This thought-provoking and informative collection of essays covers a
broad spectrum of topics including: - Why the communicative approach is
dead and what to do about it - How to implement blended learning in
day-to-day English teaching - Virtual worlds and why English teachers
should get a second life - The different roles played by the language
teacher - The value of translation in language teaching - Whether native
English speakers really make better teachers - Why you should NOT be
teaching International English - A more effective way to teach Technical
English - The truth about Superlearning and suggestopaedia - The secret
to being a good English teacher - Teaching the language of sex. Also
included are chapters on the author's unique insight into the issue of
complexity in language teaching as manifested in the correlation between
language, set theory and fractal mathematics - and the consequences for
learners and teachers of English.