Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-218) and index.

SECTION I: WHAT IS INTERACTIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING?

Interaction as the key to teaching language for communication / Wilga M. Rivers

Interactive discourse in small and large groups / Claire J. Kramsch

SECTION II: LANGUAGE IN THE CLASSROOM

Speaking and listening: imaginative activities for the language class / Stephen A. Sadow

Motivating language learners through authentic materials / Bernice S. Melvin and David F. Stout

Interactive oral grammar exercises / Raymond F. Comeau

Interaction of reader and text / Anthony Papalia

Writing: an interactive experience / Gloria M. Russo

Poetry and song as effective language-learning activities / Alan Maley

'The magic if' of theater: enhancing language learning through drama / Richard Via

Interactive testing: time to be a test pilot / Marlies Mueller

SECTION III: THE WIDER WORLD

Culturally diverse speech styles / Gail L.N. Robinson

The use of technology: varying the medium in language teaching / Karen Price

Interaction outside the classroom: using the community / Peter Strevens

Interaction in the computer age / Robert Ariew and Judith G. Frommer

Preparing the language student for professional interaction / Anne R. Dow and Joseph T. Ryan, Jr.

"Teachers and writers describe the approaches and techniques they have incorporated into their own teaching. The paperback edition is designed to help classroom teachers make language classes more participatory and communication oriented. A distinguished group of innovative teachers and writers describe, in a collection of essays, the approaches and techniques they have incorporated into their own teaching." (Publisher's Website)