This two-volume collection of studies on issues in language teaching deals with both theoretical problems and practical issues faced in the classroom. It includes essays on

• Socio-cultural and political contexts of teaching language
• The relationship between grammar, language and literature
• Multilingualism; complexities of teaching English in India
• Language policy and planning in the country
• Empirical studies from Japan, Korea, Egypt, Iran and Pakistan

Vaishna Narang is a Professor of Linguistics at Jawaharlal Nehru University. In a career spanning four decades she has made significant contributions to applied linguistics, phonetics, speech acoustics, learning theories and developmental psycholinguistics.