ABSTRACT
Classroom life is what teachers and learners make it. At the same time, classroom life is what they make of it, and what it makes them.
(Wright, 2006: 64)
This chapter will:
• investigate differing conceptualizations of the L2 classroom and explore the insights into classroom life which they provide;
• examine the ways in which language teaching is a ‘local activity’;
• consider how values and power relationships might affect classroom practices;
• encourage readers to reflect on whether and how these perspectives add to an understanding of their own English language teaching context.
