Graham Hall is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics/TESOL at Northumbria University, UK. He is the author of Exploring English Language Teaching: Language in Action (Routledge, 2011), the winner of the 2012 British Association for Applied Lingusitics (BAAL) book prize. He is also the editor of The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teaching (Routledge, 2016).

PART I: Classroom interaction and management

1. The language classroom: roles, relationships and interactions
2. Intervening in the language classroom: classroom management, interaction and learning opportunities
3. The language classroom in theory and practice: complex, diverse and 'local'

PART II: Method, Postmethod and methodology

4. Language, language learning and Method: dilemmas and practices
5. Language teaching methods: perspectives and possibilities
6. Theoretical insights for a Postmethod era

PART III: Learners

7. Focus on the language learner: individual attributes and attitudes
8. Learner diversity and development: considerations for the language classroom...and beyond
9. Images of language learners: from individual to social, and universal to specific

PART IV: Institutional frameworks and social contexts

10. From global trends to local contexts: language dilemmas in the ELT classroom
11. Planning and organizing L2 learning and teaching: contexts and curriculum, possibilities and realities
12. ELT in the world: education and politics, context and goals

Commentary on selected tasks

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Exploring English Language Teaching provides an introduction to the field of ELT from an applied linguistics perspective. The book identifies key dilemmas, examines how teachers and ELT professionals might intervene, and explores how such issues link to applied linguistic theory. This second edition has been extensively revised to explore the latest practical developments and theoretical insights in the field of ELT. With new material, this is an indispensable textbook for language teachers and students studying in the areas of Applied Linguistics, Language Teacher Education, and ELT/TESOL.