This lecture outlines a context of change in China in which new textbooks were introduced into some colleges. In order to prepare teachers for textbooks which were innovative in this context, three types of trainings are offered to help them adapt the textbook.
Textbooks are one of the main tools of the trade in language teaching. Reason for their popularity is that they provide a concrete set of guidelines and activities for teachers to follow, as such it is often maintained that they can facilitate curricular change because they help teachers to fully understand and routinize change.
However, the idea of the textbook as agent of change can be problematic when considered against the broader context of language learning and teaching.
