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| Preface | iii | |
| Introduction | vii | |
| Acknowledgments | viii | |
| 1. | What Seems to Be What in Language Teaching | 1 |
| 2. | Working Assumptions, and the Modular Approach to Materials Development | 28 |
| 3. | Evaluating and Adapting Language Materials | 44 |
| Appendix A: Adapting a Dialog-Drill Format (Spanish) | 66 | |
| Appendix B: Adapting a 'Microwave' Format (Telugu) | 74 | |
| Appendix C: Adapting a Pattern-Practice Format (English) | 84 | |
| Appendix D: Adapting a Self-Instructional Format (Spanish) | 96 | |
| Appendix E: Adapting a Lesson Based on a Prose Text (Mauritian Creole) | 115 | |
| Appendix F: A Lesson for Discussion by Readers (Igbo) | 123 | |
| 4. | Writing Adaptable Materials | 131 |
| Appendix G: Mutually Derivable Materials in Technical Specialties (Thai) | 154 | |
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