Method and Postmethod in Language Teaching is both an accessible and engaging introductory textbook and a handy reference guide that explores the different ways language teaching methods have been understood and valued.

Graham Hall is Professor of Applied Linguistics/TESOL at Northumbria University, UK. He is the author of Exploring English Language Teaching: Language in Action (2011; 2nd edition, 2017), which was the winner of the 2012 British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) book prize. He is also the editor of The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teaching (2016) and was editor of the ELT Journal from 2013-2017.

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Section 1: Survey

Part I - Contexts: Framing the issues - contexts, communities, and method

Chapter 1 'Method', methods, and postmethod: initial questions, perspectives, and possibilities

Chapter 2 Locating language teaching: contexts, cultures, and cognition

Part II - Concepts: Methods past, present, and future - histories, critiques, and alternatives

Chapter 3 A profusion of methods: progress, 'products of their times', and the 'procession of methods' narratives

Chapter 4 Beyond method ... to postmethod? Critiques, alternative accounts, and local realities

Part III - Debates: Methods and methodologies, theories, and practices - questions, possibilities, and classroom realities

Chapter 5 'Language', 'language learning', and the language classroom: theoretical insights and practical implications

Chapter 6 Language teaching in practice: pedagogical debates, possibilities, and realities

Section 2: Further reading

Section 3: Glossary

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