CHAPTER 1 Fundamental Concepts of Foreign Language Teaching 1
Three Misconceptions about Age and L2 Learning 3
Towards Intercultural Communicative Competence in ELT 33
Feedback on Second Language Students'Writing 43
CHAPTER 2 Teaching Methodology and Approaches 91
There Is No Best Method—Why? 93
TESOL Methods:Changing Tracks,Challenging Trends 111
Exploring Input Processing in the Classroom:An Experimental Comparison of Processing Instruction and Enriched Input 139
CHAPTER 3 Foreign Language Teaching Research Methods 189
Action Research:An Evolving Paradigm? 192
Exploratory Practice:Rethinking Practitioner Research in Language Teaching 240
Making Sense of Language Teaching:Teachers'Principles and Classroom Practices 270
CHAPTER 4 Curriculum Development 311
French Core Programs across Canada:How Can We Improve Them? 315
The Use of a Research Model to Guide Curriculum Development 334
Developing Web-based Curricula:Issues and Challenges 343
CHAPTER 5 Materials Development 363
The Textbook as Agent of Change 366
The Empirical Evaluation of Language Teaching Materials 386
Materials Development and Research—Making the Connection 396
CHAPTER 6 Syllabus Design and Needs Analysis 419
A Critical Look at the Communicative Approach（Ⅰ） 422
A Critical Look at the Communicative Approach（Ⅱ） 439
On Notional Syllabuses 459
Negotiating the Syllabus:A Win-win Situation? 475
CHAPTER 7 Teacher Education 485
Teacher Training,Development,and Decision Making:A Model of Teaching and Related Strategies for Language Teacher Education 488
Teachers'Theories in Grammar Teaching 509
The Sociocultural Turn and Its Challenges for Second Language Teacher Education 523