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Using Coursebooks

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Part 1
Coursebooks: A Human, Cultural And Linguistic Disaster?
By Jeremy Harmer. Modern English Teacher 10/3 (2001)

Part 2
Coursebooks: The Roaring In The Chimney
by Scott Thornbury and Luke Meddings. Modern English Teacher 10/3 (2001)

Part 3
Materials-free Teaching
By Scott Thornbury and Nerina Conte. English Teaching Professional 26 (2003)

Part 4
The Great ELT Textbook Debate
By Luke Prodromou. Modern English Teacher 11/4 (2002)

Part 5
How To Approach Topics In An EFL Coursebook
By Shufang Wen. Modern English Teacher 11/4 (2002)

Part 6
The Human Classroom
By Mario Rinvolucri. English Teaching Professional 23 (2002)

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