Case studies are a powerful pedagogical tool for illuminating constructs and
models in real-life contexts. Covering a wide range of teaching–learning contexts
and offering in-depth analyses of ESL/EFL language curriculum design issues,
this casebook is distinctive and unique in that each case draws on and is clearly
linked to a single model presented in Nation and Macalister’s Language Curriculum
Design (www.routledge.com/9780415806060), giving the book a high degree
of coherence. A short commentary by the editors after each case highlights
features of note and/or issues arising from it. This is a versatile text, designed to
work as a companion to Language Curriculum Design (adding meaning and depth to the model presented there by relating it to a range of applications), as a stand- alone text, or as a resource for language teacher trainees, teacher educators, practicing teachers, program administrators, and materials writers in the field.
John Macalister is Senior Lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He specializes in the fields of language teaching methodology and curriculum design and draws on experience in teacher education and curriculum design in Thailand, Cambodia, Kiribati, Vanuatu, and Namibia.
I.S.P. Nation is Professor in Applied Linguistics at Victoria University of
Wellington, New Zealand. In addition to books, his extensive list of publicationson teaching and learning vocabulary, language teaching methodology, and curriculum design includes journal articles, book chapters, and book reviews. He has taught in Indonesia, Thailand, the United States, Finland, and Japan.
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