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Questions About What To Teach And How Best To Teach It Are What Drive Professional Practice In The English Language Classroom. Innovation And Change In English Language Education Addresses These Key Questions So That Teachers Are Able To Understand And Manage Change To Organise Teaching And Learning More Effectively. The Book Provides An Accessible Introduction To Current Theory And Research In Innovation And Change In Elt And Shows How These Understandings Have Been Applied To The Practical Concerns Of The Curriculum And The Classroom. In Specially Commissioned Chapters Written By Experts In The Field, The Volume. Sets Out The Key Issues In Innovation And Change And Shows How These Relate To Actual Practice. Offers A Guide To Innovation And Change In Key Areas Grounded In Research. Relates Theory To Practice Through The Use Of Illustrative Case Studies And Examples. Brings Together The Very Best Scholarship In Tesol And Language Education From Around The World This Book Will Be Of Interest To Upper Undergraduate And Graduate Students In Applied Linguistics, Language Education And Tesol As Well As Pre-service And In-service Teachers, Teacher Educators, Researchers And Administrators Keen To Create And Manage Teaching And Learning More Effectively. Introduction: Innovation And Implementation Of Change / Ken Hyland And Lillian L. C. Wong -- Models Of Change And Innovation / Chris Kennedy -- Contexts Of Change / Numa Markee -- Cultures Of Change: Appropriate Cultural Content In Chinese School Textbooks / Yafu Gong And Adrian Holliday -- The Management Of Change / Alan Waters And Maria Luz C. Vilches -- Innovation Through Teacher Education Programs / Karen E. Johnson -- Innovation Through Action Research And Teacher-initiated Change / Anne Burns -- Reflective Teaching As Innovation / Kathleen M. Bailey And Sarah E. Springer -- Teacher Thinking, Learning, And Identity In The Process Of Educational Change / Donald Freeman -- Innovation In Language Policy And Planning: Ties To English Language Education / Joseph Lo Bianco -- Change And Innovation In Primary Education / Beverly Derewianka -- Innovation In Secondary Education: A Case Of Curriculum Reform In Hong Kong / David Charles And Gary Harfitt -- Higher Education Constraints On Innovation / Denise E. Murray -- Innovation In Materials Development / Brian Tomlinson -- Corpora, Innovation And English Language Education / Ken Hyland -- Innovation In The Young Learner Classroom / David Nunan -- Technological Innovation And Teacher Change: It In Teacher Professional Development / Lillian L. C. Wong -- Innovation In Assessment: Common Misconceptions And Problems / Chris Davison. Ken Hyland And Lillian L.c. Wong. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.