Contents

序言 孫有中 iii
Tables and Figures vii
Acknowledgements x
Contributors xii

1 Content, Consumption, and Production: Three Levels of Textbook Research 1

PART I Studies of Textbook Content 45
2 All Middle Class Now? Evolving Representations of the Working Class in the Neoliberal Era: The Case of ELT Textbooks 46
3 Reading Comprehension Questions: The Distribution of Different Types in Global EFL Textbooks 72
4 Teaching English Reading: Whats Included in the Textbooks of Pre-service General Education Teachers? 111

PART II Studies of Textbook Consumption 143
5 Teachers Conceptualization and Use of the Textbook on a Medical English Course 144
6 An Experienced Teachers Use of the Textbook on an Academic English Course: A Case Study 178
7 Global Textbooks in Local Contexts: An Empirical Investigation of Effectiveness 205

PART III Studies of Textbook Production 241
8 Writing Materials for Publication: Questions Raised and Lessons Learned 242
9 An Interdisciplinary Textbook Project: Charting the Paths Taken 263
10 Tensions between the Old and the New in EAP Textbook Revision: A Tale of Two Projects 301
11 Chaosmos: Spontaneity and Order in the Materials Design Process 323

Author Index 362
Subject Index 372