Language Teaching Materials and the (Very) Big Picture

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Image: 0c42a73a-3e88-421c-a56a-6330a3c89d8d (image/jpg)	"Materials development" refers to all the processes made use of by teachers who produce and/or use materials for language learning, including materials evaluation, their adaptation, design, production, exploitation and research.
Image: 0c7a3811-36de-4182-87bd-e802704356c2 (image/png)	The 1950s/60s and the Cold War In October 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite Russia and United States entered into open competition
Image: 81f12a5b-d34a-4315-a3fc-69a143782a84 (image/jpg)	"English Pattern Practice" Robert Lado
Image: 12272cb0-5dd8-4743-aa1d-39eb18a33c32 (image/png)	The late 1960s to the late 1970s Seismic shift in relation with Western population, evidenced by: turbulence, rebellion and alternative ways of doing things
Image: 35bc9e90-c608-4b70-8996-f1021daf6c8b (image/png)	MCDONALDIZATION Standardized materials Blocking freedom in classroom development

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