Contents

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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: What��s 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 Teacher��s 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