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Syllabus for Preschool Teacher Trainees
Teaching the global refugee crisis in the university classroom
Incorporating the global refugee crisis into your classroom
Cultural factors limiting access to computers for language learning
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100 questions to ask before publishing a textbook
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| 1. What maturity level will the book be targeting? 2. What language level will the book be targeting? 3. What skills will be the focus of the book? 4. Will it be a language-based text, or a content-based book? 5. How many units will there be in the book? 6. For how many hours of instruction or classes should the book provide material? 7. Is the book for use in one semester or a full year? 8. How many pages will the book be in total? 9. How many words should the book be in total? 10. How many pages will be allocated to each unit? 11. How many words (range) should your write for each unit? 12. To what format will each unit conform, if any? 13. What kind of grammar support should the book provide? 14. What kind of vocabulary support should the book provide? 15. What kind of genre support should the book provide? 16. Will there be focus on form activities? 17. Will there be focus on fluency activities? 18. Will the book be black and white or colour? 19. What size will the book be? A4? B5? Other? 20. Will there be illustrations? 21. Will there be photographs? 22. Who will supply the illustrations or photographs? 23. Is there a budget to pay the illustrator or photographer? 24. What size should the illustrations be? 25. How many illustrations should there be in each unit? 26. How many illustrations should there be in total? 27. Who will design the cover? 28. What is the budget for cover design? 29. How many colours can the cover design be? 30. What size should the cover design be? 31. What elements need to be included in the design? 32. In what format should the illustrations/photographs be provided? 33. Who will hold copyright of the illustrations or photographs? 34. When will the illustrator/photographer/cover designer be paid? 35. Will graphs, tables, or diagrams be included? 36. Who should make the graphs and diagrams? 37. What software should be used to make graphs and diagrams? 38. What font(s) will be used in the textbook? 39. What kinds of activities will be included in the textbook? 40. Should the rubrics be written in the text? 41. Should the rubrics be written in English? 42. Should the rubrics be written in Japanese? 43. Will the text include space for students to record their answers? 44. Will the text include space for student reflections? 45. Will the text include support for students doing presentations? 46. Will the text include support for self or peer evaluation of tasks or presentations? 47. Will the textbook include representations of a large cross-section of society? 48. Will the textbook ensure balanced representations of men and women? 49. Will the textbook ensure balanced representations of people of different nationalities and races? 50. Are there any company policies forbidding the inclusion of any topics? If yes, what are the policies? Which topics are taboo, and why? 51. Will there be Japanese translations or notes used in the student book? 52. Where will the Japanese translations or notes be located in the student book (if applicable)? 53. Will links to online resources be included in the text? 54. Will details of other related resources be included in the text? 55. Will there be a glossary? 56. Will there be a separate language support section of the textbook? 57. Will it be necessary to submit the manuscript unit-by-unit for approval, all units at once, or a combination of the above? 58. What is the production schedule for the text? 59. Will there be a teacher’s manual? 60. How many pages or words will the teacher’s manual be? 61. What font will the teacher’s manual be? 62. What size font will the teacher’s manual be? 63. Should the teacher’s manual be available in English? 64. Should the teacher’s manual be available in Japanese? 65. Will the teacher’s manual include ready-made quizzes or tests? 66. Will the teacher’s manual include translations of the passages in the textbook? 67. Will the teacher’s manual include translations of the rubrics? 68. Will photocopiable resources be included in the teacher’s manual? 69. Will suggested lesson plans be included in the teacher’s manual? 70. Will links to online resources be included in the teacher’s manual? 71. Will details of other related resources be included in the teacher’s manual? 72. What else will be included in the teacher’s manual? 73. Will the teacher’s manual be printed, or supplied as a download from the Internet, on CD-Rom, or floppy disc? 74. If the teacher’s manual is to be supplied electronically, what format will be used? Word? Acrobat pdf? 75. What is the production schedule for the teacher’s manual? 76. Will there be tapes or CDs made? 77. Will tapes or CDs be supplied with the teacher’s manual, or available separately? 78. Will there be a student tape or CD? Will this be supplied with the student book, or available separately? 79. What is the budget for the tapes or CDs? 80. How many actors will be involved in recording the tapes or CDs? 81. What is the gender balance of the actors recording the tapes or CDs? 82. What kinds of accents are represented by the actors to be used in the tapes or CDs? 83. Will songs be included on the tapes or CDs? 84. Who owns the copyright on the songs to be used on the tapes or CDs? 85. Who will apply for copyright permission to use the songs to be included on the tapes or CDs? 86. Will the songs on the tapes or CDs be recorded by local artists? 87. What is the production schedule for the tapes or CDs? 88. Will there be a webpage to support teachers? 89. Will there be a webpage to support learners? 90. Will there be a webpage for promotional purposes? 91. Who will design the webpage(s)? 92. Who will maintain the webpage(s)? 93. Who will answer inquiries from or about the webpage(s)? 94. Will the webpage(s) be simple, or will it (they) have all the bells and whistles? 95. Is there a budget for the creation and maintenance of the webpage(s)? 96. How much is the budget for the webpage(s)? 97. What is the production schedule for the webpage(s)? 98. Who holds copyright on the student book? 99. Who holds copyright on the teacher’s manual? 100. Who holds copyright on the CD? |
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