List of figuresPrefaceAcknowledgementsPART ONE Language and education1 Language, linguistics, and education2 Understanding and the acquisition of knowledge3 Simplification and the teacher PART TWO Second language learning Teaching communicative competence Language, culture, and English for Academic Purposes PART THREE Language in British education6 Language in education: coherence or chaos PART FOUR Literature and education Literature, power, and 'the canon' Assessing literary competencePART FIVE The politics of language teaching9 British cultural studies10 Teaching English as a world language11 The English language and language rightsPART SIX Research and understanding12 Research in the language classroom13 Teaching, researching, and knowledge14 Educational linguistics, applied linguistics, and the study of language practicesBibliographyIndex