Download or read book The Context of Language Teaching written by Jack C. Richards and published by . This book was released on 1985-04-26 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an important collection of papers by a distinguished personality in the field. Topics covered include second language acquisition, syllabus design, methodology and methods, listening, speaking, vocabulary and grammar. Issues in applied linguistics are summarised and presented with clarity and their practical implications explored, thus making the vital connection between theory and practice in language teaching. Language teachers and students of applied linguistics will find this collection contains a wide range of recent work in linguistics presented in a lucid and highly accessible form.