extracto del contenido: introduction; chapter i: teaching foreign languages in the context of the knowledge society. j. daniel torres olalla; chapter ii: the pragmatics of interaction: what we need to know to promote classroom participation. teresa morell moll; chapter iii: reasons to integrate literature in the foreign language classroom. sacramento jáimez muñoz; chapter iv: multiple intelligences theory as a framework for teaching english to teenagers in spanish context. mª carmen fonseca mora; chapter v: cross-curricular activities in the secondary ‘monolingual’. foreign language classroom. simon andrewes; chapter vi: teaching english as a foreign language in a world of new technologies: to add-in or to integrate, that’s the question! a comprehensive and integrated proposal. josé navarro alcántara; chapter vii: learners’ autonomy, empowerment and self-direction in fl learning: a pedagogical reality. mª del pilar montijano cabrera; chapter viii: affect in foreign language teacher education. jane arnold; chapter ix: basic tools for research in language achievement: defining the essentials. ángela mª montijano cabrera.