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Contents: Manuel Jimenez Raya/Terry Lamb: Dealing with diversity in the modern languages class - Amanda Barton/Peter Downes: Differentiation and gender: boys and language learning - Julie Adams: Diversity and the place of foreign language learning on the school curriculum - Lindsey Smethem: Listening - Antonio Bueno Gonzalez: Considering diversity in the teaching of speaking - Philip Hood: Differentiation in the reading classroom - Graeme Porte: Addressing diversity by diversion: individual revision in writing as a collaborative venture - Anne Convery: Managing differentiation in the modern languages classroom - Ramon Ribe: Individual differences in the FL classroom: a pedagogical perspective - Do Coyle: Managing the differentiated classroom: differentiation and learner autonomy - Terry Lamb: Individualising learning: organising a flexible learning environment - Manuel Jimenez Raya: Learning to learn for diverse learners - M. Sagrario Salaberri/Gabriela Appel: Assessment and diversity: development of personal identities through portfolios.