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What do we want teaching materials for?
R. L Allwright

ONE SIZE FITS ALL?
Recasts, Prompts, and L2 Learning
Ahlem Ammar and Nina Spada

Alternatives to Mechanical Drills for the Early Stages of Language Practice in Textbooks
Janice M. Aski

Foreign Language Textbook Activities: Keeping Pace with Second Language Acquisition Research
Janice M. Aski

Teachers' stated beliefs about Incidental Focus on Form and their Classroom Practices
Helen Basturkmen, Shawn Lowen and Rod Ellis

Do teachers think that methods are dead?
David M. Bell

The effects of processing instruction, traditional instruction and meaning output instruction on the acquisition of the English past simple tense
Alessandro Benati

The Effects of Processing Instruction and its Components on the Acquisition of Gender Agreement in Italian
Alessandro Benati

A comparative study of the effects of processing instruction and outputbased instruction on the acquisition of the Italian future tense
Alessandro Benati

Some thoughts on DIY materials design
David Block

Globalization and language teaching
David Block

LEARNERS’ INTERPRETATIONS OF RECASTS
Helen Carpenter, K. Seon Jeon, David MacGregor and Alison Mackey

The Relationship Between Second Language Acquisition Theory and Computer-Assisted Language Learning
CAROL A. CHAPELLE

The contribution of SLA theories and research to teaching language
Andrew D. Cohen, Diane Larsen-Freeman and Elaine Tarone

Key concepts in ELT: Schemas
Guy Cook

Pit Corder on language teaching and applied linguistics

The Role of Explicit Information in Instructed SLA: An On-Line Study with Processing Instruction and German Accusative Case Inflections
Hillah Culman, Nicholas Henry and Bill VanPatten

Dogme

INTERPRETING RECASTS AS LINGUISTIC EVIDENCE
The Roles of Linguistic Target, Length, and Degree of Change
Takako Egi

Uptake, Modified Output, and Learner Perceptions of Recasts:
Learner Responses as Language Awareness
TAKAKO EGI

THE BOUNDS OF ADULT LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Blocking and Learned Attention
Nick C. Ellis and Nuria Sagarra

Second language acquisition, teacher education and language pedagogy
Rod Ellis

Second language acquisition research: how does it help teachers?
An interview with Rod Ellis

SLA AND LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY
An Educational Perspective
Rod Ellis

A typology of written corrective feedback types
Rod Ellis

REEXAMINING THE ROLE OF RECASTS IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Rod Ellis

A Framework for Investigating Oral and Written Corrective Feedback
Rod Ellis

Modelling Learning Difficulty and Second Language Proficiency:
The Differential Contributions of Implicit and Explicit Knowledge
ROD ELLIS

IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK AND THE ACQUISITION OF L2 GRAMMAR
Rod Ellis, Shawn Loewen, and Rosemary Erlam

REEXAMINING THE ROLE OF RECASTS IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Rod Ellis and Younghee Sheen

REEXAMINING THE ROLE OF EXPLICIT INFORMATION IN PROCESSING INSTRUCTION
Claudia Fernández

SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING RESEARCH AND WRITTEN CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK IN SLA
Intersections and Practical Applications
Dana R. Ferris

Key concepts in ELT: 'Bottom-up' and 'top-down'
John Field

Explicit Input Enhancement: Effects on Target and Non-Target Aspects of Second Language Acquisition
Carolyn Gascoigne

The language curriculum: A social contextual perspective
Kathleen Graves

Integrating Focus on Form in L2 Content-Enriched Instruction Lessons
Frederique Grim

Interaction as method and result of language learning
Joan Kelly Hall

LEARNING WITHOUT AWARENESS REVISITED
Extending Williams ( 2005 )
Mika Hama and Ronald P. Leow

INPUT-DRIVEN LANGUAGE LEARNING
Michael Harrington and Simon Dennis

MORE ON THE EFFECTS OF EXPLICIT INFORMATION IN INSTRUCTED SLA
A Partial Replication and a Response to Fernández (2008)
Nicholas Henry, Hillah Culman andBill VanPatten

Second language acquisition research: A response to Rod Ellis
Diana Hopkins and Mark Nettle

NEGATIVE FEEDBACK AND POSITIVE EVIDENCE IN TASK-BASED INTERACTION
Differential Effects on L2 Development
Noriko Iwashita

OUTPUT, INPUT ENHANCEMENT, AND THE NOTICING HYPOTHESIS
An Experimental Study on ESL Relativization
Shinichi Izumi

Maximizing learning potential in the communicative classroom
B. Kumaravadivelu

THE TIMING OF SELF-REPAIRS IN SECOND LANGUAGE SPEECH PRODUCTION
Judit Kormos

Sociocultural theory and second language acquisition
James P. Lantolf & Tracy G. Beckett

Reflecting on the Cognitive–Social Debate in Second Language Acquisition
DIANE LARSEN–FREEMAN

Immersion and CLIL in English: more differences than similarities
David Lasagabaster and Juan Manuel Sierra

Form-focused Instruction in Second Language Vocabulary Learning:
A Case for Contrastive Analysis and Translation
BATIA LAUFER and NANY GIRSAI

Second language vocabulary acquisition from language input and from form-focused activities
Batia Laufer

Apples and Oranges Are Both Fruit, But They Don’t Taste the Same: A Response to Wynne Wong and Bill VanPatten
Betty Lou Leaver, Benjamin Rifkin and Boris Shekhtman

RECASTS AND SECOND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Beyond Negative Evidence
Jennifer Leeman

Great Expectations: Second -Language Acquisition Research and Classroom Teaching
PATSY M. LIGHTBOWN

Classroom SLA Research and Second Language Teaching
Patsy M. Lightbown

ACQUISITION OF THE ARTICLE THE BY NONNATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH
An Analysis of Four Nongeneric Uses
Dilin Liu

INCIDENTAL FOCUS ON FORM AND SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING
Shawn Loewen

The Combined Effects of Immersion and Instruction on Second Language Pronunciation
Gillian Lord

Negotiation of Form, Recasts, and Explicit Correction in Relation to Error Types and Learner Repair in Immersion Classrooms
Roy Lyster

DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF PROMPTS AND RECASTS IN FORM-FOCUSED INSTRUCTION
Roy Lyster

INTERACTIONAL FEEDBACK AND INSTRUCTIONAL COUNTERBALANCE
Roy Lyster and Hirohide Mori

CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK AND LEARNER UPTAKE
Negotiation of Form in Communicative Classrooms
Roy Lyster and Leila Ranta

ORAL FEEDBACK IN CLASSROOM SLA
A Meta-Analysis
Roy Lyster and Kazuya Saito

Feedback, Noticing and Instructed
Second Language Learning
ALISON MACKEY

HOW DO LEARNERS PERCEIVE INTERACTIONAL FEEDBACK?
Alison Mackey, Susan Gass and Kim McDonough

Spoken grammar: what is it and how can we teach it?
Michael McCarthy and Ronald Carter

PROCESSING INSTRUCTION AND MEANINGFUL OUTPUT-BASED INSTRUCTION:
Effects on Second Language Development
Kara Morgan-Short and Harriet Wood Bowden

Negotiation Moves and Recasts In Relation to Error Types and Learner Repair in the Foreign Language Classroom
Frank A. Morris

An analysis of spoken grammar: the case for production
Simon Mumford

The development of theories of second language acquisition
Florence Myles

Teaching grammar in context
David Nunan

Communicative language teaching: Making it work
David Nunan
Two Types of Input Modification and EFL Reading Comprehension: Simplification Versus Elaboration
SUN-YOUNG OH

INFORMATION GAP TASKS
Their Multiple Roles and Contributions to Interaction Research Methodology
Teresa Pica, Hyun-Sook Kang, and Shannon Sauro

TASK COMPLEXITY, FOCUS ON FORM, AND SECOND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Andrea Révész

LEARNERS’ USES OF TWO TYPES OF WRITTEN FEEDBACK ON A L2 WRITING REVISION TASK
Rebecca Sachs and Charlene Polio

Explicit grammar rules and L2 acquisition
Paweł Scheffler and Marcin Cinciała

Focus on form - A myth in the making?
Ron Sheen

Key concepts in ELT: Processing instruction
Ron Sheen

DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF ORAL AND WRITTEN CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK IN THE ESL CLASSROOM
Younghee Sheen

Evaluating ELT textbooks and materials
Leslie L Sheldon

THE INCIDENTAL ACQUISITION OF ENGLISH PLURAL – S BY JAPANESE CHILDREN IN COMPREHENSION-BASED AND PRODUCTION-BASED LESSONS
A Process-Product Study
Natsuko Shintani and Rod Ellis

Language Awareness and Its Multiple Possibilities for the L2 Classroom
Daphnee Simard and Wynne Wong

Beyond form-focused instruction: Reflections on past, present and future research
Nina Spada

Conditions and Challenges in Developing School-Based SLA Research Programs
NINA SPADA

LEARNERS’ PROCESSING, UPTAKE AND RETENTION OF CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK ON WRITING
Case Studies
Neomy Storch and Gillian Wigglesworth

Helping ESL Students Become Better Readers: Schema Theory Applications and Limitations
Nigel Stott

A critical look at the Communicative Approach (1)
Michael Swan

A critical look at the Communicative Approach (2)
Michael Swan

Processing Instruction and a Role for Output in Second Language Acquisition
Paul D. Toth

INTERACTION OF INSTRUCTION AND LEARNER-INTERNAL FACTORS IN THE ACQUISITION OF L2 MORPHOSYNTAX
Paul D. Toth

COMPREHENSION-BASED PRACTICE
The Development of L2 Pronunciation in a Listening and Reading Program
Pavel Trofimovich, Patsy M. Lightbown, Randall H. Halter and Hyojin Song

Deja vu? A decade of research on language laboratories, television and video in language learning
Robert Vanderplank

Analysing interaction in second language classrooms
Leo van Lier

Abstraction in Adult SLA
Bill VanPatten

On Babies and Bathwater: Input in Foreign Language Learning
Bill VanPatten

How Language Teaching is Constructed
Bill VanPatten

Input Processing and Second Language Acquisition: A Role for Instruction
Bill VanPatten and Teresa Cadierno

Processing Instruction, Prior Awareness and the Nature of Second Language Acquisition: A Partial Response to Batstone
Bill VanPatten

Processing Instruction and Dictogloss: A Study on Object Pronouns and Word Order in Spanish
Bill VanPatten, Daniela Inclezan, Hilda Salazar and Andrew P. Farley

On Input Processing, Processing Instruction, and the Nature of Replication tasks: A Response to Salaberry
Cristina Sanz and Bill VanPatten

Processing Instruction: An Update
Bill VanPatten

Processing the Content of Input-Processing and Processing Instruction Research: A Response to DeKeyser, Salaberry, Robinson, and Harrington
Bill VanPatten

A guide to Methodologia: past, present, and future
Alan Waters

LEARNING WITHOUT AWARENESS
John N. Williams

The Evidence is IN: Drills are OUT
Wynne Wong and Bill VanPatten

Beyond Experience and Belief (or, Waiting for the Evidence) : A Reply to Leaver et al.'s “Apples and Oranges”
Wynne Wong andBill VanPatten

EFFECTS OF FORM-FOCUSED PRACTICE AND FEEDBACK ON CHINESE EFL LEARNERS’ ACQUISITION OF REGULAR AND IRREGULAR PAST TENSE FORMS
Yingli Yang and Roy Lyster

The Effects of Simplified and Elaborated Texts on Foreign Language Reading Comprehension
Yasukata Yano, Micheal H. Long and Steven Ross

Linguistic Simplification of SL Reading Material: Effective Instructional Practice?
Dolly J. Young

Focus on Form and Meaning: Perspectives of Developing Teachers and Action-Based Research
Flore Zephir