Michael H. Long is Professor of Second Language Acquisition in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Maryland. Recent publications include The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition, co-edited with Catherine Doughty (Wiley-Blackwell, 2003), Second Language Needs Analysis (2005), and Problems in Second Language Acquisition (2007). Catherine J. Doughty is Senior Research Scientist and Second Language Acquisition Area Director at the Center for the Advanced Study of Language at the University of Maryland, and is an affiliate Professor of Second Language Acquisition at the University of Maryland. She is co-editor (with Michael Long) of The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2003).

“The Handbook offers state-of-the-art research-based analysis on what is currently known about language teaching. The inclusion of new and fast-growing issues as well as the variety of topics is indeed one of its strongest features.”  (Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2012)

• List of Contributors xPart I Overview 11 Language Teaching 3Michael H. LongPart II Social, Political, and Educational Contexts of Language Teaching 72 The Social and Sociolinguistic Contexts of Language Learning and Teaching 9Sandra Lee McKay and Rani Rubdy3 The Politics and Policies of Language and Language Teaching 26Robert Phillipson and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas4 History of Language Teaching 42Diane MusumeciPart III Psycholinguistic Underpinnings of Language Learning 635 The Language-Learning Brain 65Alan Beretta6 Sequences and Processes in Language Learning 81Lourdes Ortega7 The Importance of Cross-Linguistic Similarity in Foreign Language Learning 106Håkan Ringbom and Scott Jarvis8 Cognitive-Psychological Processes in Second Language Learning 119Robert M. DeKeyser9 Optimizing the Input: Frequency and Sampling in Usage-Based and Form-Focused Learning 139Nick C. EllisPart IV Program Design 15910 Bilingual and Immersion Programs 161Jim Cummins11 Heritage Language Programs 182Silvina Montrul12 Specific Purpose Programs 201Ken Hyland13 Study Abroad Research: Findings, Implications, and Future Directions 218Joseph Collentine14 Less Commonly Taught Languages: Issues in Learning and Teaching 234Kira gor and Karen Vatz15 Third Language Acquisition Theory and Practice 250William P. Rivers and Ewa M. GolonkaPart V Course Design and Materials Writing 26716 Foreign and Second Language Needs Analysis 269James Dean Brown17 Syllabus Design 294Peter Robinson18 Advances in Materials Design 311Alan Waters19 Corpora in Language Teaching 327John Flowerdew20 Technology-Enhanced Materials 351David Brett and Marta González-LloretPart VI Teaching and Testing 37121 Methodological Principles for Language Teaching 373Michael H. Long22 Teaching and Testing Listening Comprehension 395Larry Vandergrift and Christine Goh23 Teaching and Testing Speaking 412Martin Bygate24 Teaching and Testing Reading 441William Grabe25 Learning to Read in New Writing Systems 463Keiko Koda26 Teaching and Testing Writing 486Charlene Polio and Jessica Williams27 Teaching and Testing Grammar 518Diane Larsen-Freeman28 Teaching and Testing Vocabulary 543Paul Nation and Teresa Chung29 Teaching and Testing Pragmatics 560Carsten Roever30 Task-Based Teaching and Testing 578John M. Norris31 Radical Language Teaching 595Graham Crookes32 Diagnostic Feedback in Language Assessment 610Antony John Kunnan and Eunice Eunhee Jang33 Computer-Assisted Teaching and Testing 628Carol A. ChapellePart VII Teacher Education 64534 Language Teacher Education 647Renée Jourdenais35 Diffusion and Implementation of Innovations 659Kris Van den BrandenPart VIII Assessing and Evaluating Instruction 67336 Current Trends in Classroom Research 675Rosamond F. Mitchell37 Issues in Language Teacher Evaluation 706Kathleen M. Bailey38 Investigating the Effects and Effectiveness of L2 Instruction 726Rick de Graaff and Alex Housen39 Program Evaluation 756Steven J. RossAuthor Index 779Subject Index 791