CHAPTER 1 Fundamental Concepts of Foreign Language Teaching Three Misconceptions about Age and L2 Learning Towards Intercultural Communicative Competence in ELT Feedback on Second Language Students' Writing CHAPTER 2 Teaching Methodology and Approaches There Is No Best Method --Why? TESOL Methods: Changing Tracks, Challenging Trends Exploring Input Processing in the Classroom: An Experimental Comparison of Processing Instruction and Enriched Input CHAPTER 3 Foreign Language Teaching Research Methods Action Research: An Evolving Paradigm? Exploratory Practice: Rethinking Practitioner Research in Language Teaching Making Sense of Language Teaching: Teachers' Principles and Classroom Practices CHAPTER 4 Curriculum Development French Core Programs across Canada: How Can We Improve Them? The Use of a Research Model to Guide Curriculum Development Developing Web-based Curricula: Issues and Challenges CHAPTER 5 Materials Development The Textbook as Agent of Change The Empirical Evaluation 0fLanguage Teaching Materials Materials Development and Research -- Making the Connection CHAPTER 6 Syllabus Design and Needs Analysis A Critical Look at the Communicative Approach (Ⅰ) A Critical Look at the Communicative Approach (Ⅱ) On Notional Syllabuses Negotiating the Syllabus: A Win-win Situation? CHAPTER 7 Teacher Education Teacher Training, Development, and Decision Making: A Model of Teaching and Related Strategies for Language Teacher Education Teachers' Theories in Grammar Teaching The Sociocultural Turn and Its Challenges for Second Language Teacher Education