全书共18章，分为7个部分，分别讨论了外语教与学所涉及的基本概念、如何教语言及发展学生的语言能力、如何培养学生的语言应用技能、课堂组织和现代化教学手段的应用、教学评估和教学补救手段、国内外外语教学的各种方法、历史及发展趋势、教师自我发展等问题。本书兼顾使用和研究两方面的需要，注意吸收国内外外语教学领域的最新研究成果，结合中国外语教学的实际、探讨符合中国人自己的外语教学路子；每章最后设置“问题与任务”一节，通过让学习者思考和回答问题，加深对内容的理解，提高运用理论指导实践的能力；本教材用英语撰写，使学习者在学习专业知识的同时，还可从语言知识与运用方面提高自己的能力。本书主要对象是各级师范院校英语专业学生，也可作为在职英语教师、英语教研员以及英语教学法硕士研究生的参考书。

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

 1.1 Peasons for Studying Foreign Language Teaching Methodology

 1.2 The Nature of Foreign Language Teaching Meth-odology

 1.3 Disciplines Contributing to Foreign Language Tea-ching（FLT）

 1.4 Factors Influencing Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

 1.5 Summary

 1.6 Questions and Tasks

CHAPTER 2 ASPECTS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING

 2.1 Views of Language and Foreign Language Teach-ing

 2.2 Foreign Language Teaching Syllabus

 2.3 Principles of Foreign Language Teaching

 2.4 Aims and Objectives of Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

 2.5 Summary

 2.6 Questions and Tasks

CHAPTER 3 ASPECTS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

 3.1 Behaviorism versus Mentalism

 3.2 The Monitor Model of Second Language Develop-ment

 3.3 From Theory to Practice

 3.4 Language Learning Strategies

 3.5 Factors Contributing to Foreign Language Learn-ing

 3.6 Summary

 3.7 Questions and Tasks

CHAPTER 4 THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF PRONUNCIATION

CHAPTER 5 THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF VOCABULARY

CHAPTER 6 THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF GRAMMAR

CHAPTER 7 THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF DISCOURSE

CHAPTER 8 THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF LISTENING

CHAPTER 9 THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF READING

CHAPTER 10 THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF SPEAKING

CHAPTER 11 THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF WRITING

CHAPTER 12 CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION AND MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 13 USING TECHNOLOGY FOR LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION

CHAPTER 14 ASSESSING AND EVALUATING TEACH-ING AND LEARNING

CHAPTER 15 ERROR ANALYSIS AND REMEDIAL WORK

CHAPTER 16 ASURVEY OF FLT APPROACHES

CHAPTER 17 FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN CHINA

CHAPTER 18 TEACHERS'PROFESSIONAL DEVEL-OPMENT

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