Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE TEACHING -- 3 LANGUAGE AS A BIOLOGICAL PROPERTY -- 4 LANGUAGE AS A TOOL FOR COMMUNICATION -- 5 IMPLICATIONS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING -- 6 APPROACHES TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING -- 7 PUTTING THEORY INTO PRACTICE -- 8 PRACTICE AND PRACTICES - RESPONDING TO STUDENT NEEDS -- GLOSSARY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX