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Thus we find books and chaptersonmaterialsdesignanddevelopment(Harwood,2010 Jollyand Bolitho,2011 McGrath,2002),materialsevaluationandadaptation(Islam andMares,2003 Littlejohn,2011 McDonough,ShawandMasuhara,2013 McGrath,2002 NationandMacalister,2010 Richards,2001),thematerials writing process (Bell and Gower, 2011 Mares, 2003 Maley, 2003) and types of materials (Tomlinson, 2008). Thesecondpointtobemadeisthatthemajorityofpreviouspublications focus primarily on certain aspects of ELT materials. The chapters in these volumes generally take a more theoretical perspective in looking at what underlies the development of 1 Materials in ELT: Current Issues Sue Garton and KathleenGraves Copyrighted material 9781137023292Copyrighted material 97811370232922Sue Garton and Kathleen GravesELTmaterials,althoughtheytendagaintobebasedonrelatingtheoriesof language and language learning to materials development rather than research into the materials themselves or their use.

Three notable excep-tions are the edited collections by Harwood (2010), Tomlinson and Masuhara (2010a) and Tomlinson (2013). Many of the books published are howtobooks,withadviceforteachers(seeforexampleMcDonough,Shaw andMasuhara,2013 McGrath,2002 Tomlinson,2003,2011).Thesebooks may draw on research and theory, especially in Second Language Acquisition (SLA),buttheyarenotbasedonresearchstudiesintomaterials.Mostcer-tainly such volumes have an important role to play but we think it is fair to say that the field is generally lacking in empirical studies, a point also made bењњhapelle(2009)inrelationtomaterialsevaluationandTomlinsonand Masuhara (2010b) in relation to materials development. First, the field is generally under-researched. Two things are noticeable about the majority of these publications, however. An important contribution tothefieldhasalsocomefromTomlinsons(2012)state-of-the-artreviewof materials development. Fortunately, the last few years have seen an increase in this attention with a numberofnewpublications,includingHarwood(2010),Tomlinson(2008), TomlinsonandMasuhara(2010a),Tomlinson(2013),aswellasneweditions ofpreviouspublications(McDonoughandShaw,1993,2003 McDonough, Shaw and Masuhara, 2013 Tomlinson, 1998, 2011). Tomlinson (2012) identifies the early nineties as the decade in which serious attention began to be shown towards materials development. Yet, until relatively recently, this was a neglected area in English Language Teaching (ELT) research and publication. As Richards (2001: 251) notes Much of the language teaching that occurs throughout the world today could not take place without the extensive use of commercial materials. de Abreu-e-Lima 15Factors Influencing Japanese Teachers Adoption of Communication-oriented Textbooks253 Simon Humphries 16 Materials and ELT: Looking Ahead 270 Kathleen Graves and Sue Garton Suggested Reading280Index285 Copyrighted material 9781137023292Copyrighted material 97811370232921 Overview Materialsingeneral,andcommercialmaterialsinparticular,playacentral role in language learning and teaching.

Bosompem 8 Multilevel Materials for Multilevel Learners121 Apiwan Nuangpolmak 9 Designing Effective, Culturally, and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy 141 Josie Guiney Igielski Copyrighted material 9781137023292Copyrighted material 9781137023292viContents Part III Materials and Technology 10English Language Learning through Mobile Phones 159 Arifa Rahman and Tanya Cotter 11 Using Interactive Fiction for Digital Game-based Language Learning 178 Joe Pereira 12Using Web 2.0 Tools in CLIL198 Fabrizio Maggi, Maurizia Cherubin and Enrique Garca Pascual Part IV Materials and Teacher Education 13 The Story Reading Project: Integrating Materials Development with Language Learning and Teaching for NNES Teachers in Training 219 Bonny Tibbitts and Patricia Pashby 14Teaching Pre-service EFL Teachers to Analyse and Adapt Published Materials: An Experience from Brazil 237 Eliane H. Local: Does It Matter? 37 Mario Lpez-Barrios and Elba Villanueva de Debat 4 Adapting Materials to Meet the Literacy Needs of Young Bahraini Learners 53 Sahar al Majthoob 5 Cultural Representations in Algerian English Textbooks 69 Hayat Messekher Part II Materials in the Classroom 6 Coping with New Teaching Approaches and Materials: An East-European EFL Teachers Interpretation of Communicative Teaching Activities 89 Kristjan Seferaj 7 Materials Adaptation in Ghana: Teachers Attitudes and Practices 104 Esther G.

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V Contents List of Figuresvii List of Tablesviii Series Editors Preface ix Acknowledgements xi Notes on Contributors xii 1 Materials in ELT: Current Issues1 Sue Garton and Kathleen Graves Part I Global and Local Materials 2 The ELT Textbook 19 Jack C.