This article provides some context for the unquestionable influence of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (CEFR) on language learning, teaching, and assessment ten years after its publication. If a survey about the most relevant and controversial document in the field in the twenty-first…

This review highlights recent doctoral research in the United States completed between the spring of 2006 and the fall of 2007 in the areas of language teaching and language learning. Topics of particular interest included language policy, second/foreign language pragmatics, computer-mediated communication, non-native-speaking teachers, academic…

This bibliography is divided into two main sections. The first section cites books and articles concerning training teachers of English as a second language. The second section refers to books and articles dealing specifically with microteaching. Entries include publications from a wide range of countries, and most have been published since 1965.…

This bibliography cites bibliographies of works dealing with language learning and teaching, and with English as a foreign or second language. Entries include both American and European publications, most published since 1970. (CLK)

This bibliography cites books and articles dealing with the history and development of modern language teaching. Entries include American and European publications, most published since 1965. (CLK)

Describes some aspects of the Internet that might be used in the professional development of language teachers, with particular reference to teachers in Canada. The article notes that teachers can attend cyberschool, use cybereferences and converse with cyberpals. To effectively use the Net, teachers must develop an effective search strategy.…

A collection of interviews, articles, reviews and news notes of interest to teachers of French. The contents are: an interview with Marc Blancpain; reviews of instructional, cultural and reference materials; notes on items of current interest; and an annotated bibliography of reference, cultural and literary works, and recordings. (Text is in…

This index covers the "Northeast Conference [on the Teaching of Foreign Languages] Reports of the Working Committees" from 1954 to 1975. Author and subject entries are combined in one listing, and although authors, editors, members of the working committees, and others mentioned in the Reports are included, the emphasis throughout is on…

This bibliography, the first one to be generated by the computer system of the Linguistics Documentation Centre, lists books and articles through 1972. Entries are not annotated, but additional descriptors are noted for many publications. Many entries are recorded as being abstracted and indexed in the ERIC system, and for these ERIC reference…

This paper considers the "why" and "how" of library research as it relates to instruction in a foreign language class. The search for cultural information is viewed as a human and a technical problem. The paper includes steps for guiding student research, discussion of different inquiry contexts, and techniques for literature search. The most…

This selected, classified bibliography cites publications intended for language teachers at all instructional levels. Major categories primarily include books in the following areas: (1) philosophy of language; (2) general and applied linguistics: French, German, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish, and English as a second language; (3) psychology of…

This volume is a collection of bibliographies designed as a basic professional reference library for teachers of the five modern foreign languages most commonly taught in the United States. After a general reading list, the bibliographies are divided according to the language they deal with: (1) French, by Andre Martinet and Stanley Lampach; (2)…

The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the ways in which language teachers may train themselves to teach culture and to deal with some of the problems encountered in presenting culture to students. The language teacher must first attempt to find a viable description of "culture" by reading various books and journals. In order to find…

This document consists of the two annual volumes of a regional TESOL journal published during 1998 and 1999. The two volumes contain the following articles: "Strengthening the Bridge: A High School-University Partnership" (Robin Murie); "'Ch'emyon' in the EFL Classroom" (James H. Robinson); "The Changing Artwork of the…