Preface -- Contents -- Section I Theoretical perspectives on language learning and teaching -- Approaches to language learning and teaching: Towards acquiring communicative competence through the four skills -- Section II Listening -- Towards acquiring communicative competence through listening -- Areas of research that influence L2 listening instruction -- Learning how to listen using learning strategies -- Academic listening: Marrying top and bottom -- Teaching listening: Time for a change in methodology -- Section III Speaking -- Towards acquiring communicative competence through speaking -- Areas of research that influence L2 speaking instruction -- Questions as strategies to encourage speaking in content-and-language-integrated classrooms -- Turn-taking awareness: Benefits for teaching speaking skills in academic and other contexts -- Teaching speaking: A text-based syllabus approach -- Section IV Reading -- Towards acquiring communicative competence through reading -- Areas of research that influence L2 reading instruction -- Developing strategic L2 readers… by reading for authentic purposes -- Finding a path to fluent academic and workplace reading -- Teaching reading: Individual and social perspectives -- Section V Writing -- Towards acquiring communicative competence through writing -- Areas of research that influence L2 writing instruction -- Techniques for shaping writing course curricula: Strategies in designing assignments -- Written in, written out: Who sets the standards for academic writing? -- Teaching writing: Orienting activities to students' goals -- List of Contributors -- Index.