In her review of Language Awareness (LA), Agneta Svalberg shows how its multidisciplinary nature and wide scope make it particularly suited to dealing with the complexities of language. After a brief discussion of definitions, she reviews the place of LA in teaching languages. The author considers also other aspects of LA including critical language awareness, intercultural language awareness and multilingualism.

The new series of plenary and keynote speeches from international applied linguistics and second language acquisition conferences continues in this issue with an adapted version of the speech given at the Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand symposium in 2006 by Cynthia White and with Patricia Duff's speech given at the Pacific Second Language Research Forum and Australian Association of Applied Linguistics joint conference in the same year.

The present issue of Language Teaching is the last one in which we include the Abstracts section. In future volumes, starting with volume 41 in January 2008, the state-of-the-art articles will continue to present research on specific topics. A new strand of articles will survey recent second language acquisition and teaching research conducted in individual countries and another new strand will survey research on the teaching of languages other than English. The plenary and keynote speeches series, and the section with annual reports from research groups around the world will continue to feature in the new-look journal. A further section will be allocated to empirical research papers which follow a replication approach in their methodology.

From 2008, a new section of the journal will be dedicated to academic studies which use a replication approach. We invite submissions of previously unpublished articles based on LITERAL, APPROXIMATE OR CONSTRUCTIVE REPLICATION OF A PREVIOUS STUDY OR STUDIES of an aspect of L2 education. In keeping with the survey characteristics of Language Teaching, we also encourage submissions of META-ANALYSES which attempt to combine or synthesise a series of comparable research replications.

This article reviews Language Awareness (LA) as a field of research and practice. It deals with the period from 1990 to the present, asking what LA is, how it has been collectively constructed during this time, what the theoretical underpinnings might be and what it means in practical, methodological terms in the classroom and for society. It is recognized that its multidisciplinary nature and wide scope could lead to fragmentation, but it is argued that the holistic view evident in LA research and practice is a strength, and that its different sub-fields have certain core notions in common which give LA coherence. The paper begins with a brief background sketch and outline, and goes on to discuss the literature on cognitive aspects of LA, such as awareness, attention and noticing. The review then enquires into the characteristics of LA teaching methodology, and what LA is needed for teachers to implement it. Social and political perspectives are then explored in brief reviews of Critical Language Awareness, Inter-/Cross-cultural Awareness, and multilingualism. The paper closes by drawing conclusions and making suggestions for further research.

In this paper, I describe the relationship between language socialization and sociocultural theory (SCT) and the implications of this connection for second language socialization (SLS) studies. I first describe the theoretical compatibility of language socialization and SCT by examining the basic tenets of each and then also explore how language socialization scholars have explicitly or implicitly drawn on SCT and how SCT scholars, in turn, have positioned research on socialization with respect to their theory. Second, I illustrate two common current theoretical and analytic approaches to research in SLS that exemplify: (1) a focus on indexicality in language learning, and (2) a community of practice orientation to SLS, which also embraces sociocultural theory (Lave & Wenger 1991; Wenger 1998). Third, I illustrate how the community-of-practice approach, combined with SLS, helps account for findings in a sociocultural study of Korean exchange students' experiences of language and literacy socialization at a Canadian university. I conclude by suggesting future directions for SLS studies.

Globalization as the intensification of worldwide social relations (Giddens 1990) continues to exert an influence on language, language use, and learning and teaching around the world. In this paper I examine the nature and influence of globalization on online language teaching through the lens of learner-centred principles, and the tensions between different positions and practices adopted by participants within virtual learning environments. I conclude by arguing that a focus on technology or innovation within global learning environments needs to be balanced by a focus on the learner in order to engage with and respond to emerging issues, challenges and practices, and to extend our understanding of language learning and teaching in the twenty-first century.

The aim of this two-day seminar was to bring together researchers working on listening in different areas of education and to form networks for future research projects. This report gratefully acknowledges the input of our seminar co-organisers Richard Badger and Goodith White, of the School of Education, University of Leeds. There were fourteen contributions: three one-hour keynote talks and eleven half-hour participatory sessions. The seminar also featured a poster display and demonstrations of interactive materials for developing listening skills in educational settings, and a final panel to plan ahead for future research. Two contributors received bursaries from BAAL/CUP funds to attend the seminar: Jeremy Cross of the University of Melbourne, and Alaa Mohamed al-Musaali of Sultan Qaboos University, Oman.

07–508Amengual-Pizarro, Marian (U Balearic Islands, Spain), How to respond to the demands set by the communicative approach? New challenges second-language (L2) teachers face in the classroom. European Journal of Teacher Education (Routledge/Taylor & Francis) 30.1 (2007), 63–73.

07–509Compton, Lily K. L. (Iowa State U, USA; lilycompton@yahoo.com), The impact of content and context on International Teaching Assistants' willingness to communicate in the language classroom. TESL-EJ (http://www.tesl-ej.org) 10.4 (2007), 20pp.

07–510Goto Butler, Yuko (U Pennsylvania, USA), Factors associated with the notion that native speakers are the ideal language teachers: An examination of elementary school teachers in Japan. JALT Journal (Japan Association for Language Teaching) 29.1 (2007), 7–40.

07–511Hillyard, Lindsey, Randi Reppen (Northern Arizona U, USA; randi.reppen@nau.edu) & Camilla Vásquez, Bringing the outside world into an intensive English programme. ELT Journal (Oxford University Press) 61.2 (2007), 126–134.

07–512Hyland, Ken (U London, UK; k.hyland@ioe.ac.uk) & Eri Anan, Teachers' perceptions of error: The effects of first language and experience. System (Elsevier) 34.4 (2006), 509–519.

07–513Kato, Mie (Yoshiki Senior High School, Japan), Corrective feedback in oral communication classes at a Japanese senior high school. The Language Teacher (Japan Association for Language Teaching) 31.3 (2007), 3–8.

07–514Kawai, Yuko (Tokai U, Japan), Japanese nationalism and the global spread of English: An analysis of Japanese governmental and public discourses on English. Language and International Communication (Multilingual Matters) 7.1 (2007), 37–55.

07–515Lee, Yo-An (DePaul U, Chicago, USA; ylee19@depaul.edu), Third turn position in teacher talk: Contingency and the work of teaching. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.1 (2007), 180–206.

07–516Leshem, Shosh (Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel) & Vernon Trafford (Anglia Ruskin U, UK), Unravelling cultural dynamics in TEFL: Culture tapestries in three Israeli schools. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice (Routledge/Taylor & Francis) 12.6 (2006), 639–656.

07–517McCrostie, James, Investigating the accuracy of teachers' word frequency intuitions. RELC Journal (Sage) 38.1 (2007), 53–66.

07–518McDonough, Kim (Northern Arizona U, USA; kim.mcdonough@nau.edu) & Wanpen Chaikitmongkol, Teachers' and learners' reactions to a task-based EFL course in Thailand. TESOL Quarterly (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) 41.1 (2007), 107–132.

07–519Md Yunus, Melor (U Bristol, UK; Melor.Md-Yunus@bristol.ac.uk), Malaysian ESL teachers' use of ICT in their classrooms: Expectations and realities. ReCALL (Cambridge University Press) 19.1 (2007), 79–95.

07–520Nault, Derrick (Jeonju U, South Korea), Going global: Rethinking culture teaching in ELT contexts. Language, Culture and Curriculum (Multilingual Matters) 19.3 (2006), 314–328.

07–521O'Brien, Anne & Volker Hegelheimer (Iowa State U, USA; aobryan@iastate.edu), Integrating CALL into the classroom: The role of podcasting in an ESL listening strategies course. ReCALL (Cambridge University Press) 19.2 (2007), 162–180.

07–522O'Dowd, Robert (U León, Spain; dfmrod@unileon.es), Evaluating the outcomes of online intercultural exchange. ELT Journal (Oxford University Press) 61.2 (2007), 144–152.

07–523Raby, Françoise (U Stendhal de Grenoble, France; Francoise.Raby@libertysurf.fr), A triangular approach to motivation in Computer Assisted Autonomous Language Learning (CAALL). ReCALL (Cambridge University Press) 19.2 (2007), 181–201.

07–524Sakui, Keiko (Kobe Shoin Women's U, Japan), Classroom management in Japanese EFL classrooms. JALT Journal (Japan Association for Language Teaching) 29.1 (2007), 41–58.

07–525Savignon, Sandra J. (Pennsylvania State U, USA), Beyond communicative language teaching: what's ahead?Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.1 (2007), 207–220.

07–526Starkey, Hugh (U London Institute of Education, UK), Language education, identities and citizenship: Developing cosmopolitan perspectives. Language and International Communication (Multilingual Matters) 7.1 (2007), 56–71.

07–527Stockwell, Glenn (Waseda U, Japan; gstock@waseda.jp), A review of technology choice for teaching language skills and areas in the CALL literature. ReCALL (Cambridge University Press) 19.2 (2007), 105–120.

07–528Tan, Zhi (Guangdong U Foreign Studies, China; tanzhi@mail.gdufs.edu.cn), Questioning in Chinese university EL classrooms: What lies beyond it?RELC Journal (Sage) 38.1 (2007), 87–103.

07–529Üstünlüoglu, Evrim (Izmir U of Economics, Turkey), University students' perceptions of native and non-native teachers. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice (Routledge/Taylor & Francis) 13.1 (2007), 63–79.

07–530Varghese, Manka M. (U Washington, USA; mankav@u.washington.edu) & Bill Johnston, Evangelical Christians and English language teaching. TESOL Quarterly (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) 41.1 (2007), 5–31.

07–531Zacharias, Nugrahenny (Satya Wacana Christian U, Indonesia; ntz_abac@yahoo.com), Teacher and student attitudes toward teacher feedback. RELC Journal (Sage) 38.1 (2007), 38–52.

07–532Zeng, Zhen (New York U, USA; zz290@nyu.edu) & Elizabeth Murphy, Tensions in the language learning experiences and beliefs of Chinese teachers of English as a Foreign Language. TESL-EJ (http://www.tesl-ej.org) 10.4 (2007), 19 pp.

07–533Anh Tuan, Truong & Storch Neomy (U Melbourne, Australia; neomys@unimelb.edu.au), Investigating group planning in preparation for oral presentations in an EFL class in Vietnam. RELC Journal (Sage) 38.1 (2007), 104–124.

07–534Bada, Erdogan & Bilal Genc (U Çukurova, Turkey; erdoganbada@gmail.com), An investigation into the tense/aspect preferences of Turkish speakers of English and native English speakers in their oral narration. The Reading Matrix (Readingmatrix.com) 7.1 (2007), 141–150.

07–535Beasley, Robert (Franklin College, USA; rbeasley@franklincollege.edu), Yuangshan Chuang & Chao-chih Liao, Determinants and effects of English language immersion in Taiwanese EFL learners engaged in online music study. The Reading Matrix (Readingmatrix.com) 6.3 (2006), 330–339.

07–536Campbell, Dermot, Ciaron Mcdonnell, Marti Meinardi & Bunny Richardson (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland; dermot.campbell@dit.ie), The need for a speech corpus. ReCALL (Cambridge University Press) 19.1 (2007), 3–20.

07–537Chambers, Andrea (Insa de Lyon, France; andrea.emara@insa-lyon.fr) & Stephen Bax, Making CALL work: Towards normalisation. System (Elsevier) 34.4 (2006), 465–479.

07–538Chan, Alice (City U Hong Kong, China; enalice@cityu.edu.hk), Strategies used by Cantonese speakers in pronouncing English initial consonant clusters: Insights into the interlanguage phonology of Cantonese ESL learners in Hong Kong. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (Walter de Gruyter) 44.4 (2006), 331–355.

07–539Crabbe, David (Victoria U Wellington, New Zealand; david.crabbe@vuw.ac.nz), Learning opportunities: Adding learning value to tasks. ELT Journal (Oxford University Press) 61.2 (2007), 117–125.

07–540Elia, Antonella (U Naples, Italy; aelia@unina.it), Language learning in tandem via skype. The Reading Matrix (Readingmatrix.com) 6.3 (2006), 269–280.

07–541Feuer, Avital (York U, Canada), Parental influences on language learning in Hebrew Sunday school classes. Language, Culture and Curriculum (Multilingual Matters) 19.3 (2006), 266–277.

07–542Griffiths, Carol (AIS St Helens, Auckland, New Zealand; carolgriffiths5@gmail.com), Language learning strategies: Students' and teachers' perceptions. ELT Journal (Oxford University Press) 61.2 (2007), 91–99.

07–543Hamid, Md. Obaidul (U Dhaka, Bangladesh; obaid_hamid@yahoo.com), Identifying second language errors: How plausible are plausible reconstructions?ELT Journal (Oxford University Press) 61.2 (2007), 107–116.

07–544Hauck, Mirjam (The Open U, UK; m.hauck@open.ac.uk), Critical success factors in a TRIDEM exchange. ReCALL (Cambridge University Press) 19.2 (2007), 202–223.

07–545Hellermann, John (Portland State U, Portland, Oregon, USA; jkh@pdx.edu) & Andrea Vergun, Language which is not taught: The discourse marker use of beginning adult learners of English. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.1 (2007), 157–179.

07–546Hwu, Fenfang (U Cincinnati, USA; hwuf@ucmail.uc.edu), Learners' strategies with a grammar application: The influence of language ability and personality preferences. ReCALL (Cambridge University Press) 19.1 (2007), 21–38.

07–547Karlsson, Leena (Helsinki U, Finland; leena.karlsson@helsinki.fi), Felicity Kjisik & Joan Nordlund, Language counselling: A critical and integral component in promoting an autonomous community of learning. System (Elsevier) 35.1 (2007), 46–65.

07–548Karlström, Petter (Stockholm U, Sweden; petter@dsv.su.se), Teresa Cerratto-Pargman, Henrik Lindström & Ola Knutsson, Tool mediation in focus on form activities: Case studies in a grammar-exploring environment. ReCALL (Cambridge University Press) 19.1 (2007), 39–56.

07–549Kim, Yongho (Korea National U of Education) & David Kellogg, Rules out of roles: Differences in play language and their developmental significance. Applied Linguistics (Oxford University Press) 28.1 (2007), 25–45.

07–550Liaw, Meei-Ling (National Taichung U, China; meeilingliaw@gmail.com), Constructing a ‘third space’ for EFL learners: Where language and cultures meet. ReCALL (Cambridge University Press) 19.2 (2007), 224–241.

07–551Matsuzaki Carreira, Junko (Tsuda College, Japan), Motivation for learning English as a foreign language in Japanese elementary schools. JALT Journal (Japan Association for Language Teaching) 28.2 (2006), 135–157.

07–552Mozzon-McPherson, Marina (U Hull, UK; M.Mozzon-Mcpherson@hull.ac.uk), Supporting independent learning environments: An analysis of structures and roles of language learning advisers. System (Elsevier) 35.1 (2007), 66–92.

07–553Napier, Jemina (Macquarie U, Australia), Effectively teaching discourse to sign language interpreting students. Language, Culture and Curriculum (Multilingual Matters) 19.3 (2006), 251–265.

07–554Reinders, Hayo (U Auckland, New Zealand; system@hayo.nl), Supporting independent learning environments: An analysis of structures and roles of language learning advisers. System (Elsevier) 35.1 (2007), 93–111.

07–555Stracke, Elke (U Canberra, Australia; Elke.Stracke@canberra.edu.au), A road to understanding: A qualitative study into why learners drop out of a blended language learning (BLL) environment. ReCALL (Cambridge University Press) 19.1 (2007), 57–78.

07–556Stroud, Christopher (U West Cape, South Africa; cstroud@uwc.ac.za) & Lionel Wee, Anxiety and identity in the language classroom. RELC Journal (SAGE Publications) 37.3 (2006), 299–307.

07–557Taguchi, Naoko (Carnegie Mellon U, USA), Task difficulty in oral speech act production. Applied Linguistics (Oxford University Press) 28.1 (2007), 113–135.

07–558Webb, Stuart (Japan), The effects of repetition on vocabulary knowledge. Applied Linguistics (Oxford University Press) 28.1 (2007), 46–65.

07–559Yihong, Gao, Zhao Yuan, Cheng Ying & Zhou Yan, Relationship between English learning motivation types and self-identity changes among Chinese students. TESOL Quarterly (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) 41.1 (2007), 133–155.

07–560Xuesong, Gao (U Hong Kong, China; Gao@hkusua.hku.hk), Strategies used by Chinese parents to support English language learning. RELC Journal (SAGE Publications) 37.3 (2006), 285–298.

07–561Zhenhui, Rao (Jiangxi Normal U, Nanchang, China), Understanding Chinese students' use of language learning strategies from cultural and educational perspectives. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (Multilingual Matters) 27.6 (2006), 491–508.

07–562Al-Jarf, Reima Sado (King Saud U, Saudi Arabia; reima2000_sa@yahoo.com), Processing of advertisements by EFL college students. The Reading Matrix (Readingmatrix.com) 7.1 (2007), 132–140.

07–563Alkire, Scott (San Jose State U, California, USA; scott.alkire@sjsu.edu) & Andrew Alkire, Teaching literature in the Muslim world: A bicultural approach. TESL-EJ (http://www.tesl-ej.org) 10.4 (2007), 13 pp.

07–564Belcher, Diane (Georgia State U, USA; dbelcher1@gsu.edu), Seeking acceptance in an English-only research world. Journal of Second Language Writing (Elsevier) 16.1 (2007), 1–22.

07–565Bell, Joyce (Curtin U, Australia; Joyce.Bell@curtin.edu.au), Reading practices: Postgraduate Thai student perceptions. The Reading Matrix (Readingmatrix.com) 7.1 (2007), 51–68.

07–566Bndaka, Eleni (ebintaka@sch.gr), Using newspaper articles to develop students' reading skills in senior high school. The Reading Matrix (Readingmatrix.com) 7.1 (2007), 166–175.

07–567Coiro, Julie & Elizabeth Dobler, Exploring the online reading comprehension strategies used by sixth-grade skilled readers to search for and locate information on the Internet. Reading Research Quarterly (International Reading Association) 42.2 (2007), 214–257.

07–568Cole, Simon (Daito Bunka U, Japan), Consciousness-raising and task-based learning in writing. The Language Teacher (Japan Association for Language Teaching) 31.1 (2007), 3–8.

07–569Commeyras, Michelle & Hellen N. Inyega, An Integrative review of teaching reading in Kenyan primary schools. Reading Research Quarterly (International Reading Association) 42.2 (2007), 258–281.

07–570Compton-Lilly, Catherine (U Wisconsin–Madison, USA), The complexities of reading capital in two Puerto Rican families. Reading Research Quarterly (International Reading Association) 42.1 (2007), 72–98.

07–571Duffy, John (U Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA), Recalling the letter: The uses of oral testimony in historical studies of literacy. Written Communication (Sage) 24.1 (2007), 84–107.

07–572Dyehouse, Jeremiah (U Rhode Island, USA), Knowledge consolidation analysis: Toward a methodology for studying the role of argument in technology development. Written Communication (Sage) 24.2 (2007), 111–139.

07–573Godley, Amanda J., Brian D. Carpenter (U Pittsburgh, USA) & Cynthia A. Werner, ‘I'll speak in proper slang’: Language ideologies in a daily editing activity. Reading Research Quarterly (International Reading Association) 42.1 (2007), 100–131.

07–574Guénette, Danielle (U du Québec, Canada; guenette.daniele@uqam.ca), Is feedback pedagogically correct? Research design issues in studies of feedback on writing. Journal of Second Language Writing (Elsevier) 16.1 (2007), 40–53.

07–575Gutiérrez-Palma, Nicolás (U de Jaén, Spain; ngpalma@ujaen.es) & Alfonso Palma Reves (U Granada, Spain), Stress sensitivity and reading performance in Spanish: A study with children. Journal of Research in Reading (Blackwell) 30.2 (2007), 157–168.

07–576Hu, Guangwei (Nanyang Technical U, Singapore; guangwei.hu@nie.edu.sg), Developing an EAP writing course for Chinese ESL students. RELC Journal (Sage) 38.1 (2007), 67–86.

07–577Hunt, George (U Edinburgh, UK; george.hunt@ed.ac.uk), Failure to thrive? The community literacy strand of the Additive Bilingual Project at an Eastern Cape community school, South Africa. Journal of Research in Reading (Blackwell) 30.1 (2007), 80–96.

07–578Jiang, Xiangying & William Grabe (Northern Arizona U, USA), Graphic organizers in reading instruction: Research findings and issues. Reading in a Foreign Language (U Hawaii, HI, USA) 19.1 (2007), 34–55.

07–579Jin Bang, Hee & Cecilia Guanfang Zhao (New York U, USA; heejin.bang@nyu.edu), Reading strategies used by advanced Korean and Chinese ESL graduate students: A case study. The Reading Matrix (Readingmatrix.com) 7.1 (2007), 30–50.

07–580Keshavarz, Mohammad Hossein, Mahmoud Reza Atai (Tarbiat Moallem U, Iran) & Hossein Ahmadi, Content schemata, linguistic simplification, and EFL readers' comprehension and recall. Reading in a Foreign Language (U Hawaii, HI, USA) 19.1 (2007), 19–33.

07–581Kirkgöz, Yasemin (Çukurova U, Turkey; ykirkgoz@cu.edu.tr), Designing a corpus based English reading course for academic purposes. The Reading Matrix (Readingmatrix.com) 6.3 (2006), 281–298.

07–582Kolić-Vehovec, Svjetlana & Iqor Bajšanski (U Rijeka, Crotia; skolic@ffri.hr), Comprehension monitoring and reading comprehension in bilingual students. Journal of Research in Reading (Blackwell) 30.2 (2007), 198–211.

07–583Li, Yongyan, Apprentice scholarly writing in a community of practice: An intraview of an NNES graduate student writing a research article. TESOL Quarterly (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) 41.1 (2007), 55–79.

07–584Marianne (Victoria U Wellington, New Zealand; m.marianne@vuw.ac.nz), A comparative analysis of racism in the original and modified texts ofThe Cay. Reading in a Foreign Language (U Hawaii, HI, USA) 19.1 (2007), 56–68.

07–585Marsh, Charles (U Kansas, Lawrence, USA), Aristotelian causal analysis and creativity in copywriting: Toward a rapprochement between rhetoric and advertising. Written Communication (Sage) 24.2 (2007), 168–187.

07–586Mellard, Daryl, Margaret Becker Patterson & Sara Prewett, Reading practices among adult education participants. Reading Research Quarterly (International Reading Association) 42.2 (2007), 188–213.

07–587Mishra, Ranjita (U London, UK) & Rhona Stainthorp, The relationship between phonological awareness and word reading accuracy in Oriya and English: A study of Oriya-speaking fifth-graders. Journal of Research in Reading (Blackwell) 30.1 (2007), 23–37.

07–588Naq, Sonali (The Promise Foundation, India; sonalinag@t-p-f.org), Early reading in Kannada: The pace of acquisition of orthographic knowledge and phonemic awareness. Journal of Research in Reading (Blackwell) 30.1 (2007), 7–22.

07–589Pretorius, Elizabeth & Deborah Maphoko Mampuru (U South Africa, South Africa; pretoej@unisa.ac.za), Playing football without a ball: Language, reading and academic performance in a high-poverty school. Journal of Research in Reading (Blackwell) 30.1 (2007), 38–58.

07–590Pulido, Diana (Michigan State U, USA), The effects of topic familiarity and passage sight vocabulary on L2 lexical inferencing and retention through reading. Applied Linguistics (Oxford University Press) 28.1 (2007), 66–86.

07–591Purcell-Gates, Victoria (U British Columbia, Canada), Neil K. Duke & Joseph A. Martineau, Learning to read and write genre-specific text: Roles of authentic experience and explicit teaching. Reading Research Quarterly (International Reading Association) 42.1 (2007), 8–45.

07–592Rahimi, Mohammad (Shiraz U, Iran; mrahimy@gmail.com), L2 reading comprehension test in the Persian context: Language of presentation as a test method facet. The Reading Matrix (Readingmatrix.com) 7.1 (2007), 151–165.

07–593Rao, Zhenhui (Jiangxi Normal U, China; rao5510@yahoo.com), Training in brainstorming and developing writing skills. ELT Journal (Oxford University Press) 61.2 (2007), 100–106.

07–594Ravid, Dorit & Yael Epel Mashraki (Tel Aviv U, Israel; doritr@post.tau.ac.il), Prosodic reading, reading comprehension and morphological skills in Hebrew-speaking fourth graders. Journal of Research in Reading (Blackwell) 30.2 (2007), 140–156.

07–595Rosary, Lalik (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State, USA) & Kimberly L. Oliver, Differences and tensions in implementing a pedagogy of critical literacy with adolescent girls. Reading Research Quarterly (International Reading Association) 42.1 (2007), 46–70.

07–596Suzuki, Akio (Josai U, Japan), Differences in reading strategies employed by students constructing graphic organizers and students producing summaries in EFL reading. JALT Journal (Japan Association for Language Teaching) 28.2 (2006), 177–196.

07–597Takase, Atsuko (Osaka International U, Japan; atsukot@jttk.zaq.ne.jp), Japanese high school students' motivation for extensive L2 reading. Reading in a Foreign Language (U Hawaii, HI, USA) 19.1 (2007), 1–18.

07–598Tanaka, Hiroya & Paul Stapleton (Hokkaido U, Japan; higoezo@ybb.ne.jp), Increasing reading input in Japanese high school EFL classrooms: An empirical study exploring the efficacy of extensive reading. The Reading Matrix (Readingmatrix.com) 7.1 (2007), 115–131.

07–599Weinstein, Susan (Louisiana State U, Baton Rouge, USA), Pregnancy, pimps, and ‘clichèd love things’: Writing through gender and sexuality. Written Communication (Sage) 24.1 (2007), 28–48.

07–600Williams, Eddie (U Bangor, UK; eddie.williams@bangor.ac.uk), Extensive reading in Malawi: Inadequate implementation or inappropriate innovation?Journal of Research in Reading (Blackwell) 30.1 (2007), 59–79.

07–601Yamashita, Junko, The relationship of reading attitudes between L1 and L2: An investigation of adult EFL learners in Japan. TESOL Quarterly (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) 41.1 (2007), 81–105.

07–602Yi, Youngjoo (U Alabama, USA; yyi@ua.edu), Engaging literacy: A biliterate student's composing practices beyond school. Journal of Second Language Writing (Elsevier) 16.1 (2007), 23–39.

07–603Zhu, Yunxia (U Queensland, New Zealand; zyunxia@unitec.ac.nz), Understanding sociocognitive space of written discourse: Implications for teaching business writing to Chinese students. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (Walter de Gruyter) 44.3 (2006), 265–285.

07–604Abbott, Marilyn (Alberta Education, Canada; marilyn.abbott@gov.ab.ca), A confirmatory approach to differential item functioning on an ESL reading assessment. Language Testing (Sage) 24.1 (2007), 7–36.

07–605Barber, Richard (Dubai Women's College, UAE), A practical model for creating efficient in-house placement tests. The Language Teacher (Japan Association for Language Teaching) 31.2 (2007), 3–7.

07–606Cheng, Liying, Don Klinger & Ying Zheng (Queen's U, Canada; chengl@edu.queensu.ca), The challenges of the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test for second language students. Language Testing (Sage) 24.2 (2007), 185–208.

07–607Cohen, Andrew (U Minnesota, USA) & Thomas Upton, ‘I want to go back to the text’: Response strategies on the reading subtest of the new TOEFL®. Language Testing (Sage) 24.2 (2007), 209–250.

07–608Dávid, Gergely (Eötvös Loránd U, Hungary; david.soproni@t-online.hu), Investigating the performance of alternative types of grammar items. Language Testing (Sage) 24.1 (2007), 65–97.

07–609Elder, Catherine (U Melbourne, Australia; caelder@unimelb.edu.au), Gary Barkhuizen, Ute Knoch & Janet Von Randow, Evaluating rater responses to an online training program for L2 writing assessment. Language Testing (Sage) 24.1 (2007), 37–64.

07–610Qian, David (The Hong Kong Polytechnic U, China; David.Qian@polyu.edu.hk), Assessing university students: Searching for an English language exit test. RELC Journal (Sage) 38.1 (2007), 18–37.

07–611Scott Walters, Francis (U New York, USA; Francis.Walters@qc.cuny.edu), A conversation-analytic hermeneutic rating protocol to assess L2 oral pragmatic competence. Language Testing (Sage) 24.2 (2007), 155–183.

07–612Shiotsu, Toshihiko (Kurume U, Japan; toshihiko_shiotsu@kurume-u.ac.jp) & Cyril Weir, The relative significance of syntactic knowledge and vocabulary breadth in the prediction of reading comprehension test performance. Language Testing (Sage) 24.1 (2007), 99–128.

07–613Vanderveen, Terry (Kangawa U, Japan), The effect of EFL students' self-monitoring on class achievement test scores. JALT Journal (Japan Association for Language Teaching) 28.2 (2006), 197–206.

07–614Xi, Xiaoming (Educational Testing Service, USA; xxi@ets.org), Evaluating analytic scoring for the TOEFL® Academic Speaking Test (TAST) for operational use. Language Testing (Sage) 24.2 (2007), 251–286.

07–615Dogancay-Aktuna, Seran (Southern Illinois U, USA), Expanding the socio-cultural knowledge base of TESOL teacher education. Language, Culture and Curriculum (Multilingual Matters) 19.3 (2006), 278–295.

07–616Gonçalves, Maria de Lurdes (U Aveiro, Portugal) & Ana Isabel Andrade, Connecting languages: The use of theportfolioas a means of exploring and overcoming frontiers within the curriculum. European Journal of Teacher Education (Routledge/Taylor & Francis) 30.2 (2007), 195–213.

07–617Kurihara, Yuka & Keiko Samimy (Ohio State U, USA), The impact of a U.S. teacher training program on teaching beliefs and practices: A case study of secondary school level Japanese teachers of English. JALT Journal (Japan Association for Language Teaching) 29.1 (2007), 99–122.

07–618Poulou, Maria (U Patras, Greece), Student-teachers' concerns about teaching practice. European Journal of Teacher Education (Routledge/Taylor & Francis) 30.1 (2007), 91–110.

07–619Santoro, Ninetta (Deakin U, Australia), ‘Outsiders’ and ‘others’: ‘Different’ teachers teaching in culturally diverse classrooms. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice (Routledge/Taylor & Francis) 13.1 (2007), 81–97.

07–620Vacilotto, Silvana & Rhoda Cummings (U Nevada, Reno, USA; vacilott@unr.nevada.edu), Peer coaching in TEFL/TESL programmes. ELT Journal (Oxford University Press) 61.2 (2007), 153–160.

07–621De Bot, Kees (U Groningen, the Netherlands; c.l.j.de.bot@rug.nl), W. Lowie & Marjolijn Verspoor, A dynamic systems theory approach to second language acquisition. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (Cambridge University Press) 10.1 (2007), 7–21.

07–622García, Ofelia & Lesley Bartlett (Columbia U, New York, USA), A speech community model of bilingual education: Educating Latino newcomers in the USA. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Multilingual Matters) 10.1 (2007), 1–25.

07–623Koutsoubou, Maria (Institute of Education, London, UK), Rosalind Herman & Bencie Woll, Does language input matter in bilingual writing? Translation versus direct composition in Deaf school students' written stories. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Multilingual Matters) 10.2 (2007), 127–151.

07–624Saravanan, Vanithamani (Nanyang Technological U, Singapore), Attitudes towards literary Tamil and standard spoken Tamil in Singapore. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Multilingual Matters) 10.1 (2007), 58–79.

07–625Serrano, Raquel (Center for Applied Linguistics Washington DC, USA) & Elizabeth Howard, Second Language writing development in English and in Spanish in a two-way immersion programme. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Multilingual Matters) 10.2 (2007), 152–170.

07–626Stotz, Daniel (Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland; daniel.stotz@phzh.ch), Breaching the peace: Struggles around multilingualism in Switzerland. Language Policy (Springer) 5.3 (2006), 247–265.

07–627Szuber, Anna (Harvard Graduate School of Education, Boston, USA), Native Polish-speaking adolescent immigrants' exposure to and use of English. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Multilingual Matters) 10.1 (2007), 26–57.

07–628Tannenbaum, Michal (Tel Aviv U, Israel), Netta Abugov & Dorit Ravid, Hebrew-language narratives of Yiddish-speaking ultra-orthodox girls in Israel. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (Multilingual Matters) 27.6 (2006), 472–490.

07–629Vaish, Viniti (National Institute of Education, Singapore), Bilingualism without diglossia: The Indian community in Singapore. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Multilingual Matters) 10.2 (2007), 171–187.

07–630Verschik, Anna (Tallinn U, Estonia & U Helsinki, Finland), Multiple language contact in Tallinn: Transfer B2>/A1 or B1>/A2?International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Multilingual Matters) 10.1 (2007), 80–103.

07–631Cargile, Aaron Castelan (California State U, Long Beach, USA), Jiro Takai & José I. Rodríguez, Attitudes toward African–American vernacular English: A US export to Japan?Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (Multilingual Matters) 27.6 (2006), 443–456.

07–632Coluzzi, Paolo (U Bristol, UK), Minority language planning and micronationalism in Italy: The cases of Lombardy and Friuli. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (Multilingual Matters) 27.6 (2006), 457–471.

07–633Domínguez Barajas, E. (Texas A&M University, USA), Parallels in academic and nonacademic discursive styles: An analysis of a Mexican woman's narrative performance. Written Communication (Sage) 24.2 (2007), 140–167.

07–634Foley, Joseph (Assumption U, Thailand; jfoley@au.edu), English as a global language: My two satangs' worth. RELC Journal (Sage) 38.1 (2007), 7–17.

07–635Guilherme, Manuela (U De Coimbra, Portgual), English as a Global language and education for cosmopolitan citizenship. Language and International Communication (Multilingual Matters) 7.1 (2007), 72–90.

07–636Stroud, Christopher & Lionel Wee (National University of Singapore; ellweeha@nus.edu.sg), A pedagogical application of liminalities in social positioning: Identity and literacy in Singapore. TESOL Quarterly (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) 41.1 (2007), 33–54.

07–637Banerjee, Sudipta (C-DAC, India; subhakanp@yahoo.com) & B. Mullick, Word sense disambiguation and WordNet technology. Literary and Linguistic Computing (Oxford University Press) 22.1 (2007), 1–15.

07–638Cao, Deborah (Griffith U, Brisbane, Australia; d.cao@griffith.edu.au), Inter-lingual uncertainty in bilingual and multilingual law. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.1 (2007), 69–83.

07–639De Vega, Manuel (U La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), Mike Rinck, José M. Díaz & InmaculadaLeón, Figure and ground in temporal sentences: The role of the adverbs whenandwhile. Discourse Processes (Erlbaum) 43.1 (2007), 1–23.

07–640L'Haire, Sébastien (U Geneva, Switzerland; sebastien.lhaire@lettres.unige.ch), Fipsortho: A spell checker for learners of French. ReCALL (Cambridge University Press) 19.2 (2007), 137–161.

07–641López-Varela Azcárate, Asunción (U Complutense Madrid, Spain; alopezva@filol.ucm.es), Didactic patterns for electronic materials in the teaching of interculturalism through literature: The experience of the research group LEETHi. ReCALL (Cambridge University Press) 19.2 (2007), 121–136.

07–642Ming-Ming, Pu (U Maine at Farmington, USA), The distribution of relative clauses in Chinese discourse. Discourse Processes (Erlbaum) 43.1 (2007), 25–53.

07–643Oakes, Michael (U Sunderland, UK; michael.oakes@sunderland.ac.uk) & Malcolm Farrow, Use of the chi-squared test to examine vocabulary differences in English language corpora representing seven different countries. Literary and Linguistic Computing (Oxford University Press) 22.1 (2007), 85–99.

07–644Truscott, John (National Tsing Hua U, China; truscott@mx.nthu.edu.tw), Optionality in second language acquisition: A generative, processing-oriented account. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (Walter de Gruyter) 44.4 (2006), 311–330.

07–645Félix-Brasdefer, J. César (Indiana U, Bloomington, USA; cfelixbr@indiana.edu), Linguistic politeness in Mexico: Refusal strategies among male speakers of Mexican Spanish. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 38.12 (2006), 2158–2187.

07–646Fukushima, Kazuhiko (Kansai Gaidai U, Osaka, Japan; kaz@kansaigaidai.ac.jp), Conspiracy of form and context for proper semantic interpretation: The implications of lonesome numeral classifiers in Japanese. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.5 (2007), 960–989.

07–647Graham, Sage Lambert (U Memphis, USA; sgraham2@memphis.edu), Disagreeing to agree: Conflict, (im)politeness and identity in a computer-mediated community. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.4 (2007), 742–759.

07–648Hatipoğlu, Çiler (Middle East Technical U, Ankara, Turkey; ciler@metu.edu.tr), (Im)politeness, national and professional identities and context: Some evidence from e-mailed ‘Call for Papers’. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.4 (2007), 760–773.

07–649Haugh, Michael (Griffith U, Nathan, Queensland, Australia; m.haugh@griffith.edu.au), The co-constitution of politeness implicature in conversation. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.1 (2007), 84–110.

07–650Haugh, Michael (Griffith U, Nathan, Queensland, Australia; m.haugh@griffith.edu.au), Emic conceptualisations of (im)politeness and face in Japanese: Implications for the discursive negotiation of second language learner identities. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.4 (2007), 657–680.

07–651Hsieh, Shelley Ching-yu (National Cheng Kung U, Taiwan; chingyu2@gmail.com), A corpus-based study on animal expressions in Mandarin Chinese and German. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 38.12 (2006), 2206–2222.

07–652Huth, Thorsten (Utah State U, Logan, USA; huth@siu.edu), Negotiating structure and culture: L2 learners' realization of L2 compliment-response sequences in talk-in-interaction. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 38.12 (2006), 2025–2050.

07–653Ji, Shaojun (Chinese Culture U, Taipei, Taiwan; sjji_ca@yahoo.ca), A textual perspective on Givón's quantity principle. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.2 (2007), 292–304.

07–654Kimps, Ditte (U Leuven, Belgium; Ditte.Kimps@hotmail.com), Declarative constant polarity tag questions: A data-driven analysis of their form, meaning and attitudinal uses. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.2 (2007), 270–291.

07–655Lee, Duck-Young (The Australian National U, Canberra, Australia; Duck.Lee@anu.edu.au), Involvement and the Japanese interactive particlesneandyo. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.2 (2007), 363–388.

07–656Loock, Rudy (Université de Lille III, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France; rudyloock@yahoo.fr), Appositive relative clauses and their functions in discourse. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.2 (2007), 336–362.

07–657Manetta, Emily (U Vermont, Burlington, USA; emily.manetta@uvm.edu), Unexpected left dislocation: An English corpus study. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.5 (2007), 1029–1035.

07–658Mzushima, Lisa & Paul Stapleton (Hokkaido U, Sapporo, Japan; paulstapleton@gmail.com), Analyzing the function of meta-oriented critical comments in Japanese comic conversations. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 38.12 (2006), 2105–2123.

07–659Netz, Hadar & Ron Kuzar (U Haifa, Israel; kuzar@research.haifa.ac.il), Three marked theme constructions in spoken English. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.2 (2007), 305–335.

07–660Rogerson-Revell, Pamela (U Leicester, UK; pmrr1@le.ac.uk), Humour in business: A double-edged sword. A study of humour and style shifting in intercultural business meetings. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.1 (2007), 4–28.

07–661Ruhi, Şükriye (Middle East Technical U, Ankara, Turkey; sukruh@metu.edu.tr) & Hale Işık-Güler, Conceptualizing face and relational work in (im)politeness: Revelations from politeness lexemes and idioms in Turkish. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.4 (2007), 681–711.

07–662Selting, Margret (Universität Potsdam, Germany; selting@rz.uni-potsdam.de), Lists as embedded structures and the prosody of list construction as an interactional ressource. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 39.3 (2007), 483–526.

07–663Soares da Silva, Augusto (Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Braga, Portugal; assilva@facfil.ucp.pt), The polysemy of discourse markers: The case ofprontoin Portuguese. Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier) 38.12 (2006), 2188–2205.

07–664Takimoto, Masahiro (Tezukayama U, Japan; takimoto@tezukayama-u.ac.jp), The effects of explicit feedback and form–meaning processing on the development of pragmatic proficiency in consciousness-raising tasks. System (Elsevier) 34.4 (2006), 601–614.