State-of-the-Art Articles

Amos Paran on using literature in the foreign-language classroom

Stephen Stoynoff on research on principal international ESOL exams

Phil Scholfield & Eid Alhaisoni on using dictionaries in foreign-language learning

Keith Richards on developments in qualitative research

A Language in Focus

Erwin Tschirner, Johannes Eckert & Karen Schramm on L2 German

Ernesto Macaro on L2 Italian

Marta Antón on L2 Spanish

Yoshiko Mori & Junko Mori on L2 Japanese

A Country in Focus

Ruanni Topsie Tupas & Rani Rubdy on Singapore

Muiris O'Laoire & Mary Ruane on Ireland

Larissa Aronin on Israel

Plenary Speeches

Steven Thorne on ‘Community’ as mediated contribution to activity

Ken Hyland on genre and academic writing in the disciplines

Michael McCarthy on accessing and interpreting corpus information in teacher education

Ph.D./Ed.D. Theses Reviews

Suhanthie Motha on USA

Emma Marsden & Suzanne Graham on England

Research Timelines

Keiko Koda on cross-linguistic transfer of reading skills

Ellen Bialystok on cognitive development in bilingual children

Batia Laufer on instructed L2 vocabulary learning

Susan Gass & Shawn Loewen on validity and reliability in quantitative research