Bringing together an international and interdisciplinary team of contributors, this Handbook is a wide-ranging and invaluable reference guide to language teaching. A comprehensive reference work on language teaching, which combines the latest research findings, coverage of core topics, and examples of teaching experience from a variety of languages and settings Provides a unique breadth of coverage, including: the psycholinguistic underpinnings of language learning; social, political, and educational contexts; program design; materials writing and course design; teaching and testing; teacher education; and assessment and evaluation Offers a balanced evaluation of the major positions and approaches, including examining the increasingly important social and political context of language teaching Written by an international and interdisciplinary group of authors from a dozen different countries; English is only one of the many languages used as examples throughout the volume

Bringing together an international and interdisciplinary team ofcontributors, this Handbook is a wide-ranging and invaluablereference guide to language teaching.* A comprehensive reference work on language teaching, whichcombines the latest research findings, coverage of core topics, andexamples of teaching experience from a variety of languages andsettings* Provides a unique breadth of coverage, including: thepsycholinguistic underpinnings of language learning; socialpolitical, and educational contexts; program design; materialswriting and course design; teaching and testing; teacher education;and assessment and evaluation* Offers a balanced evaluation of the major positions andapproaches, including examining the increasingly important socialand political context of language teaching* Written by an international and interdisciplinary group ofauthors from a dozen different countries; English is only one ofthe many languages used as examples throughout the volume

List of Contributors.Part I Overview.1 Language Teaching (Michael H. Long).Part II Social, Political, and Educational Contexts ofLanguage Teaching.2 The Social and Sociolinguistic Contexts of Language Learningand Teaching (Sandra Lee McKay and RaniRubdy).3 The Politics and Policies of Language and Language Teaching(Robert Phillipson and ToveSkutnabb-Kangas).4 History of Language Teaching (Diane Musumeci).Part III Psycholinguistic Underpinnings of LanguageLearning.5 The Language-Learning Brain (Alan Beretta).6 Sequences and Processes in Language Learning (LourdesOrtega).7 The Importance of Cross-Linguistic Similarity in ForeignLanguage Learning (Hakan Ringbom and Scott Jarvis).8 Cognitive-Psychological Processes in Second Language Learning(Robert M. DeKeyser).9 Optimizing the Input: Frequency and Sampling in Usage-Basedand Form-Focused Learning (Nick C. Ellis).Part IV Program Design.10 Bilingual and Immersion Programs (JimCummins).11 Heritage Language Programs (Silvina Montrul).12 Specific Purpose Programs (Ken Hyland).13 Study Abroad Research: Findings, Implications, and FutureDirections (Joseph Collentine).14 Less Commonly Taught Languages: Issues in Learning andTeaching (Kira gor and Karen Vatz).15 Third Language Acquisition Theory and Practice (William P.Rivers and Ewa M. Golonka).Part V Course Design and Materials Writing.16 Foreign and Second Language Needs Analysis (JamesDean Brown).17 Syllabus Design (Peter Robinson).18 Advances in Materials Design (Alan Waters).19 Corpora in Language Teaching (John Flowerdew).20 Technology-Enhanced Materials (David Brett and MartaGonzález-Lloret).Part VI Teaching and Testing.21 Methodological Principles for Language Teaching (MichaelH. Long).22 Teaching and Testing Listening Comprehension (LarryVandergrift and Christine Goh).23 Teaching and Testing Speaking (Martin Bygate).24 Teaching and Testing Reading (William Grabe).25 Learning to Read in New Writing Systems (KeikoKoda).26 Teaching and Testing Writing (Charlene Polio and JessicaWilliams).27 Teaching and Testing Grammar (DianeLarsen-Freeman).28 Teaching and Testing Vocabulary (Paul Nation and TeresaChung).29 Teaching and Testing Pragmatics (Carsten Roever).30 Task-Based Teaching and Testing (John M.Norris).31 Radical Language Teaching (Graham Crookes).32 Diagnostic Feedback in Language Assessment (Antony JohnKunnan and Eunice Eunhee Jang).33 Computer-Assisted Teaching and Testing (Carol A.Chapelle).Part VII Teacher Education.34 Language Teacher Education (RenéeJourdenais).35 Diffusion and Implementation of Innovations (Kris Van denBranden).Part VIII Assessing and Evaluating Instruction.36 Current Trends in Classroom Research (Rosamond F.Mitchell).37 Issues in Language Teacher Evaluation (Kathleen M.Bailey)38 Investigating the Effects and Effectiveness of L2 Instruction(Rick de Graaff and Alex Housen).39 Program Evaluation (Steven J. Ross).Author Index.Subject Index.