A history of English Language Teaching that takes the reader from the Renaissance to the present day. The book covers all the important phases of the history from a global perspective. It has been brought up-to-date with three new chapters, including a final chapter by Henry Widdowson.

Key features
- Substantially revised and updated.
- New Introduction.
- New sections on the British Empire, and 1970-present day.

Part One 1400-1800
- Section 1 Practical language teaching
- Section 2 On 'Fixing' the language

Part Two 1800-1900
- Section 1 English language teaching in the Empire
- Section 2 English language teaching in Europe

Part Three 1900 To The Present Day
- Section 1 English language teaching since 1900: the making of a profession
- Section Aspects of English language teaching since 1900