The Art of Teaching Spanish : Second Language Acquisition from Research to Praxis

List of Tables and Figures ix Preface xi The State of the Art of Teaching Spanish: From Research to Praxis 1(22) Rafael Salaberry Barbara Lafford A Content-Based Approach to Spanish Language Study: Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum 23(16) Carol A. Klee Gwendolyn Barnes-Karol Spanish SLA Research, Classroom Practice, and Curriculum Design 39(16) Joseph Collentine Theoretical and Research Considerations Underlying Classroom Practice: The Fundamental Role of Input 55(24) Bill VanPatten Michael Leeser Concept-Based Instruction and the Acquisition of L2 Spanish 79(24) Eduardo Negueruela James P. Lantolf The Effects of Study Abroad and Classroom Contexts on the Acquisition of Spanish as a Second Language: From Research to Application 103(24) Barbara Lafford Joseph Collentine Online Language Learning: The Case of Spanish Without Walls 127(22) Robert Blake Ann Marie Delforge Testing Spanish 149(24) Rafael Salaberry Andrew D. Cohen Incorporating Linguistic Variation into the Classroom 173(20) Manuel J. Gutierrez Marta Fairclough Making Connections: Second Language Acquisition Research and Heritage Language Teaching 193(20) Guadalupe Valdes Spanish Second Language Acquisition: Applications to the Teaching of Professional Translation (and Interpretation) 213(22) Sonia Colina Contributors 235(4) Index 239