CONTENTS
Contributors = ⅷ
Series editors' preface = ⅸ
Acknowledgements = ⅹ
Overview = xi
Ⅰ 1 CURRICULUM OVERVIEW = 1
Chapter 1 A decision-making framework for the coherent language curriculum / Robert Keith Johnson = 1
2 CURRICULUM PLANNING = 24
Chapter 2 Syllabus design, curriculum development and polity determination / Theodore S. Rodgers = 24
Chapter 3 DES-IMPL-EVALU-IGN: an evaluator's checklist / Peter Hargreaves = 35
Ⅱ ENDS/MEANS SPECIFICATION = 48
Chapter 4 Needs assessment in language programming: from theory to practice / Richard Berwick = 48
Chapter 5 The role of needs analysis in adult ESL programme design / Geoffrey Brindley = 63
Chapter 6 Service English programme designand opportunity cost / Joan Swales = 79
Ⅲ PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION = 91
Chapter 7 Faculty development for language programs / Martha C. Pennington = 91
Chapter 8 The evolution of a teacher training programme / Michael Breen ; Chris Candlin ; Leni Dam ; Gerd Gabrielsen = 111
Chapter 9 Appropriate design: the internal organisation of course units / Graham Low = 136
Chapter 10 Beyond language learning: perspectives on materials design / Andrew Littlejohn ; Scott Windeatt = 155
Ⅳ CLASSROOM IMPLEMENTATION = 176
Chapter 11 Hidden agendas: the role of the learner in programme implementation / David Nunan = 176
Chapter 12 The evaluation cycle for language learning tasks / Michael Breen = 187
Chapter 13 Seeing the wood AND the trees: some thoughts on language teaching analysis / H. H. Stern = 207
Ⅴ EVALUATION = 222
Chapter 14 Language program evaluation: a synthesis of existing possibilities / James Dean Brown = 222
Chapter 15 The development and use of criterion-referenced tests of language ability in language program evaluation / Lyle F. Bachman = 242
Chapter 16 Mastery decisions in program evaluation / Thom Hudson = 259
Chapter 17 Tailoring the evaluation to fit the context / Warwick B. Elley = 270
Bibliography = 286
Index = 310
