A Review of ELT Materials-Related Articles Published in English Teaching from 1965 to 2015

Abstract

This paper reviews ELT materials-related articles published in English Teaching, the journal of the Korea Association of Teachers of English (KATE), from 1965 to 2015. The paper builds on and expands S-H. Lee (2006) which reviewed ELT materials-related articles in English Teaching from 1965 to 2006. A research synthesis on a total of 71 ELT materials-related articles was conducted. The characteristics of the articles and how the Korean educational context affects ELT materials-related research were investigated. The results of the analysis show that there is a steady flow of ELT materials-related articles being published. The topic that was dealt with the most was the organization and structure of the material. The majority of the articles focus on government-sanctioned textbooks. In addition, changes to the National Curriculum of Korea seem to affect the content and timeliness of the articles as the number of articles related to textbooks increases immediately after new textbooks are published. Lastly, implications for English Teaching in terms of publishing and disseminating ELT materials-related articles are discussed.