本书全书用英文编著。它根据英语教学论这一学科的科学系统性，以当代英语教学理论为基础，注意结合中国学生学习的特点和需要，力图形成一个理论联系实际，突出实用的体系。并且在各部分内容之后加了英文注释、理解和讨论题，还配有练习，以提高学生的理解能力、分析能力和解决实际问题的能力。

本书既有英语教学的理论部分，又有实践部分；既分析和吸收了国外教学法专家的论述，又有对我国英语教学法体系的探索和研究；既可作为高校英语教学论、教学法课程的教材或教参，又是大、中学英语教师的重要教学参考书。

Section One   Introduction

1. Language, language learning and language teaching

  1- 1 What language is

 1- 2 What language learning is

 1- 3 Why people learn languages

 1- 4 What language teaching is

 1- 5 An oral approach to language learning

 1- 6 Moving ahead step by step

2. The order of presentation of the language abilities

3. TEFL, TESL and TESOL

4. Teacher qualifications

 Notes

 Comprehension and discussion questions

 Exercises 

Section Two   Methods and Approaches

5. What method is

6. An outline of language teaching approaches

 6--1 The Grammer--Translation Method

 6--2 The Direct Method

 6--3 The Audio--lingual Approach

 6--4 The Cognitive Approach

 6--5 The Communicative Approach

7, Some recent experiments

 7--1 Community language learning

 7--2 Comprehension Approach (Total Physical Response)

 7--3 Silent Way

 7-- 4 Suggestopedia

 Notes

 Comprehension and discussion questions

 Exercises

Section Three   Principles

8. Language as communication ,

9. Teaching English as communication

10. The four skills: development and stress at different stages

11. Teaching phonetics, grammar and vocabulary integratively

12. Chinese in teaehing English: utilization and restriction

13. Some important psychological factors in teaching English

Notes

Comprehension and discussion questions

Exercises

Section Four   Pronunciation, Grammar and Vocabulary

14. Teaching pronunciation

15. Teaching grammar

16. Teaching vocabulary

Notes

Comprehension and discussion questions

Exercises

Section Five   Listening, Speaking, Reading And Writing

17. Developing listening skills

18. Developing speaking skills

19. Developing reading skills

20. Developing writing skills

Notes

Comprehension and discussion questions

Exercises

Section Six  Classsroom Teaching

21. Significance, teaching procedure and its steps

22. Types of English lessons in class

23. The lesson plan

24. Class management

 24--1 The role of the teacher

 24--2 Student groupings

 24--3 Discipline 

25. Special training in classroom English

Notes

Comprehension and discussion questions

Exercises ~

Section Seven   The Use of Visual Aids

26. The use of visual aids

27. A lesson plan to conduct this section in a college  English Teaching Methodologyt class

28. Visual aids: the use of media in FLT

 Notes

 Comprehension and discussion questions

 Exercises

Section Eight   Testing

29. Testing

30. TOEFL and GRE

 30--1 TOEFL

 30--2 GRE

 Notes

 Comprehension and discussion questions

 Exercises

Section Nine   The History Of Foreign Language Teaching

31. An outline of FLT from 1880 to 1980

32. A brief history of TEFL in China

 Notes

 Comprehension and discussion questions

 Exercises

Section Ten   A Brief Introduction To ~Junior English for China

33. Junior English for China: A new approach to teaching English to middle school students

34. Some ideas on using Uunior English for China~ as the basis of a methodology course

Notes

Comprehension and discussion questions

Exercises

Bibliography