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Review of research on language teaching, learning and policy published in 2007

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2009

Richard Johnstone
Richard Johnstone*
Affiliation:
University of Stirling, UKr.m.johnstone@stir.ac.uk
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Abstract

My research review of 2007 is somewhat shorter than in earlier years in order to allow space for the journal's impressively increased number of other articles. This naturally adds to my problems of selection, especially as 2007 witnessed the welcome appearance of new international journals in the form of Innovation in Language Learning & Teaching and a considerably re-vamped Language Learning Journal. Accordingly, my selection of articles is not intended as a representative sample of the Applied Linguistics field but should be taken as a personal judgement based on attempting an appropriate range of the following: journals, languages, topics, countries, institutional settings, levels of proficiency, learner age, theory, practice, and personal interest. My selection is organised under a number of headings, but these offer only a general clue as to what a particular article is about, since most articles reviewed have reverberations across a number of headings rather than one alone. In addition, what I say about a particular article is not meant to be a summary. Those wishing to see a summary should go to the article itself and read its abstract. My account of a particular article may in fact reflect only one theme within the article which I have chosen to highlight.

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Annual Review of Research
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Language Teaching , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , July 2009 , pp. 287 - 315
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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