Includes an index.

Preface

Part 1: Before you begin
1. Between the people in the classroom -- 2. Performance from three kinds of competence -- 3. Learning, acquiring, remembering and producing language -- 4. One set of metaphors for memory -- 5. Other metaphors for memory

Part 2: Some techniques and what's behind them

6. Building auditory images: pronunciation -- 7. Memorization: building usable composite images for meaningful material -- 8. Building grammatical patterns -- 9. Building patterns through drills -- 10. More about grammar drills -- 11. Audiovisual and other aids -- 12. Ways to oral activity: the teacher's questions -- 13. Ways to oral activity: games -- 14. Other ways to oral activity -- 15. Writing for your own students -- 16. Adapting printed texts

Part 3: Beyond the classroom
17. Some basic ideas in phonetics -- 18. The basic equipment for speaking -- 19. Using the basic equipment -- 20. Beneath grammar -- 21. Beyond this book: further reading

"Earl Stevick is one of the most respected contemporary writers on the theory and practice of foreign language teaching. In this important new book he develops his argument that learning a language depends on 'what goes on inside and between the people in the classroom'. First he presents a non-technical account of how teacher and students interact, and of how the mind deals with foreign language data. Then he describes a wide range of techniques he has used and discusses their advantages and disadvantages, always encouraging teachers to make their own choices. The closing chapters provide a brief introduction to what teachers need to know about grammar and phonology. This is a readable and down-to-earth book by one of the leading authorities of our day about the 'why' as well as the 'how to' of language teaching." (Book Cover)