Rethinking Context: A Sociocultural Lens on Materials Development

0:00 - Welcome 3:11 - Introduction to Luis Carabantes 9:53 - Underrepresentation of materials development in teacher education 14:55 - Why we are designing materials in English for Academic Purposes 17:46 - The socio-cultural perspective of EAP materials 22:56 - Activity theory for designing materials 33:07 - A socio-cultural framework for materials design 38:58 - Putting the framework into action 46:29 - Solving the contradiction through syllabus design 51:50 - Conclusion 53:19 - Q&A

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