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Innovation in English Language Teaching‘This volumc brings to the fore divcrsc, fundamcntal issucs about thc processes andpolitics of curriculum change and improvement, new technologies, and concepts oflanguage use, communication, and instruction vital to guiding the organization andpracticcs of teaching English internationally.’ Alister Cumming, Ontario lnstitritqfbr Studiesin Education, Ilniversiq, $TorontoTeaching English Language WorldwideA sclcction of readers’ commmts on the series:‘This thrcc-part series offkrs a map to ELT research and practice . . . it represents the bestthat EI.T, as an Anglo-Saxon institution, has dcvclopctl over thc last thirty years for the teachingof English around the \vorld . . . Readers will fnd in this scrics the Who’s Who guide to thisdynamic antl expanding community.’ Claire Kramsch, Unitwsiy !/‘Cul!/brnia, Berkele)., CulIfbrnia‘Experienced knglish language instructors sccking to tlecpen their kno\vlctlgc ant1 abilitieswill find this series forms a coherent basis to d lop their understanding of current trcntls,sociocultural diversity, and topical interests in teaching English as a second or foreign languagearound the \vorld. All thrcc \olumcs pro\ idc ample flexibility for discussion, interpretation,antl adaptation in local scttings.’ ,41ister Ctirnrning, Ontario Institute for Sttidies in Educarion,Universiy ?ffToronto‘This scrics pro\ ides a collection of essential readings \vhich will not onl! pro\ itlc theTEFI./TESOL student anti tcachcr \\ ith access to the most up-to-tlatc thinking and approachesto the subject but mill give any person interested in the suhjcct an over\ ic\z of the phenomenonof thc usc antl usage of English in the modern nurltl. Perhaps morc importantly, this series\vi11 be crucial to thosc studcnts \z ho do not haw available to them articles that providc botha \vide spectrum of information antl the neccssary analytical tools to investigate the languageturthcr.’Josepb,l. E’olej; Soiitbeu. iu Jlinirters oftducation Orpnisution, Regionul Lungiiule Centre,Singapore‘The strong rcprcscntation of the seminal Anglo- Australian tlc\clopmcnt of the Europeanfunctional tradition in the study of languagc antl language education makes this a rclrcshingl!bracing scrics, \z hich should hc \vitlcl! used in tcachcr education tor English languagcteaching.’ Liicin Reid, /nytirrite fEducution, IJniversiy of/.ondon‘In a principled antl accessible manner, thcsc thrcc 1 olumcs living together major bvritings onessential topics in the stud? of English languagc tcaching. They provide broatl coverage ofcurrent thinking and debate on major issucs, providing an in\ aluable resource for thecontcmporarq postgraduate student.’ Guy Cook, llnii crsit?, of Reading