Materials Development for L2 Communicative Ability - Theory and Practice

This book has a clear and constant focus on the ultimate aim of language teaching: helping learners to develop the ability to communicate effectively. Drawn from 15 different countries, the authors discuss exactly what effective communication involves and what teachers should aim for when helping learners to develop. They then expand into the different ways in which materials can help teachers and learners to achieve this. The chapters are organized into four sections - Proposals for Action, Materials Analysis and Evaluation, Materials Development Projects and Materials Development Research - with each section followed by comments from one of the editors on the commonalities shared by the chapters in the section and the issues that they raise. All of the chapters propose ways of developing and using materials to facilitate the development of communicative ability in any language. They are written to be accessible to newcomers in the field, and stimulating to experienced teachers, teacher trainers, materials developers and researchers.

About the author

Brian Tomlinson is Professor of TESOL at Anaheim University, USA and Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Liverpool, UK. He has worked in Japan, Indonesia, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, the UK, Vanuatu and Zambia, and is Founder and President of the Materials Development Association (MATSDA).Hitomi Masuhara is Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, UK. She has worked in Japan, Oman, Singapore and the UK and has given conference presentations in over thirty countries. She is Secretary of MATSDA and has published many articles and books on materials development and on language acquisition.

Product details

• Authors: Hitomi Masuhara, Brian Tomlinson
• Assisted by: Masuhara Hitomi (Editor), Tomlinson Brian (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 23.07.2026
• EAN: 9781350548930
• ISBN: 978-1-350-54893-0
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); EDUCATION / General, Education, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Educational: Languages other than English, English language teaching (ELT), Educational: Modern (non-native or second) languages, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts, LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy