'In reality it's almost impossible': CLT-oriented curriculum change

ELT Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 239-248

  Humphries, Simon ^a   Burns, Anne ^b,c,d  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937043589     PISSN: 09510893     EISSN: 14774526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/elt/ccu081     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Borg, S. 2009. 'Language teacher cognition' in A. Burns and J. C. Richards (eds.). The Cambridge Guide to Second Language Teacher Education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2. Butler, Y. G. 2011. 'The implementation of communicative and task-based language teaching in the Asia-Pacific region'. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 31: 36-57.
3. Corbin, J. and A. Strauss. 2008. Basics of Qualitative Research (third edition). London: Sage.
4. Fullan, M. 2011. The Moral Imperative Realized. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
5. Humphries, S. 2012. 'From policy to pedagogy: exploring the impact of new communicative textbooks on the classroom practice of Japanese teachers of English' in C. Gitsaki and R. B. Baldauf Jr. (eds.). Future Directions in Applied Linguistics: Local and Global Perspectives. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
6. Humphries, S. 2013. 'Western-published versus MEXT-mandated: a comparative textbook analysis'. Doshisha Studies in English 90: 217-38.
7. Kikuchi, K. and C. Browne. 2009. 'English educational policy for high schools in Japan: ideals vs. reality'. RELC Journal 40/2: 172-91.
8. King, J. 2013. 'Silence in the second language classrooms of Japanese universities'. Applied Linguistics 34/3: 325-43.
9. Littlewood, W. 2007. 'Communicative and taskbased language teaching in East Asian classrooms'. Language Teaching 40/3: 243-9.
10. Lortie, D. 1975. Schoolteacher: A Sociological Study. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
11. Macaro, E. 2013. 'Overview: where should we be going with classroom codeswitching research' in R. Barnard and J. McLellan (eds.). Codeswitching in University English-medium Classes: Asian Perspectives. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
12. Nishino, T. 2008. 'Japanese secondary school teachers' beliefs and practices regarding communicative language teaching: an exploratory survey'. JALT Journal 30/1: 27-50.
13. Sato, K. and R. Kleinsasser. 2004. 'Beliefs, practices and interactions of teachers in a Japanese high school English department'. Teaching and Teacher Education 20/8: 797-816.
14. Sato, K. and K. Takahashi. 2008. 'Curriculum revitalization in a Japanese high school: teacher-teacher and teacher-university collaboration' in D. Hayes and J. Sharkey (eds.). Revitalizing a Curriculum for School-age Learners. Alexandria, VA: TESOL.
15. Waters, A. and M. L. C. Vilches. 2008. 'Factors affecting ELT reforms: the case of the Philippines basic education curriculum'. RELC Journal 39/1: 5-24.