Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Our Magical Language.- Chapter 3: Development of the Comprehension Approach as a Method of Second Language Instruction.- Chapter 4: Models of Implicit Language Processing.- Chapter 5: Language Acquisition in Children: The Development of Syntax.- Chapter 6: Vocabulary Development.- Chapter 7: The Relationship Between Comprehension and Production.- Chapter 8: Word Segmentation and Intelligibility, Parental Simplification, and Frequency and Amount of Language Input.- Chapter 9: The Role of Conversational Interchanges in First and Second Language Learning.- Chapter 10: Consideration of the Advanced Stages of Instruction Using the Comprehension Approach.- Chapter 11: Instructional Principles Applied to the Several Stages of Comprehension Learning.- Chapter 12: Consideration of the Advanced Stages of Instruction Using the Comprehension Approach. Chapter 13:Evaluation of the Comprehension Approach and Related Considerations in Acquiring a Second Language