Volume 04 - Issue 1

Report Reincarnating textbooks for the 21st century

Authors
Rossomondo, Amy; Lord, Gillian
Volume
Volume 04 - Issue 1
Date Issued
2023-10-01
Keywords
textbooks; transforming; digital learning materials; commercial
Publisher
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center; (co-sponsored by American Association of University of Supervisors and Coordinators; Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition; Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language, and Literacy; Second Language Teaching and Resource Center)
URI/DOI
/10125/69881
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Citation
Rossomondo, A., & Lord, G. (2023). Reincarnating textbooks for the 21st century. Second Language Research & Practice, 4(1), 99–118. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/69881
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Abstract
This report argues against the death of language textbook programs. It highlights the need for them to serve as the agents of change needed for language programs to remain viable in higher education today. Although commercially published language teaching materials are often cast as obstacles to progressive change, we argue that available materials can serve as transformative models for language teaching. Drawing on our own experiences as educators, researchers, and textbook authors, we discuss why we need these materials and how the textbook program itself can and should serve as an agent of change.