Offering a fresh and original perspective on communicative language teaching, this flagship title in the McGraw-Hill Second Language Professional Series has become de rigeur reading for practicing teachers as well as for students in teacher preparation programs.

Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen is intended as a guide to help language teachers develop communicative classroom environments that blend listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Starting from the perspective that communication is the expression, interpretation, and negotiation of meaning--not rote repetition, the exchange of information in the service of a grammar lesson, or simply oral expression--the book explores various topics that lead to concrete suggestions for implementing communicative language teaching.

Click on the links in the Information Center portion of this website to learn more about the exciting new second edition of Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen.

The following shorter books and monographs may also be used in any combination with the second edition of Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen. Click on the title to view more information about each book.

Tasks and Communicating in Language Classrooms by James F. Lee.

From Input to Output: A Teacher's Guide to Second Language Acquisition by Bill VanPatten

From Thought to Paper: Writing in a Second Language by Jessica Williams (forthcoming)

Input Enhancement: From Theory and Research to Classroom Practice by Wynne Wong (forthcoming)

Structured Input: A Focus on Grammar in Acquisition-Oriented Classrooms by Andrew P. Farley (forthcoming)

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