Table of Contents

Part 1 BACKGROUND1 Five learners and five methods
2 What is there to learn?
3 Some views of language and language learning

Part 2 LEARNING
4 Learners and their errors
5 Input, interaction and output
6 Some learning processes
7 Individual language learners: some differences
8 Good language learners and what they do

PART 3 TEACHING
9 Language teaching: a brisk walk through recent times
10 Contexts
11 Plans and programmes
12 Ways and means
13 Skills
14 Tests
15 When all has been said: preparing and managing lessons

About the Author

Keith Johnson is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Language Education in the Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Lancaster, UK.

Reviews

'This updated and revised book provides a thorough, entertaining and extremely well-written introduction to current ideas and developments in TESOL and applied linguistics. The book is full of stimulating activities and ideas for reading and will be successful in prompting teachers to be both critical and reflective.'
Steve Mann, University of Warwick, UK'Keith Johnson has done an excellent job in making the work so accessible and engaging while providing readers with an in-depth theoretical perspective. The book is also full of good questions and useful activities which will help its readers become reflective and efficient language teachers.'
Qiuping Gao, Capital University of Economics and Business, China'I used to teach from the first, then the second edition of Johnson’s "Introduction" in my pre- and in-service training courses. And now I’ll use the third one, which has been updated and substantially revised, whilst remaining thorough, wise and, above all, entertaining.'
Péter Medgyes, Eötvös Lorand University, Hungary