Learning Foreign and Second Languages addresses both theory and methodology. The volume's twelve essays discuss the recent changes in the foreign language profession, the context of language learning and teaching in higher education, the sociohistorical perspectives on language teaching, the relation between linguistic theories and second language acquisition research, the role of computers in language teaching, the evaluation of learning outcomes, and the pedagogical implications of the research. --From publisher's description.

Introduction : steps to an ecology of foreign language departments / Heidi Byrnes -- Constructing second language acquisition research in foreign language departments / Claire Kramsch -- Sociohistorical perspectives on language teaching in the modern United States / Elizabeth B. Bernhardt -- Linguistics, applied linguistics, and second language acquisition theories / Thom Huebner -- Approaches to empirical research in instructional language settings / Kathleen M. Bailey -- Cognitive characteristics of adult second language learners / Bill VanPatten -- Acquiring competence in a second language : form and function / Catherine Doughty -- Constraints and resources in classroom talk : issues of equality and symmetry / Leo van Lier -- Interlanguage pragmatics / Gabriele Kasper -- The role of technology in second language learning / Robert J. Blake -- Evaluation of learning outcomes in second language acquisition : a multiplism perspective / Elana Shohamy -- Constructing curricula in collegiate foreign language departments / Heidi Byrnes.