Shahla Adel publishes essay

In this essay, Adel argues that designing suitable textbooks is a crucial part of language learning and teaching, and that effective textbooks are developed by incorporating sound principles and theories of second language acquisition into material design within the field of Applied Linguistics.  In other words, it is important that the two aspects of practical undertaking and the theoretical studies inform and are informed by the actual development and use of learning materials, so that the materials teachers use in the classroom are principled and effective.