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
