Challenge and Change in Language Teaching (General - Methodology, Books for Teachers)

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This collection of papers is for foreign - and second - language teachers and teacher trainers who want to explore and develop alternatives to teacher - and trainer - led 'presentation' methods. It offers sound theoretical underpinning and practical classroom approaches. Recurring themes include: - theories of change; - managing innovation; - a lexical view of language; - findings from second language acquisition research; - task-based language learning; - observing and describing students' spoken output; - grammar for trainee teachers; - experience-driven teacher training; - innovations in testing. these papers offer an exciting challenge for teachers and trainers alike.