Foreign Language Acquisition Research and the Classroom

Contents Foreword: Peter C. Patrikis I. Introduction 1. Current Realities and Future Prospects in Foreign Language Acquisition Research, Barbara F. Freed II. The Role of Instruction in Classroom-Based Foreign Language Acquisition 2. Research on the Role of Communication in Classroom-Based Foreign Language Acquisition: On the Interpretation, Expression, and Negotiation of Meaning, Sandra J. Savignon 3. Research on the Role of Grammar and Accuracy in Classroom-Based Foreign Language Acquisition, Theodore V. Higgs 4. The Foreign Language Classroom as a Place to Communicate, Bill Van Patten 5. Theoretical and Pedagogical Problems of Separating "Grammar" from "Communication," Nina Garrett III. Learning Environments in Foreign Language Acquisition 6. French Immersion and Its Offshoots: Getting Two for One, Merrill Swain 7. Foreign Language Development during a Semester Abroad, Robert M. DeKeyser 8. Tracking the Learner in Computer Aided Language Learning, James S. Noblitt and Susan K. Bland IV. Foreign Language Acquisition Research Outside the United States 9. European Research on Second Language Acquisition, Christiane von Stutterheim 10. Trends in European SLA Research and Some Implications for the American Foreign Language Classroom, Thom Huebner 11. Some Comparative Reflections on Foreign Language Learning Research in Europe and the United States, Albert Valdman V. The Acquisition of Cultural Competence 12. The Order of Discourse in Language Teaching, Claire Kramsch 13. Reflections on the Development of Cross-Cultural Communicative Competence in the Foreign Language Classroom, Heidi Byrnes VI. The Acquisition of Literacy Skills 14. Developments in Second Language Literacy Research: Retrospective and Prospective Views for the Classroom, Elizabeth B. Bernhardt 15. Language Learning Is More than Learning Language: Rethinking Reading and Writing Tasks in Textbooks for Beginning Language Study, Janet K. Swaffar VII. Perspectives on Language Teaching Methodology 16. Psychological Validation of Methodological Approaches and Foreign Language Classroom Practices, Wilga M. Rivers 17. Research on Teaching Methodology: Its Evolution and Prospects, Gilbert A. Jarvis VIII. Research Design in Foreign Language Acquisition Research 18. The Design and Psycholinguistic Motivation of Research on Foreign Language Learning, Michael H. Long 19. Pros, Cons, and Limits to Quantitative Approaches in Foreign Language Acquisition Research, Wallace E. Lambert 20. Advantages and Disadvantages of Qualitative Research Design on Foreign Language Research, Frederick Erickson 21. Implications for Classroom-Based Research of Various Research Designs, Jerome L. Packard IX. Current Foreign Language Learning Projects and their Implications for Foreign Language Acquisition Research 22. The Virtual Classroom Is Born: What Now? John Barson 23. The Use of Interactive Video in the Learning of Japanese, Eleanor Harz Jorden 24. Foreign Language Classrooms: Making Them Research-Ready and Research-Able, Teresa Pica X. Conclusion 25. Comments on a Conference, Charles A. FergusonFreed, Barbara F. is the author of 'Foreign Language Acquisition Research and the Classroom' with ISBN 9780669242638 and ISBN 0669242632.