<P><EM>The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teaching</EM> is the definitive reference volume for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students of Applied Linguistics, ELT/TESOL, and Language Teacher Education, and for ELT professionals engaged in in-service teacher development and/or undertaking academic study.</P><P>Progressing from ¿broader¿ contextual issues to a ¿narrower¿ focus on classrooms and classroom discourse, the volume¿s interrelated themes focus on:</P><P>¿ ELT in the world: contexts and goals</P><P>¿ planning and organising ELT: curriculum, resources and settings</P><P>¿ methods and methodology: perspectives and practices</P><P>¿ second language learning and learners</P><P>¿ teaching language: knowledge, skills and pedagogy</P><P>¿ understanding the language classroom.</P><P>The <I>Handbook</I>¿s 39 chapters are written by leading figures in ELT from around the world. Mindful of the diverse pedagogical, institutional and social contexts for ELT, they convincingl