Quality English language teaching (ELT) materials play a key role in achieving teaching objectives. This paper first provides a brief historical overview of the development of college English teaching materials in C...Quality English language teaching (ELT) materials play a key role in achieving teaching objectives. This paper first provides a brief historical overview of the development of college English teaching materials in China. Then by investigating studies on college English teaching materials for non-English major students from different perspectives, suggestions are proposed to provide guidance for effective ELT materials writing and evaluation: (1) Language corpora, providing empirical data concerning language usage, have a distinctive advantage in ELT materials writing and evaluation; (2) principles for ESP materials writing are developed; and (3) a systematic approach combining qualitative analysis with quantitative analysis to materials evaluation is suggested to ensure the validity and reliability of materials evaluation展开更多
文摘Quality English language teaching (ELT) materials play a key role in achieving teaching objectives. This paper first provides a brief historical overview of the development of college English teaching materials in China. Then by investigating studies on college English teaching materials for non-English major students from different perspectives, suggestions are proposed to provide guidance for effective ELT materials writing and evaluation: (1) Language corpora, providing empirical data concerning language usage, have a distinctive advantage in ELT materials writing and evaluation; (2) principles for ESP materials writing are developed; and (3) a systematic approach combining qualitative analysis with quantitative analysis to materials evaluation is suggested to ensure the validity and reliability of materials evaluation