PART 1           BACKGROUND

1.         Five learners and five methods

2.         What is there to learn?

3.         Some views of language and language learning

PART 2           LEARNING

4.         Learners and their errors

5.         Input, interaction and output

6.         Some learning processes

7.         Individual language learners: some differences

8.         Good language learners and what they do

PART 3 TEACHING

9.         Language teaching: a brisk walk through recent times

10.       Contexts

11.       Plans and programmes

12.       Ways and means

13.       Skills

14.       Tests

15.       When all has been said: preparing and managing lessons