TELT

So how does the Cambridge English Corpus actually help us create course books? Mike McCarthy tells us how they used it for the creation of Touchstone

"We’re happy to announce that Scott Thornbury joins the round today with Big Questions in ELT. A synthesis of some of the most thought-provoking posts from the extremely popular blog An A to Z of ELT, Big Questions is more than just a “greatest hits”. Each post has been rewritten in the form of a “big question” and also contains follow up questions for discussion, making it a great addition to any teacher education programme."

David Gardner says: "The papers in this book originated at a conference held in June 2010 at Zirve University, in Gaziantep, Turkey. The title of the conference, If We Had to Do It Over Again: Implementing Learner Autonomy in the 21st Century, was remarkably insightful as it hints at a “passing of the torch” moment in the field of autonomy in language learning […]"

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From the introduction: "The theme of this book is fostering autonomy in language learning. The papers have been grouped into six parts each representing a different aspect of researchers’ and practitioners’ attempts to understand, explain, support and develop learner autonomy in language learning both within the taught curriculum and outside it.

Part 1: Observing Learner Autonomy

Part 2: Promoting Learner Autonomy

Part 3: of the book, Perceptions of Learner Autonomy,

Part 4: Teacher Education for Learner Autonomy,

Part 5: Self-Access Centres for Learner Autonomy,

Part 6: Technology for Learner Autonomy."