• English as a world language (who learns it and why)
• Theories of language and language learning
• A discussion of learner characteristics that influence teacher decisions, including guidance on managing learning
• A description of approaches to teaching language systems (grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation), and to teaching language skills (speaking, writing, listening, and reading)
• A wide range of practical teaching ideas
• An examination of the role of technology (old and new) in the classroom
• A description of assessment for language learning in the digital age

• Includes new examples, revised explanations, some topics rewritten. New focus areas:
  
  
  • Learners’ attitudes towards learning and the importance of soft skills in learning
  • Explicit language instruction in comparison to exposing students to meaningful context
  • New technologies in the classroom – to enhance teaching, not to make it more difficult
  • Growth in CLIL in the classroom and the teaching of English for younger learners
  • Practical teaching ideas reflecting current methodological practice and encouraging debate
• Updated DVD with lesson extracts with real teachers
• Free access to website with:
  
  
  • Jeremy Harmer’s interviews
  • Additional videos of classroom lessons
• Materials for group discussions on subjects in the book and guidance for individual teachers

1 The world of English language teaching
2 Describing the English language
3 Issues in language learning
4 Popular methodology
5 Being learners (including learner autonomy)
6 Being teachers (including teacher development)
7 Class size and different abilities;
8 Feedback, mistakes and correction
9 Managing for success
10 Seating and grouping students; 11 Technology for learning
12 Planning
13 Teaching language construction
14 Teaching grammar
15 Teaching vocabulary
16 Teaching pronunciation;
17 Teaching language skills
18 Teaching reading
19 Teaching listening
20 Teaching writing
21 Teaching speaking;
22 testing and evaluation