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Who better to write about planning a coursebook than Lindsay Clandfield, lead author of the award-winning Global series, and member of the author team for the successful Straightforward series? Lindsay describes different approaches to Coursebook planning, including his own highly individual method of writing different elements of a course on colour-coded Post-it notes, and moving them around until he’s happy with the result.
Throughout this practical book, Lindsay constantly draws on his own experience, resulting in an engaging account of a potentially dry subject. Starting with an outline of different types of syllabus, Lindsay compares traditional and modern approaches, goes into more detail about what is involved in building a syllabus and sets up practical tasks which guide the reader through the thinking process involved in planning a syllabus. In his characteristically upbeat way, Lindsay ends his book with a look into the future, and makes the point that whatever the format of delivery, courses will still require planning.
This book forms part of the ELT Teacher 2 Writer training course. The books are designed to help you write better ELT materials, either for publication, or simply to improve the quality of your self-produced classroom materials.
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Lindsay Clandfield and Luke Meddings are co-founders of the round, a collective of authors and creatives in language teaching materials. The round's first book on Smashwords is 52 - a year of subversive activity for the ELT classroom.
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How To Plan A Book - Lindsay Clandfield
HOW TO
PLAN A BOOK
Lindsay Clandfield
TRAINING COURSE FOR ELT WRITERS
SMASHWORDS EDITION
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How To Write Corporate Training Materials †
How To Write Critical Thinking Activities ⸕
How To Write EAP Materials †
How To Write ESOL Materials †
How To Write ESP Materials †
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How To Write Film And Video Activities
How To Write Graded Readers
How To Write Grammar Presentations And Practice
How To Write Inclusive Materials
How To Write Primary Materials
How To Write Pronunciation Activities
How To Write Reading And Listening Activities ⸕
How To Write Secondary Materials
How To Write Speaking Activities ⸕
How To Write Teacher’s Books
How To Write Vocabulary Presentations And Practice ⸕
How To Write Worksheets
How To Write Writing Activities ⸕
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How To Plan A Book
By Lindsay Clandfield
© 2013 ELT Teacher 2 Writer
First published 2013. Updated 2020.
www.eltteacher2writer.co.uk
Contents
About The Author
1 Aims
2 What Goes In A Book?
3 Different Kinds Of Syllabus
4 Planning The Content Of A Coursebook Syllabus
5 Tradition And Dilemmas In Syllabus Design
6 What Else Affects Syllabus Design?
7 Market-Specific Books
8 Syllabus-Building
9 Planning Individual Units Or Lessons
10 Activity Sequences
11 Typical Difficulties In Unit And Syllabus Writing
12 Publishers And Co-Authors
13 Planning A Unit Of A Book
14 Planning The Book Of The Future
15 Glossary
16 Task Commentary
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About The Author
I’m a teacher, teacher trainer and international author from Canada. Over the past fifteen years I’ve worked on many coursebook projects. I was the lead author on the multiple-award winning Global series, and was on the author team for Straightforward (both published by Macmillan). My latest series is Studio, by Helbling Languages (2019). As well as coursebook writing, I’ve been involved in other writing projects. I’m the series editor for the Delta Teacher Development Series and I’ve written three methodology books (Teaching Online, Dealing with Difficulties with Delta, and Interaction Online with Cambridge
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