It has long been an assumption in the field of English as a foreign language that those who speak the language as natives pronounce the way it should be taught. Most influential figures in the field have been outsiders, and the subject has accordingly not been really defined as the teaching of English as a foreign language, but as the teaching of English to foreigners: quite a different thing. This book discusses the designing of programs for learning which will take the different kinds of foreign-ness into account.

Table of Contents:

Preface, H.G. Widdowson
PART I. KNOWLEDGE, CULTURE, AND CONTEXT
Applied Linguistics, Pragmatics, and Language Pedagogy, Barbara Seidlhofer and H.G. Widdowson
The Intercultural Component in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Meta Grosman
The Troubles': A Project in British Cultural Studies, Tina Mahkota
Context, Knowledge, and Teaching Translation, Mirjana Bonacic
Literature as Comparative Discourse: Parallel Readings in Two Languages, Uros Mozetic
Parallel Texts and Parallel Worlds: Assessing Validity in Interpretation and Translation through Descriptive Text Corpora, Rosanna Masiola Rosini
The Genesis and Development of Illustration in the English Dictionary, Sabine Langridge
PART II. FACTORS IN DESCRIPTION, INSTRUCTION, AND ASSESSMENT
Large Corpus Research and Foreign Language Teaching, John McHardy Sinclair
Introducing English into Croatian Primary Schools, Mirjana Vilke
The Role of the Native Language in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Janez Skela
The Role of Feedback in Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language, Gertraud Havranek
Affect, Attitude, and Motivation in Learning English as a Foreign Language, Jelena Mihaljevic Djigunovic
Toward an Interlingual Collocational Dictionary of English and Slovene, Dusan Gabrovsek Anglicisms in Contemporary Slovene and Their Lexicographic Treatment, Eva Sicherl. Theory and Practice in Communicative Grammar: A Guide for Teachers, David Newby
Relating Grammar to Discourse: Can Grammar Classes Be Like Poetry Classes, Irena Kovacic Teaching Aspect to Slovene Learners of English: Discourse in Context, Silvana Orel
Using Phonetic Transcription at the University Level, Rastislav Sustarcic
Models of Intonation for the University Teacher of English, Smiljana Komar
Testing Reading in Theory and Practice, Sasa Benulic
PART III. ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
How Can We Teach a Foreign Language for Specific Purposes? Wilfried Wieden
ESP Textbooks: Who Should Produce Them and How? Melita Djuric
Oral Testing in English for Specific Purposes, Zeljka Radelic
Writing Effective Abstracts for International Readers, Bernarda Kosel
English Teacher, Linguist, and Aviation Specialist in Radiotelephony Communication Programs, Alenka H. Kukovec
Developing Style: A Pilot Training Program, John Fox
Using Case Reports in Teaching Medical English, Maria Soledad Garcia Matinez and Lourdes Divasson Cilveti
PART IV. GEOPOLITICS AND LANGUAGE
Designing Language Programs in Post-Colonial Contexts: The Outlook in Slovenia, Robert de Beaugrande Author Index
Subject Index