Contents:
How is language learning explained? Strategies and goals in the classroom context Analysing and evaluating teaching and learning Political and institutional considerations in curriculum change Planning and implementing curriculum change

The selection of commissioned and classic articles in this Reader introduce a range of theories of second language acquisition and the contested explanations of effective language learning. Sociolinguistic, ethnographic and social-psychological perspectives on TESOL teaching and learning are covered as well as the development of English language teaching methodologies. Strategies and goals for TESOL teaching are explored and in the final part of the book relective research methods for the critical analysis of TESOL practice are provided.