I have been interested in the study of language since I was a very young kid, and this caused me to give up everything else just to focus on the study of language. Applied linguistics has specifically been my passion and blessing, and every now and then I prepare a bibliography of research on applied linguistics for people who are interested in…

The history of research into dictionary use tends to be characterised by small-scale studies undertaken in a variety of different contexts, rather than larger-scale, longer-term funded projects. The research conducted by dictionary publishers is not generally made public, because of its commercial sensitivity, yet because dictionary production is…

Forty-three theoretically grounded reports of research and discussions of central issues in second- and foreign-language writing and writing instruction are compiled in this annotated bibliography. Covering the period April 1 through July 31, 1993, the citations are categorized as follows: writers, processes, texts, readers, context, instruction,…

Presents the second part of a two-part annotated bibliography of work on extensive reading in a second language. The bibliography offers a classification that may be of value to the teacher or researcher in reading in a foreign language, and that may assist in course development. (Author/VWL)

This annotated bibliography lists research published between 1960 and 1980 in the field of vocabulary acquisition and word handling in a second language. The bibliography is divided into two sections. The first contains 280 entries listed alphabetically. A short abstract is provided for each entry. The second section is a supplementary…

This bibliography is a follow-up to the "Specialised Bibliography 3," published by the Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research, in 1983. This volume covers work in the field of second language vocabulary acquisition that has appeared between 1980 and 1985. There are approximately 300 entries in this bibliography, and for each…

Presents an annotated bibliography summarizing theoretically grounded reports of research and discussions of central issues in second- and foreign-language writing and writing instruction recently available. (CK)

This bibliography cites and summarizes essays and reports of research on second and foreign language writing and writing instruction that have become available to its compilers during the period of July 1, 2002 through September 30, 2001. (Author/VWL)

Cites and summarizes essays and reports of research on second and foreign language writing and writing instruction that became available during the period from October 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003. (Author/VWL)

Presents a research bibliography on English in China. Most of the citations refer to works in English, but where possible, references have been made to relevant Chinese language sources. (Author/VWL)

This bibliography includes both an annotated and unannotated section on research conducted on second language composing processes in the last 25 years. It includes both published and unpublished material. (Author/VWL)

Cites and summarizes essays and research reports on second and foreign language writing and writing instruction that became available to compilers during the period from April 1, 2001 to June 30, 2001. (Author/VWL)

A list of 103 books, articles, working papers, and other publications focuses on two areas of research on multilingualism: (1) studies of two language groups learning a common third language and transfer from non-native and native languages in foreign and second language learning (78 entries); and (2) other linguistic and psycholinguistic works on…

The major emphasis of this bibliography is on Canadian research in teaching French as a second language published since 1967. Important references before that date, as well as selected British and American references, have also been included. Seven subtopics have been established: aims and objectives of second language instruction, bibliographies,…

The research reports listed here comprise the responses received by the Stanford University Child Language Project to a general request for reports on current research in progress. A brief resume of each report is given here, and those resumes which were substantially edited by the project are identified by (STAFF). Each resume presents in order…