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Originally Posted by cdevine  For speciality courses such as Medical English, Legal English etc., then the only option is in-house text. |
You'll find a huge aray of specialty English texts on a variety of specific topics as well....
These are some of the lesser-known texts sitting on my shelf at the moment. All were free samples which I requested directly from the publishers and I have implemented most of them in classes.
Viewpoints in Law
Healthtalk - English for Hands on Nursing
Gateway to Medical English
English in Medicine
TV English - Macmillan
Environmental Issues
NewsFlash 2020 - Macmillan
Food - Deeper insights into What We Eat - Thomson
I think so many schools are using the same texts - Side By Side, Interchange, American Streamline (incidently, Nova corporation used to use this textbook with a reprinted cover identifying it as a Nova Text)... The problem is that schools are ignoring so many of the lesser used texts which have so much to offer. With only about 10 texts to choose from, schools often think that the only way to be different is to create a new text. But I agree with a previous poster - They're rushed, poorly researched, not tested, often written by unqualified teachers with no understanding of better teaching practice or learning styles,... I think people need to start to look beyond the shelves of Kinokuniya (in the case of Japan) and start browsing the publishers' online catalogs... There's so much good (untapped) material on offer !