This book deals with the pedagogical, personal, and theoretical contexts of foreign language teaching. Part 1, on the pedagogical context, discusses the psychology of language learning, individualized language instruction, new directions in language teaching, and the role of pattern drills in language teaching. Part 2, on the personal context, discusses freedom in teaching and learning and a workshop for language teachers in a bicultural setting. Part 3, on the theoretical context, analyzes transactional engineering competence and studies its development. The psychology of ordinary language use is also discussed. The last part of the third section is devoted to questions addressed to the authors and their answers. (Author/AM)