: Adverbs that modify adjectives -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- 18 Modes of delivery -- Introduction: The mode continuum -- Teacher talk -- Blended learning -- Webquests -- Online text chat -- mLearning -- Self-access CALL materials -- Language learning courseware -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 19 Language testing washback: The role of materials.

Part one -- Part two -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Comments on PART FOUR -- Concluding comments -- Index.