The Handbook of Language Teaching / 
edited by Michael H. Long and Catherine J. Doughty. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Malden, MA :  Wiley-Blackwell,  2009. 
 - 803 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Also available in electronic format. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>1) PART I - OVERVIEW 1) Language Teaching /   Michael H. Long PART II - SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING 2) The Social and Sociolinguistic Context of Language Learning and Teaching /  Sandra Le  McKay and Rani Rudby  3) The Politics and Policies of Language and Learning Teaching /  Robert Phillipson and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas 4) History of Language Teaching /  Diane Musumeci PART III - PSYCHOLINGUISTIC UNDERPINNINGS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING 5) The Language-Learning Brain /  Alan Beretta 6) Sequences and Processes in Language Learning /  Lourdes Ortega 7) The Importance of Cross-Linguistic Similarity in Foreign Language Learning /  Hakan Ringbom and Scott Jarvis 8) Cognitive-Psychological Processes in Second Language Learning /  Robert M. DeKeyser 9) Optimizing the Input: Frequency and Sampling in Usage-Based and Form-Focused Learning /  Nick C.Ellis PART IV - PROGRAM DESIGN 10) Bilingual and Immersion Programs /  Jim Cummins 11) Heritage Language Programs /  Sylvina Montrul 12) Specific Purpose Programs /  Ken Hyland 13) Study Abroad Research: Findings, Implications, and Future Directions /  Joseph Colletine 14) Less Commonly Taught Languages: Issues in Learning and Teaching /  Kira Gor and Karen Vatz 15) Third Language Acquisition Theory and Practice /  William P. Rivers and Ewa M. Golonka PART V - COURSE DESIGN AND MATERIAL WRITING 16) Foreign and Second Language Needs Analysis /  James Dean Brown 17) Syllabus Design /  Peter Robinson 18) Advances in Material Design /  Alan Waters 19) Corpora in Language Teaching /  John Flowerdew 20) Technology-Enhanced Materials /  David Brett and Marta Gonzales-Lloret PART VI - TEACHING AND TESTING 21) Methodological Principles for Language Teaching /  Michael H. Long 22) Teaching and Testing Listening Comprehension /  Larry Vandergrift and Christine Goh 23) Teaching and Testing Speaking /  Martin Bygate 24) Teaching and Testing Reading /  William Grabe 25) Learning to Read in New Writing Systems /  Keiko Koda 26) Teaching and Testing Writing /  Charlene Polio and Jessica Williams 27) Teaching and Testing Grammar /  Diane Larsen-Freeman 28) Teaching and Testing Vocabulary /  Paul Nation and Teresa Chung 29) Teaching and Testing Pragmatics /  Carsten Roever 30) Task-Based Teaching and Testing /  John M. Norris 31) Radical Language Teaching /  Graham Crookes 32) Diagnostic Feedback in Language Assessment /  Antony John Kunnan and Eunice Eunhee Jang 33) Computer-Assisted Teaching and Testing /  Carol A. Chapelle PART VII - TEACHING EDUCATION 34) Language Teacher Education /  Renée Jourdenais 35) Diffusion and Implementation of Innovations /  Kriss Van Den Branden PART VIII - ASSESSING AND EVALUATING INSTRUCTION 36) Current Trends in Classroom Research /  Rosamond F. Mitchell 37) Issues in Language Teacher Evaluation /  Kathleen M. Bailey 38) Investigating the Effects and Effectiveness of L2 Instruction /  Rick De Graaff and Alex Housen 39) Program Evaluation /  Steven J. Ross Author Index Subject Index 
<br/><br/> "Bringing together an international team of specialists from the fields of applied linguistics, second language acquisition, linguistics, education, and psychology, The Handbook of Language Teaching is a wide-ranging and invaluable reference guide. Following an overview, the chapters are structured into seven major sections: the psycholinguistic underpinnings of language learning; social, political, and educational contexts; program design; material writing and course design; teaching and testing; teacher education; and assessment and evaluation.<br/>  Providing a unique breadth of coverage, the Handbook combines the latest research findings on core topics, as well as several rapidly developing areas, including the language-learning brain, heritage language programs, study abroad, and less commonly taught languages. English is only one of the many languages used as examples throughout. The volume also explores the increasingly important political and social implications of language teaching. The result is an invaluable resource for anyone involved in second or foreign language teaching, SLA, psycholinguistics, and applied linguistics." (Book Cover) 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781405154895 (hbk) 1405154896 (hbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Language and languages--Study and teaching--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Second language acquisition--Handbooks, manuals, etc.