Under the heading of 'ideas books' I suggest we should first include
books full of ideas for content. In circumstances where there is easy access
to 'raw' data in the target language (e.g. newspapers, magazines, etc.) it may
be quite unhelpful to suggest that teachers should look to specialist
language teaching publications for content ideas. But in die many settings
where 'raw' data in die target language is not at all easily available there is
little reason to complain if teachers resort to specialist publications. There
are examples on publishers' lists already6 but diere could be room for
many more perhaps, if teachers demonstrated a willingness to use such
collections of ideas rather than fully predetermined courses.