MKE203Course Syllabus

ELT Curriculum and Teaching Materials Development

Program S2 PendidikanBahasaInggris FKIP UniversitasTanjungpura
Pontianak, 20 January 2013
Proposed by Ikhsanudin

Students:
Masters program students of English language pedagogy of the FakultasKeguruandanIlmuPendidikan of
UniversitasTanjungpura

Assumption:
The students have studied linguistics, education, language teaching, and curriculum and materials
development at undergraduate level.

Goal:
At the end of this course the students will have understood the designs of English Language Teaching
curricula and be able to conduct development researches in English language teaching materials.

Meeting Topic Source Remark

12 Understanding Language James Dean Brown (1995:1-34) Lecturers
Curriculum: What is Curriculum Wesley Null (2011:1-182) presentation
and Why Does It Matter? Christine E. Sleeter (2005:1-27) and Discussion
Curriculum Traditions: Systematic, Jack C. Richards (2001:1-50)
Existentialist, Radical, pragmatic,
and deliberative curricula.
33 Design and Development Research Rita C. Richey and James D. Klein Lecturers
in ELT Curriculum and Materials (2007). presentation
Ian McGrath (2002). and Discussion
Walter Dick, Lou Carey, and James
O. Carey 2005
44 Education in Different Countries AgustiarSyahNur 2001 Lecturers
presentation
and Discussion
55 Language Curriculum and Syllabus Jack C. Richards 2001 Lecturers
Design I.S.P. Nation and John Macalister presentation
(2010) and Discussion
68 Understanding Language Teaching Brian Tomlinson (1998:1-24) Lecturers
Materials Development Brian Tomlinson in Nigel Harwood presentation
(2010:81-108). and Discussion
Brian Tomlinson in Brian Tomlinson
(2003:107-129)
FraidaDubin in Patricia Byrd
(1995:13-22)
Gayle Nelson in Patricia Byrd
(1995:14-42)
Nigel Harwood in Nigel Harwood
 (2010:3-30)
James Dean Brown (1995:139-178).
Rod Ellis in Nigel Harwood (2010:-
33-57)
HayoReinders and Cynthia White in
Nigel Harwood (2010:58-80)
Jo McDonough and Christopher
Shaw (2003:1-58)
Mid-Term Test (Take Home)
9 10 Need Analysis in ELT Curriculum Garry R. Morrison, Steven M. Ross,
and Materials Development Jerrold E. Kemp, and Howard K.
Kalman (2007:28-51).
James Dean Brown (1995:35-70).
I.S.P. Nation and John Macalister
(2010:24-36)
Walter Dick, Lou Carey, and James
O. Carey (2005:1-37).
Jack C. Richards (2001:51-111)
11 12 Materials Analysis and Selection Ian McGrath (2002: 17-56).
HitomiMasuhara in Brian Littlejohn
(1998:239-260)
13 14 The Process of Materials Writing David Jolly and Rod Balitho in Brian
Tomlinson (1998:90-115).
Jan Bell and Roger Grower in Brian
Tomlinson (1998:116-129)
Philip Prowse in Brian Tomlinson
(1998:130-148)
15 16 Evaluating and Piloting Teaching Peter Donovan in Brian Tomlinson
Materials (1998:149-189).
Andrew Littlejohn in Brian
Tomlinson (1998:190-216).
Rod Ellis in Brian Littlejohn
(1998:217-238)
Final Test: Project

Evaluation:
Activity 10% : participation in class discussion
Mid Term Test 30% : presentation, slides, and Q&A report.
Assignment 20% : adaptation into bahasa Indonesia (to be bound and published as a book)
Final Test 40% : project

References:
AgustiarSyahNur (2001) PerbandinganSistemPendidikan 15 Negara. Bandung: LubukAgung.
Andrew Littlejohn (1998) The Analysis of Language Teaching Materials: inside the Trojan Horse in
Brian Tomlinson. 1998.
Brian Tomlinson (1998) Comments on Part C in Brian Tomlinson (1998:261-264).
Brian Tomlinson (2003) Developing Principled Frameworks for Materials Development in Brian
Tomlinson (2003:107-129).
Brian Tomlinson (2010) Principles of Effective Materials Development in Nigel Harwood (2010:81-108).
Brian Tomlinson Ed. (1998) Materials Development in Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Brian Tomlinson Ed. (2003) Developing Materials for Language Teaching. New York: Continuum.
Christine E. Sleeter (2005) Un-Standardizing Curriculum: Multicultural Teaching in the Standards-Based
Classroom. New York: Teachers College Press.
David Jolly and Rod Balitho (1998) A Framework for Materials Writing in Brian Tomlinson, Ed.
(1998:90-115).
FraidaDubin (1995) The Craft of Materials Writing in Patricia Byrd, Ed. (1995:13-22).
Garry R. Morrison, Steven M. Ross, Jerrold E. Kemp, and Howard K. Kalman (2007) Designing Effective
Instruction. Hoboken, NJ: John Willey & Son.
Gayle Nelson (1995) Considering Culture: Guidelines for ESL/SFL Texbook Writers in Patricia Byrd, Ed.
(1995:14-42)
HayoReinders and Cynthia White (2010) The Theory and Practice of Technology in Materials
Development and Task Design in Nigel Harwood (2010:58-80)
HitomiMasuhara (1998) What Do Teachers Really Want from Coursebooks? in Brian Tomlinson
(1998:260).
I.S.P Nation and John Macalister (2010) Language Curriculum Design. New York: Routledge.
Ian McGrath (2002) Materials Evaluation and Design for Language Teaching. Edinburgh: Edinburgh
University Press.
Jack C. Richards (2001) Curriculum Development in Language Teaching.New York: Cambridge University
Press.
James Dean Brown (1995)The Elements of Language Curriculum: A Systematic Approach to Program
Development. Boston, MA: Heinle&Heinle Publishers.
Jan Bell and Roger Grower (1998) Writing Course Materials for the World: A Great Compromise in
Brian Tomlinson (1998:116-129)
Jo McDonough and Christopher Shaw (2003) Materials and Methods in ELT: A Teachers Guide. Malden,
MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Nigel Harwood (2010) Issues in Materials Development and Design in Nigel Harwood (2010:3-30)
Nigel Harwood (2010) English Language Teaching Materials: Theory and Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Patricia Byrd, Ed. (1995) Materials Writers Guide. Boston, MA: Heinle&Heinle Publishers.
Peter Donovan (1998) Piloting: A Publishers View in Brian Tomlinson (1998:149-189)
Philip Prowse (1998) How Writers Write: Testimony from Authors in Brian Tomlinson (1998:130-148)
Rita C. Richey and James D. Klein (2007) Design and Development Research. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
Rod Ellis (1998) The Evaluation of Communicative Tasks in Brian Tomlinson (1998: 217-238)
Rod Ellis (2010) Second Language Acquisition Research and Language-Teaching Materials in Nigel
Harwood (2010:-33-57)
Walter Dick, Lou Carey, and James O. Carey (2005) The Systematic Design of Instruction. Boston:
Pearson.
Wesley Null (2011) Curriculum: From Theory to practice. Lanham: Rowman& Littlefield Publishers, Inc.