Designed specially for postgraduate TESOL and Applied Linguistics students, this Reader provides both theoretical perspectives and practical tools for analysing and understanding how ELT classroom curricula can be analysed,developed and evaluated. List of illustrations x Acknowledgements xii Introduction 1(8) David R. Hall Ann Hewings PART ONE Directions in curriculum change The Essentials of a Communicative Curriculum in Language Teaching 9(18) Michael P. Breen Christopher N. Candlin Managing the Learning Process 27(19) David Nunan Clarice Lamb Lexis in the Syllabus 46(9) Michael Lewis Designing the Discourse Syllabus 55(9) Michael McCarthy Ronald Carter The Uses of Computerized Language Corpora: A Reply to Ronald Carter 64(7) Guy Cook Approaches to the Study of Disciplinary Variation in Academic Writing: Implications for Syllabus Design 71(16) Ann Hewings Martin Hewings PART TWO Political and institutional constraints in curriculum development Politics and Knowledge About Language: The Linc Project 87(12) Ronald Carter Bilingual Education and Syllabus Design: Towards A Workable Blueprint 99(9) Gary M. Jones World Englishes in Tesol Programs: An Infusion Model of Curricular Innovation 108(10) Kimberley Brown The Diffusion of Innovation in Language Teaching 118(9) Numa Markee Adapting Individualization Techniques for Large Classes 127(10) Zakia Sarwar An Emergent Language Program Framework: Actively Involving Learners in Needs Analysis 137(12) William Savage Graeme Storer Teachers' Perceived Difficulties in Introducing the Communicative Approach in South Korea 149(20) Defeng Li PART THREE Planning and implementing curriculum change Achieving Cultural Continunity in Curriculum Innovation 169(9) Adrian Holliday A Framework of Course Development Processes 178(19) Kathleen Graves Action Research in Language Education 197(11) David Nunan Curriculum Evolution in the Australian Adult Migrant English Program 208(21) Susan Feez Materials Production: Theory and Practice 229(11) David R. Hall Call Innovation in the Elt Curriculum 240(13) Simon Sergeant PART FOUR Evaluating curriculum change Purposes for Evaluation 253(10) Pauline Rea-Dickins Kevin Germaine A Case Study of Curriculum Implementation in Hong Kong 263(12) David R. Carless Determining Social Prominence: A Methodology for Uncovering Gender Bias in Esl Textbooks 275(9) Joan Lesikin Index 284