This volume presents a union of theoretical and practical pedagogical perspectives on materials design and development.

Part I. Introduction: 1. Issues in materials development and design Nigel Harwood; Part II. Perspectives on Materials: 2. Second language acquisition research and language teaching materials Rod Ellis; 3. The theory and practice of technology in materials development and task design Hayo Reinders and Cynthia White; 4. Principles of successful materials development Brian Tomlinson; 5. Critical praxis as materials development: responding to military recruitment on a U.S. campus Sarah Benesch; Part III. Materials for the Language Syllabus: 6. A principled approach to content-based materials development for reading Norman Evans, K. James Hartshorn, and Neil J. Anderson; 7. A genre-based approach to developing materials for writing Chris Tribble; 8. Listening as process: learning activities for self-appraisal and self-regulation Christine Goh; 9. Materials to develop the speaking skill Rebecca Hughes; 10. Developing materials for discipline-specific vocabulary and phrases in academic seminars Martha Jones & Norbert Schmitt; Part IV. Materials for Specific and Academic Purposes: 11. Materials for university essay writing Martin Hewings; 12. Writing for publication: corpus-informed materials for post-doctoral fellows in perinatology Chris Feak & John Swales; 13. Research-based materials to demystify academic citation for postgraduates Nigel Harwood; 14. Making professional academic writing practices visible: designing research-based heuristics to support English-medium text production Mary Jane Curry & Theresa Lillis; 15. English for nursing: developing discipline-specific materials Susan Bosher; 16. Using textbook and real life data to teach turn taking in business meetings Jo Angouri; 17. Designing materials for community-based adult ESL programs Cori Jakubiak and Linda Harklau.