【Contents】
Acknowledgements
A Note on Formatting
Chapter 1 From Language Learner to Language Learning Researcher
Part I Language Learning — The Time It Takes
Introduction
Chapter 2 Core ESL in Quebec: What Results Can We Expect?
Chapter 3 ESL: Time to Teach
Chapter 4 Easy as Pie? Children Learning Languages
Chapter 5 Fair Trade: Two-Way Bilingual Education
Chapter 6 Intensive L2 Instruction in Canada: Why Not Immersion?
Chapter 7 Making the Minutes Count in L2 Teaching
Part II Input and Second Language Acquisition
Introduction
Chapter 8 Acquiring English L2 in Quebec Classrooms
Chapter 9 Input and Acquisition in Second Language Classrooms
Chapter 10 Can Language Acquisition Be Altered by Instruction?
Chapter 11 What Have We Here? Some Observations on the Role of Instruction in Second Language Acquisition
Chapter 12 Can They Do It Themselves? A Comprehension-Based ESL Course for Young Children
Chapter 13 The Importance of Timing in Focus on Form
Chapter 14 Input Filters in Second Language Acquisition
Part III SLA Research and Classroom Teaching
Introduction
Chapter 15 What’s an ESL Teacher Good for?
Chapter 16 Classroom SLA Research and Second Language Teaching
Chapter 17 Commentary: What to Teach? How to Teach? [Response to VanPatten (2004a) & Wong (2004)]
Chapter 18 Transfer Appropriate Processing as a Model for Classroom Second Language Acquisition
Conclusion
Chapter 19 Language Learning in the Classroom: Talking to Teachers and Policy Makers
References