目次

Classroom-oriented research in second-language learning / Donna M. Johnson -- Generative research on second-language acquisition / Lynn Eubank and Maria Beck -- Language in society / Elite Olshtain -- Cognitive processes in language learning / Evelyn Hatch and Asako Yoshitomi -- Learner characteristics in second-language acquisition / J. Michael O'Malley and Anna Uhl Chamot -- Reading and listening comprehension: perspectives on research and implications for practice / Janet Swaffar and Susan Bacon -- Second-language production: SLA research in speaking and writing / Susan Gass and Sally Sieloff Magnan -- Research in the less commonly taught languages / Michael E. Everson -- Assessment issues: prominent paradigms / Grant Henning -- Language-learning research: cottage industry or consolidated enterprise? / John L.D. Clark and Fred Davidson.