Contents
Acknowledgements xix
Introduction xxi
1 English teaching today: what do I need to know? 1
2 The lesson 14
3 The text 28
4 The task 43
5 Teaching vocabulary 60
6 Teaching grammar 76
7 Error correction 88
8 Teaching listening 101
9 Teaching speaking 117
10 Teaching reading 133
11 Teaching writing 150
12 Assessment and testing 167
13 The syllabus 185
14 Materials 197
15 Teaching content 216
16 Classroom interaction 228
17 Classroom discipline 244
18 Learner differences (1): age 256
19 Learner differences (2): teaching heterogeneous (mixed) classes 272
20 Teacher development 284
Glossary 298
Bibliography 301
Index 309