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The Modern Language Journal 2008 – 91:1 The Modern Language Journal 2008 – 91:1 Articles Presenting the Focus Issue SALLY SIELOFF MAGNAN pages 733–734 Second Language Acquisition Reconceptualized? The Impact of Firth and Wagner (1997) Second Language Acquisition Reconceptualized? The Impact of Firth and Wagner (1997) BARBARA A. LAFFORD pages 735–756 Firth & Wagner (1997) On Discourse, Communication, and (Some) Fundamental Concepts in SLA Research ALAN FIRTH, JOHANNES WAGNER pages 757–772 The Cognitive—Social Debate Reflecting on the Cognitive–Social Debate in Second Language Acquisition DIANE LARSEN–FREEMAN pages 773–787 Firth and Wagner (1997): New Ideas or a New Articulation? SUSAN M. GASS, JUNKYU LEE, ROBIN ROOTS pages 788–799 The Cognitive-Social Debate Second/Foreign Language Learning as a Social Accomplishment: Elaborations on a Reconceptualized SLA ALAN FIRTH, JOHANNES WAGNER pages 800–819 Perspectives on a Reconceptualized SLA: Theoretical Perspectives "New" Mainstream SLA Theory: Expanded and Enriched MERRILL SWAIN, PING DETERS pages 820–836 Sociolinguistic Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Research—1997– 2007 ELAINE TARONE pages 837–848 New Research Directions Border Crossings? Exploring the Intersection of Second Language Acquisition, Conversation Analysis, and Foreign Language Pedagogy JUNKO MORI pages 849–862 The Rise of Identity in SLA Research, Post Firth and Wagner (1997) DAVID BLOCK pages 863–876 Implications for Praxis Extending Firth and Wagner's (1997) Ontological Perspective to L2 Classroom Praxis and Teacher Education JAMES P. LANTOLF, KAREN E. JOHNSON pages 877–892 Research "Fitting" Practice: Firth and Wagner, Classroom Language Teaching, and Language Teacher Education DONALD FREEMAN pages 893–906 The Future is Now: The Global Multilingual Reality Three Fundamental Concepts in Second Language Acquisition and Their Relevance in Multilingual Contexts CLAIRE KRAMSCH, ANNE WHITESIDE pages 907–922 Lingua Franca English, Multilingual Communities, and Language Acquisition SURESH CANAGARAJAH pages 923–939 The Modern Language Journal 2008 – 91:2 Articles Introduction: Second Language Development as a Dynamic Process KEES DE BOT Page 166 The Dynamic Systems Approach in the Study of L1 and L2 Acquisition: An Introduction PAUL VAN GEERT Page 179 Research Methodology on Language Development from a Complex Systems Perspective DIANE LARSEN FREEMAN, LYNNE CAMERON Page 200 Variability in Second Language Development From a Dynamic Systems Perspective MARJOLIJN VERSPOOR, WANDER LOWIE, MARIJN VAN DIJK Page 214 The Dynamics of Second Language Emergence: Cycles of Language Use, Language Change, and Language Acquisition NICK C. ELLIS Page 232 Dynamic Systems Theory and Universal Grammar: Holding up a Turbulent Mirror to Development in Grammars CAROLINA PLAZA-PUST Page 250 A DST Model of Multilingualism and the Role of Metalinguistic Awareness ULRIKE JESSNER Page 270 MLJ Perspectives HEIDI BYRNES Page 284 THE ISSUE. Transforming College and University Foreign Language Departments MARY LOUISE PRATT, MICHAEL GEISLER, CLAIRE KRAMSCH, SCOTT MCGINNIS, PETER PATRIKIS, KARIN RYDING, HAUN SAUSSY Page 287 MLJ Perspectives THE COMMENTARIES THE COMMENTARIES. Languages, Cultural Studies, and the Futures of Foreign Language Education CHAD WELLMON Page 292 THE COMMENTARIES. The Discipline of Foreign Language Studies and Reforming Foreign Language Education PETER C. PFEIFFER Page 296 THE COMMENTARIES. Kaleidoscope of Language Learning JANE HARPER Page 299 THE COMMENTARIES. Restructuring Foreign Language Curricula to Meet the New Challenge YUEMING YU Page 301 THE COMMENTARIES. A Model for Interdisciplinary Collaboration GILLES BOUSQUET Page 304 THE COMMENTARIES. Meeting the Demands: The Circularity of Remodeling Collegiate Foreign Language Programs CINDY BRANTMEIER Page 306 THE COMMENTARIES. Foreign Languages and Higher Education: A Pragmatic Approach to Change ROBERT R. SCHECHTMAN, JULIE KOSER Page 309 MLJ News & Notes of the Profession GABRIELA APPEL Page 313 MLJ Reviews JUDITH E. LISKIN-GASPARRO Page 322 MLJ Reviews THEORY AND PRACTICE Advanced Language Learning: The Contribution of Halliday and Vygotsky Edited by BYRNES, HEIDI MARIA C. M. DE GUERRERO Page 322 Speech Production and Second Language Acquisition by KORMOS, JUDIT TERENCE ODLIN Page 323 Ultimate Attainment in Second Language Acquisition: A Case Study by LARDIERE, DONNA JASON ROTHMAN Page 324 Researching Second Language Classrooms by MCKAY, SANDRA LEE REBECCA L. CHISM Page 326 The Acquisition of Syntax in Romance Languages Edited by TORRENS, VINCENT, & LINDA ESCOBAR FRANK NUESSEL Page 327 MLJ Reviews CHINESE Success with Chinese: A Communicative Approach for Beginners (Listening & Speaking), Level 2 by SWIHART, DE-AN WU, IRENE LIU, & JUDY Z. MUSuccess with Chinese: A Communicative Approach for Beginners (Reading & Writing), Level 2 by SWIHART, DE- AN WU SCOTT MCGINNIS Page 328 Chinese Link: Elementary Chinese by WU, SUE-MEI, YUEMING YU, YANHUI ZHANG, & WEIZHONG TIAN XIAOHONG WEN Page 329 Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language: A Pedagogical Grammar by XING, JANET ZHIQUN MARK HANSELL Page 331 MLJ Reviews ENGLISH Metadiscourse in L1 and L2 English: Studies in Corpus Linguistics by ADEL, ANNELIE HOSSEIN NASSAJI Page 332 English with a Latin Beat: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish-English Interphonology by BAPTISTA, BARBARA O., & MICHAEL ALAN WATKINS MARK J. ELSON Page 333 The Art of Teaching Speaking: Research and Pedagogy for the ESL-EFL Classroom by FOLSE, KEITH LOURDES SANCHEZ-LOPEZ Page 334 The Cultural Dimension in Focus: Promoting Awareness of Diversity and Respect for Difference in a Finland- Swedish EFL Classroom by FORSMAN, LISELOTT KIRA GULKO MORSE, ROBERTO L. TORRES Page 336 Teaching English as a Foreign or Second Language: A Self-Development and Methodology Guide by GEBHARD, JERRY G MAUREEN SNOW ANDRADE Page 337 http://www.blackwell- synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1540- 4781.2008.00729_14.x?ai=2kz&ui=7cr4 z&af=T MLJ Reviews FRENCH Jules et Jim Interactif DVD-ROM by CAPRETZ, PIERRE FRANCOISE COULONT- HENDERSON Page 338 Subjectivity in a Second Language: Conveying the Expression of Self by WOLF, ALAN J. E. CELESTE KINGINGER Page 339 MLJ Reviews GERMAN On Course German by STARR-EGGER, FELICITAS M. ZSUZSANNA Z. ROTHNE, NIKE ARNOLD Page 340 MLJ Reviews SPANISH El estudio de los errores y no-errores de por y para en el caso de germanoparlantes. Una vision globalizadora de la interlengua by BARROS DIEZ, ESTHER ROBERT O. GOEBEL Page 341 Issues in Spanish Morphophonology: Implications for Language Acquisition by CASTRO, OBDULIA TIMOTHY L. FACE Page 343 A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish: Core Vocabulary for Learners by DAVIES, MARK JOE COLLENTINE Page 344 Mas alla de la pantalla: El mundo hispano a traves del cine by SACCHI, FABIANA, SILVIA PESSOA, & LUIS MARTIN-CABRERA JOAN M. HOFFMAN Page 345 The Art of Teaching Spanish: Second Language Acquisition from Research to Praxis Edited by SALABERRY, RAFAEL, & BARBARA LAFFORD EVE ZYZIK Page 345 The Modern Language Journal 2008- 92:3 Articles The Facilitative Role of L1 Influence in Tense–Aspect Marking: A Comparison of Hispanophone and Anglophone Learners of French (p 350-368) JESÚS IZQUIERDO, LAURA COLLINS The Effects of Deductive and Inductive Instruction on the Development of Language Learners' Pragmatic Competence (p 369-386) MASAHIRO TAKIMOTO Teacher Motivation Strategies, Student Perceptions, Student Motivation, and English Achievement (p 387-401) MERCÈ BERNAUS, ROBERT C. GARDNER Gender Identity and Homophobia: The Impact on Adolescent Males Studying French (p 402-413) SCOTT KISSAU, EDWARD WIERZALIS Alternative Second Language Curricula for Learners With Disabilities: Two Case Studies (p 414-430) ZSUZSANNA ABRAMS The Effects of Integrated Language- Based Instruction in Elementary ESL Learning (p 431-451) YOUB KIM Narrative and Identity in the "Language Learning Project" (p 452-464) SIMON COFFEY, BRIAN STREET MLJ News & Notes of the Profession (p 465-473) GABRIELA APPEL MLJ Reviews (p 474-474) JUDITH E. LISKIN-GASPARRO Pragmatics and Language Learning. Volume 11 edited by BARDOVI- HARLIG, KATHLEEN, CÉSAR FÉLIX-BRASDEFER, & ALWIYA S. OMAR (p 474-475) LISA DEWAARD DYKSTRA Living and Studying Abroad: Research and Practice edited by BYRAM, MICHAEL, & ANWEI FENG (p 476- 477) CHRISTINA ISABELLI–GARCIA The Language of Language: Core Concepts in Linguistic Analysis by CRUZ-FERREIRA, MADALENA, & SUNITA ANNE ABRAHAM (p 477- 478) IRMA ALARCÓN Motivation, Language Attitudes and Globalisation: A Hungarian Perspective by DÖRNYEI, ZOLTÁN, KATA CSIZÉR, & NÓRA NÉMETH (p 478- 479) PAULA WINKE Problems in SLA by LONG, MICHAEL L. (p 479-480) FERNANDO RUBIO Cooperative Learning and Second Language Teaching edited by MCCAFFERTY, STEVEN G., GEORGE M. JACOBS, & ANA CHRISTINA DASILVA IDDINGS (p 480-481) GABRIELA C. ZAPATA Age and the Rate of Foreign Language Learning edited by MUÑOZ, CARMEN. (p 481-483) D. BRADFORD MARSHALL Features of Naturalness in Conversation by WARREN, MARTIN (p 483-484) FRANK B. BROOKS The Arabic Language Today by BEESTON, ALFRED (p 484-485) MOHSSEN ESSEESY The Chinese Particle Le: Discourse Construction and Pragmatic Marking in Chinese by VAN DEN BERG, MARINUS, & GUO WU (p 485-486) HAIYONG LIU Chinese Odyssey: Innovative Chinese Courseware. Vols. 3 & 4 by WANG, XUEYING, LI-CHUANG CHI, & LIPING FENGChinese Odyssey: Innovative Chinese Courseware. Vols. 3 & 4. Workbook by WANG, XUEYING, LI-CHUANG CHI, & LIPING FENGChinese Odyssey: Innovative Chinese Courseware. Vols. 3 & 4. CD- ROM by WANG, XUEYING, LI- CHUANG CHI, & LIPING FENG. (p 486-488) SHAOMEI
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