This booklet provides lots of practical ideas on giving feedback in the classroom. She discusses the causes for learner errors and provides useful guidelines for dealing with them. It provides a useful resource for classroom teachers who are interested in improving their feedback practices and in helping their students become better users of the language.

Paul Nation’s booklet examines a variety of approaches to effective vocabulary teaching in second or foreign language programs. Drawing on current thinking and research in second language pedagogy, he presents a conceptual framework for managing vocabulary learning and provides a practical guide to teaching vocabulary in a more principled way. A valuable resource for teachers, teacher trainers and other language professionals who wish to develop a better understanding of the principles and techniques for teaching vocabulary.

The author examines approaches to becoming a reflective teacher. She provides step-by-step guidelines for examining and analysing classroom documents and instructional events. Teachers will find here the practical and useful tips for carrying out systematic classroom investigation to solve common classroom problems.

The author discusses both principles and techniques for teaching listening. It provides practical and useful tips for planning, implementing and evaluating lessons on listening comprehension. In addition, teachers will find many useful ideas on selecting and adapting materials for teaching listening in various contexts. A valuable resource for teachers, teacher trainers and other language professionals who wish to develop a better understanding of the principles and techniques for teaching listening.

This booklet discusses an important aspect of planning a language program, i.e. formulating learning outcomes. It examines the nature of aims and objectives and presents useful guidelines for developing sound aims and objectives in a language course. A valuable resource for teachers, teacher trainers and other language professionals who wish to develop a better understanding of the principles and techniques for formulating course aims and objectives.

The book discusses factors that teachers need to consider when planning a reading lesson. It provides practical guidelines as to how our reading lessons can be made more interesting and effective. These guidelines help teachers select appropriate reading materials and develop effective reading activities for their reading class. A valuable resource for teachers, teacher trainers and other language professionals who wish to develop a better understanding of the principles and techniques for teaching second/foreign language reading.

The author is concerned with the method and procedures that writing teachers can use to provide crucial instructional support that student writers need most during the composing process. She discusses the how, what and when of providing this instructional support in lessons on different types of writing. A valuable resource for teachers, teacher trainers and other language professionals who wish to develop a better understanding of the principles and techniques for teaching second or foreign language writing

This booklet is about classroom-oriented research conducted by classroom teachers. It complements Series #3 by Sandra Lee McKay The Reflective Teacher: A Guide in Classroom Research. The eight action research reports in this booklet reflect the principles, methodology and philosophy for doing action research as discussed in McKay’s book. A valuable resource for teachers, teacher trainers and other language professionals who wish to develop a better understanding of how classroom-based research can be successfully implemented in the classroom.

This booklet discusses principled reasons for teaching pronunciation, aspects of the English sound system to focus on, and classroom procedures and techniques for teaching pronunciation. She also discusses common errors that students of different backgrounds make and invites readers to suggest ways of dealing with these errors. A valuable resource for teachers, teacher trainers and other language professionals who wish to develop a better understanding of how pronunciation can be more effectively taught in the ESL/EFL classroom.

Mary Lee Field’s booklet discusses how text features enhance text comprehensibility and how readers can utilize these features to aid comprehension. In this booklet, she shows how teachers can help learners exploit text features at the different stages of reading (pre, while and post-reading stages) to process textual information effectively. A valuable resource for teachers, teacher trainers and other language professionals who are interested in helping second/foreign language learners become better and independent readers.

In this book, the authors explain in a lucid manner the processes involved in evaluating, adapting, writing and using teaching materials. It provides a clear set of principles and criteria to help evaluate, select, adapt, supplement and develop materials for classroom use. The booklet will be a valuable resource for teachers, teacher trainers and other language professionals who are interested in becoming more successful developers and users of language teaching materials.