Materials Development in Language Teaching aims to help readers applycurrent theoretical principles and research findings to the practicalrealities of developing and exploiting classroom materials. Theauthors also suggest new ideas and directions in materialsdevelopment, which readers can pursue for themselves. This book isaccessible to readers with little previous experience in the field,and is essential reading for all those involved in developingmaterials for language teaching. In the second edition of this highlypopular title, each chapter has been comprehensively revised andupdated to take into account both recent research and the significanttechnological developments since the first edition was published in1998. Two new chapters have been added to assess the potential ofelectronic media for materials development. These chapters include anoverview of the technologies available, as well as individual casestudies and activities.
