Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1. FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN ASIA AND BEYOND: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK -- PART 1: THEORETICAL FOUNDATION AND RESEARCH -- Chapter 2. PREPARING LANGUAGE TEACHERS TO TEACH LEARNING STRATEGIES -- Chapter 3. DISCOURSE POLITENESS THEORY AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION -- Chapter 4. INTEGRATING GENERAL PURPOSE AND VOCATIONALLY-ORIENTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (VOLL) - NEW GOALS FOR LANGUAGE AND TEACHER TRAINING -- Chapter 5. PRAGMATICS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING: REFLECTIONS ON THE TEACHING OF CHINESE IN CHINA -- Chapter 6. DEVELOPMENT OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY MODEL -- Chapter 7. FACILITATING STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF ENGLISH NEWS: PEER SCAFFOLDING IN AN EFL LISTENING CLASSROOM -- Chapter 8. VOCABULARY LEARNING STRATEGIES AMONG ADULT FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNERS -- PART 2: CLASSROOM PRACTICE AND EVALUATION STUDIES -- Chapter 9. TECHNOLOGY IN THE SERVICE OF CONSTRUCTIVIST PEDAGOGY: NETWORK-BASED APPLICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION -- Chapter 10. PEDAGOGICAL CONCERNS: SOME COMMON FEATURES OF CONTENT-BASED INSTRUCTION, TASK-BASED LEARNING AND BUSINESS CASE STUDY, AND THEIR ROLES IN AN EBP CLASS -- Chapter 11. MEMORIZING DIALOGUES: THE CASE FOR "PERFORMATIVE EXERCISES" -- Chpater 12. THE WHOLE WORLD COMMUNICATES IN ENGLISH, DO YOU? - EDUCATIONAL DRAMA AS AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN JAPAN -- Chapter 13. FROM ORAL INTERVIEW TEST TO ORAL COMMUNICATION TEST: ALLEVIATING STUDENTS' ANXIETY -- AUTHORS AND THEIR AFFILIATIONS -- Index