The state of the art of teaching Spanish / Rafael Salaberry and Barbara Lafford -- A content-based approach to Spanish language study / Carol A. Klee and Gwendolyn Barnes-Karol -- Spanish SLA research, classroom practice, and curriculum design / Joseph Collentine -- Theoretical and research considerations underlying classroom practice / Bill VanPatten and Michael Leeser -- Concept-based instruction and the acquisition of L2 Spanish / Eduardo Negueruela and James P. Lantolf -- The effects of study abroad and classroom contexts on the acquisition of Spanish as a second language / Barbara Lafford and Joseph Collentine -- Online language learning / Robert Blake and Ann Marie Delforge -- Testing Spanish / Rafael Salaberry and Andrew D. Cohen -- Incorporating linguistic variation into the classroom / Manuel J. Gutiérrez and Marta Fairclough -- Making connections / Guadalupe Valdés -- Spanish second language acquisition / Sonia Colina.