This interview focuses on the qualities and characteristics of autonomous learners, the related concept of learner training, and self-assessment. (Contains eight references.) (JL)

Provides fun ideas for filling in time gaps in the English-as-a-foreign language classroom. (Author/VWL)

Argues for using a variety of dictionaries in the second-language classroom, identifies some criteria to consider when selecting a dictionary, and suggests activities that teachers may use in their second-language classes. (Author/VWL)

Explores how the experience of trauma of refugees affects their learning in general and their second language learning in particular. Discusses the role of teachers. The focus is on adult refugees learning English in Canada. (Author/VWL)

Outlines five concepts that are important when seeking to include students with disabilities in study abroad--individualization, barriers and accommodations, disability spread, inclusion, and collaboration. Addresses frequently-asked questions about disability issues and presents two vignettes of students with disabilities interested ins study…

This article reviews a high quality Internet site called The Perseus Project, which serves as a remarkable entry page to the exploration of Greek, Latin, and the ancient classical world. (Author/VWL)

Discusses applications of second language acquisition (SLA) research to the preparation of language coursebooks. Suggests a number of ways that SLA research findings can help improve coursebooks and enhance the learning of large numbers of students. (Author/VWL)

Provides a rationale for approaching mathematics as a second language. Gives teaching suggestions: begin in early childhood, stress similarities between math and language, use spoken math before written, use authentic assessment, and focus on real-life math use. (SK)

Aimed to establish a basis for identifying optimal vocabulary recording procedures by finding out what learners currently do to remember vocabulary learned. Questionnaires, interviews, and examination of student records were carried out. Some learners reported making interesting lists of various types, which differed according to the linguistic…

Reviews two guides on the Child Language Data Exchange (CHILDES) project, both of which provide tools for analyzing talk. (Author/VWL)

Discusses changes observed from the foreign language and literature deportment chair over the last decade that pose the greatest opportunity and risk for department leaders in the first decade of the new millennium. (Author/VWL)

Discusses the "null prep phenomenon" reported in studies of the second language (L2) development of extraction constructions. Reviews a proposal that null prep grammars represent a generalized procedure in L2 development, that of early reliance on A-bar binding construals when the target grammar requires wh-movement. Offers an…

Two empirical studies set out explore the relation between breadth and depth of word knowledge and to link these concepts with language acquisition and frequency of language input. The studies found that there was no conceptual distinction between breadth and depth of vocabulary, and that breadth and depth were affected by the same factors for…

Explores the use of mirroring, or mirroring structure in the native language, to teach English-as-a-foreign-language. (Author/VWL)

Reviews the literature on psycholinguistic aspects of language attrition over the past half decade. Discusses evidence from studies on hesitation phenomena in attriter speech, variables affecting language attrition, and relearning. (Author/VWL)