This paper outlines an approach to teachers' professional development (PD) that originates
in Vygotsky's sociocultural theory (SCT), arguing that what Vygotsky claimed about students' …

In this globalization era, there have been drastic changes taking place all over the world.
These tremendous vicissitudes occur when people have a strong desire to achieve …

This book offers an in-depth explanation of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and the
methods necessary to implement it in the language classroom successfully. Combines a …

This guide to classroom management, which incorporates the essential features of
classroom organization, management, and discipline, provides information to help …

There has been a growing interest in and concern for the teaching of listening in the last 40
years. Looking back over the years, we can see how the emphases on teaching listening …

In recent years, Taiwan and other East Asian countries have begun to promote English‐
medium instruction (EMI) at the tertiary level. Communicating through English in EMI …

Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning synthesizes the existing body of research
on the role of peer interaction in second language learning in one comprehensive volume …

Dr. Kelvin Seifert: Why I wanted this book to be part of the Global Textbook Project I have
taught educational psychology to future teachers for nearly 35 years, during which I used …

Dynamic assessment (DA) offers a conceptual framework for teaching and assessment
according to which the goals of understanding individuals' abilities and promoting their …

In its early days, CLT was widely promoted as suitable for all contexts, but many questions
have since been raised about what it really means and what versions of it (if any) are suited …