Jeremy Harmer. How to Teach English An introduction to the practice of English language teaching. , Longman Limited , 1998.

A number of people have influenced the development of How to Teach English and have changed the lonely job of writing into something much more like real collaboration whether directly or indirectly. I am especially grateful to Richard Rossner, as always. The Engage-Study-Activate description was developed with him in the first place in a book we wrote together and his reading of Chapter 4 and comments on it have proved extremely useful. Anita Harmer's reactions in snatches of conversation amongst the rituals of daily life have, as ever, been completely indispensable. I was fortunate to start work on this book when Melanie Butler was in charge of the methodology list at Addison Wesley Longman. Her many suggestions, encouragements and off-the-wall commentaries (a speciality of hers) helped to tease out many of the issues implicit in a work of this nature. David Lott's guidance and his contribution to the final version of the book have been immeasurable. Along the way, I have been incredibly lucky in the reports I have received from Gill Stacey, Sue Jones and Rodney Blakeston who between them helped to clarify parts of the book. Maggy McNorton and her students at the University of Glamorgan were vital in the development of style and content. Her students' robust feedback and trenchant comments were immensely stimulating. At a later stage, Martin Parrott's insightful reactions were absolutely invaluable, as were the comments of David Riddell and his CELTA trainees at Kingsway College, London invigorating reactions from both sides! Terry Tomscha's help was also greatly appreciated. To all these people I offer my profound gratitude. I only hope that they will like the way it has turned out!