Intended for researchers, practitioners, graduate students, faculty in teacher education and applied linguistics programs, and all other professionals in the field of second language teaching and learning.

Volume 1 published by L. Erlbaum Associates, Volume 2-3 published by Routledge.

vol. 1. --Bilingual education / Maria Estela Brisk -- ESL in elementary education / Margaret R. Hawkins -- ESL in secondary schools : Programs, problematics, and possibilities / Patricia A. Diff -- ESL in adult education / Denise E. Murrary -- English for academic purposes / Susan Carkin -- Research in English for specific purposes / Peter Master -- English in the workplace / Celia Roberts -- English as a foreign language : matching procedures to the context of learning / Brian Tomlinson -- Teaching and learning of world Englishes / Yamuna Kachru -- Ethnography and ethnographic research on second language teaching and learning / Linda Harklau -- Case study / Leo van Lier -- Quantitative research methods / Anne Lazaraton -- Classroom research / David Nunan -- Action research / Anne Burns -- Second language acquisition research and applied linguistics / Teresa Pica -- Sociolinguistics and second language learning / Sandra Lee McKay -- Language socialization and second language learning / Jane Zuengler and KimMarie Cole -- Pragmatics in second language learning / Gabriele Kasper and Carsten Roever -- Sociocultural and second language learning research : an exegesis / James P. Lantolf -- Conversation analysis for second language acquisition / Numa Markee -- Contrastive rhetoric / Robert B. Kaplan -- Corpus linguistics and L2 teaching / Susan Conrad -- Age in second language development / Georgette Ioup -- Cognitive considerations in L2 learning / Robert DeKeyser and Alan Juffs -- Fossilization in L2 learners / ZhaoHong Han and Larry Selinker -- The output hypothesis : theory and research / Merrill Swain -- Speaking in a second language / Elaine Tarone -- L2 listening / Michael Rost -- Second language literacy and biliteracy / Terrence G. Wiley -- Instructed grammar / Patricia Byrd -- Reading in a second language / David E. Eskey -- Teaching and learning vocabulary / I.S.P. Nation -- Taking stock of research and pedagogy in L2 writing / John S. Hedgcock -- Analyses of second language text and what can be learned from them / Eli Hinkel -- Communicative language teaching strategies and goals / Sandra J. Savignon -- Traditional and grammar translation methods for second language teaching / Sandra Fotos -- Form-focused instruction / Jessica Williams -- A model of academic literacy for integrated language and content instruction / Marguerite Ann Snow -- Instructed language learning and task-based teaching / Rod Ellis -- Discourse-based approaches : a new framework for second language teaching and learning / Marianne Celce-Murcia and Elite Olshtain -- Computer-assisted language learning / Carol A. Chapell -- L2 learning strategies / Neil J. Anderson -- Language assessment from a wider context / Antony John Kunnan -- Validity and validation in language testing / Alan Davies and Catherine Elder -- A look back at and forward to what language testers measure / Micheline Chalhoub-Deville and Craig Deville -- Research methods in language testing / Tom Lumley and Annie Brown -- Testing languages for specific purposes / Dan Douglas -- Classroom teacher assessment of second language development : construct as practice / Constant Leung -- Considerations of identity in L2 learning / Thomas Ricento -- Teaching and researching intercultural competence / Michael Byram and Anwei Feng -- Critical pedagogy in L2 learning and teaching / Suresh Canagarajah -- Language planning and policy research : an overview / Richard B. Baldauf, Jr. -- Status planning for learning and teaching / Theo van Els -- Corpus planning : syllabus and materials development / Anthony J. Liddicoat -- Language-in-education policy and planning / Richard B. Baldauf, Jr. and Robert B. Kaplan -- Prestige and image planning / Dennis E. Ager -- Language policy and minority language rights / Stephen May. vol. 2. -- Dual Language Education / Donna Christian -- Teacher Education and Teacher Development / Amy B.M. Tsui -- Learning to Write in the Second Language: K-5 / Mariá Estela Brisk -- Social Practice and Register: Language as a Means of Learning / Bernard Mohan -- Vocational ESL / Denise Murray -- English for Academic Purposes / Liz Hamp-Lyons -- Research in English for Specific Purposes / Brian Paltridge and Sue Starfield -- English as an International Lingua Franca Pedagogy / Sandra Lee McKay -- Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Europe / Vivian Cook -- World Englishes: Contexts and Relevance for Language Education / Yamuna Kachru -- Approaches and Methods in Recent Qualitative Research / Linda Harklau -- Quantitative Research in Second Language Studies / James Dean Brown -- Case Study / Keith Richards -- Shifting Sands: The Evolving Story of "Voice" in Qualitative Research / David Nunan and Julie Choi -- Action Research in the Field of Second Language Teaching and Learning / Anne Burns -- Second Language Acquisition Research: Applied and Applicable Orientations to Practical Questions and Concerns / Teresa Pica -- Constrained But Not Determined: Approaches to Discourse Analysis / Sandra Silberstein -- Language Socialization in Multilingual and Second Language Contexts / Robert Bayley and Juliet Langman -- Integrating Sociocultural Theory and Cognitive Linguistics in the Second Language Classroom / James P. Lantolf -- Second Language Pragmatics / Virginia LoCastro -- Conversation Analytic Research into Language Teaching and Learning / Paul Seedhouse -- What Corpora Can Offer in Language Teaching and Learning / Tony McEnery and Richard Xiao -- Language Learning: an Ecological-Semiotic Approach / Leo van Lier -- Cognitive Aptitudes for Second Language Learning / Robert DeKeyser and Joel Koeth -- Around and beyond the Critical Period Hypothesis / David Singleton and Carmen Muñoz -- Interactional Competence in Language Learning, Teaching, and Testing / Richard F. Young -- Second Language Speaking / Paul Nation -- Second Language Listening: Presage, Process, Product, and Pedagogy / Larry Vandergrift -- Second language literacy / Lee Gunderson, Dennis Murphy Odo, and Reginald D'Silva -- Out of my Orthographic Depth: Second Language Reading / Barbara Birch -- Grammar Teaching: Research, Theory, and Practice / Penny Ur -- What Research on Second Language Writing Tells Us and What it Doesn't / Eli Hinkel -- Communicative Language Teaching: an Expanding Concept for a Changing World / William Littlewood -- Re-Evaluating Traditional Approaches to Second Language Teaching and Learning / Lixian Jin and Martin Cortazzi -- Focus-on-Form / Shawn Loewen -- Corrective Feedback in Language Teaching / Younghee Sheen and Rod Ellis -- Content-Based Second Language Teaching / Roy Lyster -- Content-based Instruction and Vocabulary Learning / I.S.P. Nation and Stuart Webb -- Written Discourse Analysis and Second Language Teaching / Dana Ferris -- Computer-Assisted Language Learning / Dorothy M. Chun -- Second Language Learner Strategies / Andrew Cohen -- How Language Ability Is Assessed / Rob Schoonen -- Validation in Language Assessment / Carol Chapelle -- Quantitative Research Methods in Assessment and Testing / James E. Purpura -- Qualitative Research Methods in Second Language Assessment / Bernard A. Mohan -- Assessment of Classroom Language Learning / Joan Jamieson -- The Social and Political Tensions of Language Assessment / Steven J. Ross -- Ideology in Second Language Education / James W. Tollefson -- Identity in Second Language Teaching and Learning / Brian Morgan and Matthew Clarke -- Language Teaching and Learning from an Intercultural Perspective / Anthony J. Liddicoat -- Critical Literacy and Second Language Learning / Allan Luke and Karen Dooley -- The History and Theory of Language Planning / Jiří Nekvapil -- Language Planning: Approaches and Methods / Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu -- Actors in Language Planning / Shouhui Zhao -- Macro Language Planning / Robert B. Kaplan -- Micro Language Planning / Catherine Chua Siew Kheng and Richard B. Baldauf Jr. -- Global Language: [De]Colonization in the New Era / Catherine Chua Siew Kheng and Richard B. Baldauf Jr. vol. 3. -- The Sociology of Language Teaching and Learning / John Edwards -- Language Policy/Planning and Language, and Learning / Robert B. Kaplan -- English as a Global Language / Sandra Lee McKay -- English for Academic Purposes / Carmen Pérez-Llantanda and John M. Swales -- English for Specific Purposes / Brian Paltridge and Sue Starfield -- Teaching English to Young Learners / David Nunan -- Academic Language in K-12 Contexts / Maria Estela Brisk and Qianqian Zhang-Wu -- SLA Research and Foreign Language Teaching / Patsy M. Lightbown -- Curriculum Approaches in Language Teaching / Jack C. Richards -- Applications of Research to Materials Design / Penny Ur -- Teaching the Language Skills from a Discourse Perspective / Elite Olshtain and Marianne Celce-Murcia -- Content-Based Language Teaching and Academic Language Development / Marguerite Ann Snow -- Research in Corpora in Language Teaching and Learning / Elaine Vaughan and Michael McCarthy -- Technology in Language Teaching and Learning / Greg Kessler -- L2 Listening / Steven Brown -- Cognition, Metacognition, and L2 Listening / Christine C.M. Goh -- Learning-to-Speak and Speaking-to-Learn: Five Categories of Learning Opportunity / Jonathan Newton -- Research and the Teaching of Speaking in the Second Language Classroom / Anne Burns -- Pronunciation / Donna M. Brinton -- Second Language Literacy: Kindergarten to Grade 12 / Lee Gunderson and Reginald D'Silva -- Digital Literacies / Rodney H. Jones -- L2 Reading Comprehension and Development / William Grabe -- Reading and Technology: What's New and What's Old about Reading in Hyperlinked Multimedia Environments? / Thomas Cobb -- Research on L2 Writing: Contexts, Writers, and Pedagogy / Dana Ferris -- The Three "I"s of L2 Vocabulary Learning: Input, Instruction, Involvement / Batia Laufer -- Measuring Vocabulary Size / Paul Nation and Laurence Anthony -- Prioritizing Grammar to Teach or Not to Teach: a Research Perspective / Eli Hinkel -- Systemic-functional Grammar in the K-12 Classroom / Mary L. Schleppegrell -- Teaching and Learning Intercultural Communication: Research in Six Approaches / Lixian Jin and Martin Cortazzi -- Research in World Englishes and International Communication / Andy Kirkpatrick -- Teaching and Learning Second Language Pragmatics / Andrew Cohen -- Social Dimensions of Assessment and Testing / Bernard Spolsky -- The Practice of Language Assessment / Glenn Fulcher -- Large-scale Assessment: Empirical Studies / Antony John Kunnan -- Fifteen Ways to Improve Classroom Assessment / James Dean Brown and Jonathan Trace.