Foreign Language Research in Cross-Cultural Perspective

1. Foreword (by Lambert, Richard D.); 2. Preface (by Bot, Kees de); 3. I. Priorities in the US and in Europe; 4. Foreign Language Instruction and second Language Acquisition Research in the United States (by Ferguson, Charles A.); 5. Empirical Foreign Language Reaserch in Europe (by Els, Theo van); 6. Measurement and Research Design (by Ginsberg, Ralph B.); 7. Focus on Form: A Design Feature in Language Teaching Methodology (by Long, Mike); 8. Pros, Cons, and Limits to Quantitative Approaches in Foreign Language Acquisition Research (by Lambert, Wallace E.); 9. Ask A Stupid Question...: Testing Language Proficiency in the Context of Research Studies (by Klein-Braley, Christine); 10. Item Response Theory and Reduced Redundancy Techniques: Some Notes on Recent Developments in Language Testing (by Oscarson, Mats); 11. II. Teaching Environments; 12. Introduction to the Section on Teaching Environments (by Bot, Kees de); 13. Research on Language Teaching Methodologies: A Review of the Past and an Agenda for the Future (by Larsen-Freeman, Diane); 14. Problems in Defining Instructional Methodologies (by Brumfit, Christopher); 15. Evaluation of Foreign Language Teaching Projects and Programmes (by Mitchell, Rosamond); 16. The Characterization of Teaching and Learning Environments: Problems and Perspectives (by Allwright, Dick); 17. III. Learning Environments; 18. Introduction to the Section Learning Environments (by Kramsch, Claire); 19. Some Ins and Outs of Foreign Language Classroom Research (by Edmondson, Willis J.); 20. Linguistic Theory and Foreign Language Learning Environments (by Flynn, Suzanne); 21. Culture in Language Learning: A View from the United States (by Kramsch, Claire); 22. Implications of Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Research and Practice in Foreign Language Learning (by Ginsberg, Ralph B.)