Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. English language teaching in the post-method era / H. Douglas Brown -- 2. Theories of teaching in langage teaching / Jack C. Richards -- 3. Lesson planning / Thomas S. C. Farrell -- 4. Classroom management / Marilyn Lewis -- 5. Implementing cooperative learning / George M. Jacobs and Stephen Hall -- 6. Mixed-level teaching: tiered tasks and bias tasks / Bill Bowler and Sue Parminter -- 7. The ELT curriculum: a flexible model for a changing world / Denise Finney -- 8. The role of materials in the language classroom / Jane Crawford -- 9. Implementing task-based language teaching / David Beglar and Alan Hunt -- 10. Project work: a means to promote language and content / Fredricka L. Stoller -- 11. Language learning strategies in a nutshell / Rebecca l. Oxford -- 12. Learner strategy training in the classroom / David Nunan -- 13. Seven bad reasons for teaching grammar and two good ones / Michael Swan -- 14. Addressing the grammar gap in task work / Jack C. Richards -- 15. Grammar teaching / Rod Ellis -- 16. Beyond listen and repeat pronunciation teaching materials and theories of second language acquisition / Rodney H. Jones -- 17. PracTESOL / Julie Hebert -- 18. Factors to consider : developing adult EFL students speaking abilities / Kang Shumin -- 19. Conversational English / Wai King Tsang and Matilda Wong -- 20. Developing discussion skills in the ESL classroom / Christopher F. Green, Elsie R. Christopher, and Jacqueline Lam -- 21. Listening in language learning / David Nunan -- 22. The changing face of listening / John Field -- 23. Raising students awareness of the features of real-world listening input / Wendy Y. K. Lam -- 24. Current research and practice in teaching vocabulary / Alan Hunt and David Beglar -- 25. Best practice in vocabulary teaching and learning / Paul Nation -- 26. Dilemmas for the development of second language reading abilities / William Grabe -- 27.Teaching stratigic reading / Joy Janzen -- 28. Extensive reading / Willy A. Renandya and Goerge M. Jacobs -- 29. Ten steps in planning a writing course and training teachers of writing / Ann Raimes -- 30. The writing process and process writing / Anthony Seow -- 31. A genre based approach to content writing instruction / Randi Reppen -- 32. Teaching students to self-edit / Dana Ferris -- 33. Alternative assessment / Ana Huerta-Macias -- 34. Nontraditional forms of assessment and response to student writing / Andrea H. Penaflorida -- 35. English proficiency test / Ishbel Hingle and Viv Linington -- 36. Video in the ELT classroom / Susan Stempleski -- 37. The internet fo English teaching: guidelines fo teachers / Mark Warschauer and P. Fawn Whittaker -- 38. What can the World Wide Web offer ESL teachers / Rong-Chang Li and Robert S. Hart -- 39. The English teacher as professional / Penny Ur -- 40. Developing our professional competence / Joanne Pettis -- 41. Research in your own classroom / Elizabeth Taylor.