'The major strength of this book is in its real examples of how second language classroom communication is established and maintained facilitating teaching, learning and second languge acquisition. It is a valuable reference for teacher educators, student teachers and classroom teachers.' VATME Newsletter, No 63, 1996

• PART 1 UNDERSTANDING COMMUNICATION IN SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS; 1 Understanding communication in second language classrooms; 2 Teachers' control of the patterns of classroom communication; 3 Students' perceptions of the patterns of classroom communication; 4 Students' knowledge and use of language; 5 Students' use of language for classroom learning and second language acquisition; PART 2 EXAMINING PATTERNS OF COMMUNICATION IN SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS; 6 Examining teacher-student interaction; 7 Examining student-student interaction; 8 Examining community/school-based issues and second language classrooms; PART III PROMOTING COMMUNICATION IN SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS; 9 Promoting communication in second language classrooms; 10 Classroom communicative competence.