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Provides an introduction to both traditional and contemporary approaches to the teaching of writing. This book encourages the reader to think about the reasons for teaching writing, and to see how many different types of writing - factual or creative, public or personal, business or academic - can be brought into the language classroom.

Shows how evaluation can form an integral part of teaching and learning, how it can provide teachers and other ELT professionals with valuable data that can be used to inform, and develop classroom practice. This book both examines the principles underlying evaluation, and provides practical guidance in the planning of evaluation activities.

Provides the practising language teacher with an overview of Grammar. This book describes the nature of grammar, its role in language learning and language use, and how it can be taught effectively. It invites readers to apply these ideas in their own teaching.

Placing reading in its social context, this book discusses what it means to be a reader in the modern world. It contains ideas on how to approach reading in the language classroom, and presents many text-related activities. It also invites teachers to explore the attitudes of their learners as readers, and to design reading activities for them.

Discourse analysis is the study of spoken and written language in its social and psychological context. This book explains the relevant theory, and applies it to classroom activities designed to improve students' discourse skills. The teacher is then shown how these activities may be further developed in specific teaching situations.