ABSTRACT

This landmark volume provides a broad-based, state-of-the-art overview of current knowledge and research into second language teaching and learning. Fifty-seven chapters are organized in eight thematic sections:

*social contexts of second language learning;
*research methodologies in second-language learning, acquisition, and teaching;
*contributions of applied linguistics to the teaching and learning of second language skills;
*second language processes and development;
*teaching methods and curricula;
*issues in second or foreign language testing and assessment;
*identity, culture, and critical pedagogy in second language teaching and learning; and
*important considerations in language planning and policies.

The Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning is intended for researchers, practitioners, graduate students, and faculty in teacher education and applied linguistics programs; teachers; teacher trainers; teacher trainees; curriculum and material developers; and all other professionals in the field of second language teaching and learning.

part |173 pages

Important Social Contexts in Research on Second Language Teaching and Learning

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter |19 pages

ESL in Secondary Schools

Programs, Problematics, and Possibilities 1

chapter |17 pages

English as a Foreign Language

Matching Procedures to the Context of Learning

part |82 pages

Methods in Second Language Research

part |218 pages

Second Language Processes and Development

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter |13 pages

The Output Hypothesis

Theory and Research

chapter |25 pages

L2 Listening

part |143 pages

Methods and Curricula in Second Language Teaching

part |61 pages

Identity, Culture, and Critical Pedagogy in Second Language Teaching and Learning

part |123 pages

Language Planning and Policy and Language Rights