This book is a response to changes in modern reality and philosophy of language teaching, offering effective solutions to situations outside of norms and routines. It familiarises readers with contemporary theoretical debate and new research and demonstrates how to easily translate these into practical everyday classroom applications.

Micha? B. Paradowski is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Applied Linguistics at the University of Warsaw. He is the author of numerous book chapters and articles, an editor and reviewer for journals and research councils, and has been an invited speaker at over 60 scientific events worldwide. He also works as a teacher trainer and ELT consultant for television.

Contents: Mohammad Aliakbari/Nasrin Soltani: Learning Style Preferences of Iranian EFL Learners with Kurdish and Persian Cultures – Melanie Ellis: Compulsory L3 at Age 13: The Relation Between Personal History, Attitudes to Language Learning and Achievement – Mandira Halder: The Role of Cross-linguistic Awareness in Grammar Acquisition in a Multilingual Classroom – Josephine P. S. Yam: From Theory to Practice: Understanding Cantonese and Mandarin English Learners’ Pronunciation Phenomena through Optimality Theory – Tomohito Hiromori: What are the Determining Factors of L2 Improvised Speech Performance? An Exploratory Study – Micha? B. Paradowski/Anna Wysoki?ska: What Motivates Polyglots – Anna Gonerko-Frej: Anglicizing Polishness. A Report from the ELT Frontin Post-communist Poland – Mónica Lourenço/Ana Isabel Andrade: «Do Languages Die?» Promoting Awareness of Language and Linguistic Diversity in Preschool – Béatrice Cabau: Optimizing the Benefits of Overseas Academic Sojourns: Pre-Departure Training for Exchange Students – Debbie Ho/Alex Henry: A Text-Based Approach to Teaching Writing in the ESL Classroom – Krystyna U. Golkowska: Teaching Writing Across Borders – Sibo Chen: The Influence of Chinese Rhetoric on the Development of Communicative Competence in Learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language – Romuald Gozdawa-Go??biowski: The Primacy of Lexis. In Search of an Alternative to the Analytic /Holistic Dichotomy – Hesamoddin Shahriari: Using Gestures and Paralinguistic Features of Communication in Teaching EFL Speaking – Alessandro Zannirato: Teaching Linguistic and Intercultural Competence through an Emotions-based Curriculum – Tito Leati: Teaching Italian with the Aesthetic Image.