List of figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART ONE Language and education
1 Language, linguistics, and education
2 Understanding and the acquisition of knowledge
3 Simplification and the teacher
PART TWO Second language learning
Teaching communicative competence
Language, culture, and English for Academic Purposes
PART THREE Language in British education
6 Language in education: coherence or chaos
PART FOUR Literature and education
Literature, power, and 'the canon'
Assessing literary competence
PART FIVE The politics of language teaching
9 British cultural studies
10 Teaching English as a world language
11 The English language and language rights
PART SIX Research and understanding
12 Research in the language classroom
13 Teaching, researching, and knowledge
14 Educational linguistics, applied linguistics, and the study of language practices
Bibliography
Index
