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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |173 pages
Important Social Contexts in Research on Second Language Teaching and Learning
part |82 pages
Methods in Second Language Research
part |153 pages
Applied Linguistics and Second Language Research
part |218 pages
Second Language Processes and Development
part |143 pages
Methods and Curricula in Second Language Teaching
chapter |13 pages
Discourse-Based Approaches
part |116 pages
Second Language Testing and Assessment
part |61 pages
Identity, Culture, and Critical Pedagogy in Second Language Teaching and Learning
part |123 pages
Language Planning and Policy and Language Rights