Xiaodong Zhang is an assistant professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University, China. He holds a PhD degree in Linguistics (University of Georgia, U.S.A). His research interests include teacher education, second language writing and systemic functional linguistics. His works have appeared in international journals.

• Introduction – Literature review on the textbooks, teachers' beliefs – Underlying theories of the study – College English teaching in China – Methodology of the study – The EFL teacher’s beliefs about textbook use – The EFL teacher’s teaching practices in the textbook-based EFL classroom – Discussions and implications – References – Appendix – Index

Xiaodong Zhang is an assistant professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University, China. He holds a PhD degree in Linguistics (University of Georgia, U.S.A). His research interests include teacher education, second language writing and systemic functional linguistics. His works have appeared in international journals.

• Introduction – Literature review on the textbooks, teachers' beliefs – Underlying theories of the study – College English teaching in China – Methodology of the study – The EFL teacher’s beliefs about textbook use – The EFL teacher’s teaching practices in the textbook-based EFL classroom – Discussions and implications – References – Appendix – Index

Xiaodong Zhang is an assistant professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University, China. He holds a PhD degree in Linguistics (University of Georgia, U.S.A). His research interests include teacher education, second language writing and systemic functional linguistics. His works have appeared in international journals.

• Introduction – Literature review on the textbooks, teachers' beliefs – Underlying theories of the study – College English teaching in China – Methodology of the study – The EFL teacher’s beliefs about textbook use – The EFL teacher’s teaching practices in the textbook-based EFL classroom – Discussions and implications – References – Appendix – Index