ABSTRACT
Innovation and change in language education has been a subject of interest for both teachers and researchers since the early days of English language teaching. Driven by professional dissatisfaction with the status quo in local contexts or, increasingly, by the imperatives of quality audits and external course assessments, questions concerning the design, implementation and maintenance of innovation and change are, perhaps more than ever before, of central concern to teachers. As a result, there have been many initiatives by teachers, researchers and administrators to create and manage teaching and learning more effectively. Despite this interest, however, research does not seem to filter down to practitioners in a way which always allows them to draw on this activity to inform their own work. This book addresses this need by providing a clear and comprehensive introduction to the theoretical and research issues that inform this area and, at the same time, ground the discussion in practical examples of implementation. It brings together an impressive array of experts from around the world who, in a series of specifically commissioned chapters, link theory and practice in ways which illustrate both the findings of research and the processes of innovation and change in different domains of language education.
