Frontmatter -- Contents -- Section I Theoretical perspectives on language -- learning and teaching -- Approaches to language learning and teaching: -- Towards acquiring communicative competence through the four -- skills -- Section II Listening -- Towards acquiring communicative competence through -- listening -- Areas of research that influence L2 listening -- instruction -- Learning how to listen using learning -- strategies -- Academic listening: Marrying top and bottom -- Teaching listening: Time for a change in -- methodology -- Section III Speaking -- Towards acquiring communicative competence through -- speaking -- Areas of research that influence L2 speaking -- instruction -- Questions as strategies to encourage speaking in -- content-and-language-integrated classrooms -- Turn-taking awareness: Benefits for teaching -- speaking skills in academic and other contexts -- Teaching speaking: A text-based syllabus -- approach -- Section IV Reading -- Towards acquiring communicative competence through -- reading -- Areas of research that influence L2 reading -- instruction -- Developing strategic L2 readersƒ by reading for -- authentic purposes -- Finding a path to fluent academic and workplace -- reading -- Teaching reading: Individual and social -- perspectives -- Section V Writing -- Towards acquiring communicative competence through -- writing -- Areas of research that influence L2 writing -- instruction -- Techniques for shaping writing course curricula: -- Strategies in designing assignments -- Written in, written out: Who sets the standards for -- academic writing? -- Teaching writing: Orienting activities to students -- goals -- Backmatter