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Language Teachers at Work

Linking Materials with Classroom Teaching

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Authors:
  1. Zhan Li

    1. School of Foreign Languages, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China

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  • Explores teachers’ use of curriculum materials in language education
  • Shares fascinating insights into a ubiquitous, yet under-explored, area of language pedagogy
  • Offers a new perspective and theory on materials use

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Zhan Li
    Pages 1-8

  3. Materials Use: A Socio-Cultural Perspective

    • Zhan Li
    Pages 9-29

  4. The Design of the Study

    • Zhan Li
    Pages 31-53

  5. Materials Use Inside Language Classrooms: Processes of Materials Use

    • Zhan Li
    Pages 55-81

  6. Materials Use Outside Language Classrooms: Influencing Factors of Materials Use

    • Zhan Li
    Pages 83-100

  7. Conceptualizing Materials Use

    • Zhan Li
    Pages 101-122

  8. Implications and Conclusion

    • Zhan Li
    Pages 123-131

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 133-141
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About this book

This book examines a ubiquitous, yet under-researched, area of language education, i.e., language teachers' use of curriculum materials. It particularly focuses on EFL teachers' use of prescribed curriculum materials in higher education in Mainland China and presents a qualitative, multi-case study involving four Chinese EFL teachersand eight students (two students from each teacher’s class) at one university in Mainland China. Drawing on data from pre-lesson and post-lesson interviews with the teachers, lesson observations, and documents in three consecutive semesters at the target university, the book delineates the processes of materials useinclassroom settings. It also identifies four domains of factors that influenced the enactment of curriculum materials. 


Most importantly, by adopting Vygotsky’s (1978) mediation theory and Remillard’s (2005) participatory perspective, the book constructs a "curriculum enactment mediation model" to reveal the complex and mediated relations among teachers, learners, curriculum materials, and context. It also recommends practical implications for materials developers, teacher educators, administrators, and policymakers.



Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Foreign Languages, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China

    Zhan Li

About the author

Dr. Zhan Li is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Foreign Languages, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China. She received her M.A. degree at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, U.K., in 2004, and her doctoral degreeat the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong in 2016. Her research interests include English language teaching, curriculum development, professional development, and materials use. Her publications appear in both local and international journals and books. She is currently involved in two fundamental research projects for the Central Universities in China. From 2020 to 2021, she will be an academic visitor to Sheffield University in the U.K.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Language Teachers at Work

  • Book Subtitle: Linking Materials with Classroom Teaching

  • Authors: Zhan Li

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5515-2

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5514-5Published: 14 June 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5517-6Published: 14 June 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-5515-2Published: 13 June 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 141

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Curriculum Studies, Language Education, Sociolinguistics

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