"This book is clearly one that should be on the reading list of second language instructors, those preparing to teach and other interested individuals. It covers a range of complex material in a concise and well organized manuscript. It promotes thinking and does so by treating the topics with great clarity and in a framework that refers to an extensive body of literature. Those who read it will gain insights, both theoretical and practical."

- Linguist List, Martin R. Gitterman, Lehman College and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York

Graham Hall is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics/TESOL at Northumbria University, UK. He is the author of Exploring English Language Teaching: Language in Action (Routledge, 2011), the winner of the 2012 British Association for Applied Lingusitics (BAAL) book prize. He is also the editor of The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teaching (Routledge, 2016).