Claire Kramsch is Professor of German and Foreign Language Acquisition at the University of California, Berkeley.

"This volume heralds a significant leap in our understanding of issues in language development, and is crucial reading for all language teachers." -- Vai Ramanathan, Associate Professor in the Linguistics department at the University of California, Davis.

• Introduction: How Can We Tell the Dancer from the Dance? Claire KramschPart I: Language Development as Spatial and Temporal Positioning1. Language Acquisition and Language Use from a Chaos/Complexity Perspective, Diane Larsen-Freeman, University of Michigan2. Modelling the Acquisition of Speech in a 'Multilingual' Society: An Ecological Approach, Jonathan Leather, University of Amsterdam3. Language Development and Identity: Multiple Timescales in the Social Ecology of Learning, Jay L. Lemke, City University of New YorkCommentaries to Part IPart II: Language Development as Mediated, Social Semiotic Activity4. Becoming a Speaker of Culture, Elinor Ochs, UCLA5. Cross-cultural Learning and Other Catastrophes, Ron Scollon, Georgetown University6. An Ecological-semiotic Perspective on Language and Linguistics, Leo van Lier, Monterey Institute of International StudiesCommentaries to Part IIPart III: Discourse Alignments and Trajectories in Institutional Settings7. 'I'd Rather Switch than Fight': An Activity Theoretic Study of Power, Success and Failure in a Foreign Language Classroom, James P. Lantolf, The Pennsylvania State University and Patricia B. Genung, The United States Military Academy8. Discoursal, Misalignments in Professional Gatekeeping Encounters, Srikant Sarangi, Cardiff University and Celia Roberts, Thames Valley UniversityCommentaries to Part IIIPart IV: Interaction Rituals in Language Acquisition and Use9. Ritual, Face and Play in a First English Lesson: Bootstrapping a Classroom Culture, Jet van Dam, University of Amsterdam10. Negotiating the Paradoxes of Spontaneous Talk in Advanced L2 Classes, Anne Bannink, University of AmsterdamCommentaries to Part IV

Claire Kramsch is Professor of German and Foreign Language Acquisition at the University of California, Berkeley.

"This volume heralds a significant leap in our understanding of issues in language development, and is crucial reading for all language teachers." -- Vai Ramanathan, Associate Professor in the Linguistics department at the University of California, Davis.

• Introduction: How Can We Tell the Dancer from the Dance? Claire KramschPart I: Language Development as Spatial and Temporal Positioning1. Language Acquisition and Language Use from a Chaos/Complexity Perspective, Diane Larsen-Freeman, University of Michigan2. Modelling the Acquisition of Speech in a 'Multilingual' Society: An Ecological Approach, Jonathan Leather, University of Amsterdam3. Language Development and Identity: Multiple Timescales in the Social Ecology of Learning, Jay L. Lemke, City University of New YorkCommentaries to Part IPart II: Language Development as Mediated, Social Semiotic Activity4. Becoming a Speaker of Culture, Elinor Ochs, UCLA5. Cross-cultural Learning and Other Catastrophes, Ron Scollon, Georgetown University6. An Ecological-semiotic Perspective on Language and Linguistics, Leo van Lier, Monterey Institute of International StudiesCommentaries to Part IIPart III: Discourse Alignments and Trajectories in Institutional Settings7. 'I'd Rather Switch than Fight': An Activity Theoretic Study of Power, Success and Failure in a Foreign Language Classroom, James P. Lantolf, The Pennsylvania State University and Patricia B. Genung, The United States Military Academy8. Discoursal, Misalignments in Professional Gatekeeping Encounters, Srikant Sarangi, Cardiff University and Celia Roberts, Thames Valley UniversityCommentaries to Part IIIPart IV: Interaction Rituals in Language Acquisition and Use9. Ritual, Face and Play in a First English Lesson: Bootstrapping a Classroom Culture, Jet van Dam, University of Amsterdam10. Negotiating the Paradoxes of Spontaneous Talk in Advanced L2 Classes, Anne Bannink, University of AmsterdamCommentaries to Part IV