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The ELT Textbook

Richards, Jack C.·2014·International Perspectives on Materials in ELT
DOI 10.1057/9781137023315_2
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Despite the advances in technology and the role of the internet, coursebooks are the main teaching resource used by many of the world’s English teachers. The extent of English teaching worldwide could probably not be sustained without the support of the many different kinds of textbooks and their ancillaries that are available to support English teachers (Tomlinson, 2003). In many schools textbooks provide the main basis for the curriculum (Richards, 1993). Appel (2011: 50-51) comments: ‘In no other school subject do coursebooks exert a similar influence as in language teaching. The book is in fact often treated as the syllabus.’ Coursebooks often determine the goals and content of teaching, as well as the methods teachers use. For both teachers and learners, the textbook provides a map that lays out the general content of lessons and a sense of structure that gives coherence to individual lessons, as well as to an entire course. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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Authors
Richards, J. C.
Corresponding author
Richards, Jack C.
ORCID
Richards, Jack C.
Venue
International Perspectives on Materials in ELT
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Published
2014
Pages
19-36
DOI
10.1057/9781137023315_2
OpenAlex
W2416096112
Cited by
34
References
20
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1
FWCI
3.31
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (unspecified)
Locations
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Social Sciences › Education › English Language Learning and Teaching
  • Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Second Language Learning and Teaching
Keywords
English language teaching textbooks, coursebooks, textbook design, language syllabus, teaching materials, course program, English as a foreign language

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