The Routledge Handbook of Language Education Curriculum Design

Curriculum design options cover a continuum from regional and school-based programs to national and international frameworks. How does policy speak to practice? What have teacher-researchers discovered through in-classroom studies? Where do you begin to describe or measure ‘effective’ language education curriculum design?

The Routledge Handbook of Language Education Curriculum Design presents a comprehensive collection of essays on these issues by 31 established practitioners and new researchers. Informed by experienced scholarship and fresh studies, this handbook shares international perspectives on language education from policy and curriculum to teacher training and future directions.

The handbook addresses language education curriculum design across five sections:

• Language curriculum design: perspectives, policies and practices
• Designs across the curriculum
• Curriculum designs in language education
• Curriculum resources, evaluation and assessment
• Teacher education, research and future projects

With contributions from Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, Switzerland, Timor-Leste and more, the handbook represents the breadth of research into and the global implications for sound language education curriculum design. It considers equally the needs of students and policy makers from urban metropolises and remote communities. It is designed to reinvigorate discussions about education policy, curriculum management and the role of teacher-researchers.

Peter Mickan is Visiting Research Fellow (Applied Linguistics) in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Adelaide, and Director of the Adelaide Research Institute (Adelaide Education Group) in South Australia. He established and managed the postgraduate applied linguistics program at the university (2000–2013). Theoretically, his work is based on Halliday’s language as a social semiotic and learning as socialisation experiences. The theory frames his studies in curriculum design, languages pedagogy, academic literacies, language and literacy, workplace communication, German language revival and language assessment.

Ilona Wallace is an editor and writer based in South Australia, with professional interests in educational resources and education policy. She holds an MA in applied linguistics from the University of Adelaide.