Foreign Language Teaching in Asia and Beyond: Current Perspectives and Future Directions

This two part book focuses on the science and art of foreign language teaching in Asia and beyond. Part 1, "Theoretical foundation and research”, examines theoretical and empirical research that has or will shape language teaching. Studies draw from work in linguistics and second language acquisition research. "Classroom practice and evaluation studies”, part 2, turns to new and innovative developments in curricular and classroom practice, using qualitative and quantitative approaches and drawing from theoretical research in part one.