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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