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We thank the readers of the first and second editions of this book. Your invaluable feedback and input have helped to shape this third edition.

The approach we have used in this book, as in the previous two editions, is based on our experience in teaching the methods/approaches course at the Master of Arts in Teaching Program at the School for International Training. This book would not have been written in the first place if it had not been for the influence of colleagues and students there. We are indeed grateful for the time we spent in this wonderful community.

Marti would like to thank Diane for being an inspiring teacher and mentor as well as beloved colleague and friend. Working with her on this project has been a great privilege.

Diane would like to thank Marti for her willingness to join her in this project and her ‘can-do’ attitude throughout. Diane is counting on Marti to make this project her own and carry it into the future.

We wish to thank our life partners for their encouragement and support.

For the initial faith they showed and for their continued encouragement and helpful suggestions, Diane acknowledges with gratitude the editors of this series, Russell Campbell and William Rutherford.

It has also been a pleasure working with the professionals at Oxford University Press. For this edition, we want to acknowledge Julia Bell’s helpfulness especially, and Ann Hunter’s and Keith Layfield’s skillful copy-editing.

In addition, this book has benefited from the fact that leading methodologists and colleagues have generously responded to requests for feedback on portions of this manuscript, either the previous edition or the current one. We are indebted to Earl Stevick (To the Teacher Educator), Shakti Gattegno (Silent Way), Georgi Lozanov, Allison Miller, and Tetsuo Nishizawa (Desuggestopedia), Jennybelle Rardin and Pat Tirone (Community Language Learning), James Asher (Total Physical Response), Marjorie Wesche and Ann Snow (Content-based Instruction), Elsa Auerbach (Participatory Approach), and Leo van Lier and Mat Schulze (Technology). Their comments have made us feel more confident of our interpretation and representation. Any errors of interpretation are entirely our responsibility, of course.