Following a nontechnical account of how teacher and students interact, and how the mind deals with foreign language data, this text describes a wide range of teaching techniques, It discusses the advantages as well as disadvantages revealed through personal experience.

Earl Stevick is one of the most respected contemporary writers on the theory and practice of foreign language teaching. In this important new book he develops his argument that learning a language depend on 'what goes on inside and between the people in the classroom.' This is a readable and down-to-earth book by one of the leading authorities of our day about the 'why' as well as the 'how to' of language teaching.