杰克.C. 理查兹（Jack C. Richards）是国际知名的二语和外语教学专家、应用语言学家和教育家，被多所大学授予名誉博士学位和名誉教授殊荣。他发表的论文或著作多被视为二语教学领域的经典。

Contents

Thanks and acknowledgments  xxv

Introduction  1

1 The nature of curriculum  3

2 Syllabus design: a brief history  35

3 New directions in syllabus and curriculum design  56

4 Needs analysis  79

5 Context and the curriculum  110

6 Curriculum aims and outcomes  140

7 Course planning (1)  160

8 Course planning (2)  201

9 Curriculum as process  227

10 Textbooks, technology, and the curriculum  244

11 Approaches to evaluation 277

References  308

Index  321