This Critical Perspectives on Language Teaching Materials brings together a collection of critical voices on the subject of language teaching materials for use in English, French, Spanish, German and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) classrooms.
1. Introduction; John Gray 2. Telling Tales: Changing Discourses of Identity in the 'Global' UK-published English Language Coursebook; John Kullman 3. LGBT Invisibility and Heteronormativity in ELT Materials; John Gray 4. The 'Neoliberal Citizen': Resemiotizing Globalized Identities in EAP Materials; Christian W. Chun 5. 'This Activity is Far From Being a Pause for Reflection': An Exploration of ELT Authors', Editors', Teachers' and Learners' Approaches to Critical Thinking; Denise Santos 6. Critically Evaluating Materials for CLIL: Practitioners' Practices and Perspectives; Tom Morton 7. Communicating Constructions of Frenchness through Language Coursebooks: A Comparison; Simon Coffey 8. Spanish Imagined: Political and Subjective Approaches to Language Textbooks; Cristina Ros i Solé 9. Motivation, Authenticity and Challenge in German Textbooks for Key Stage 3; Nick Andon and Ursula Wingate 10. Resisting Coursebooks; Scott Thornbury
