Instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) is one of the fastest growing areas of applied
linguistics. With this tremendous potential comes great responsibility for robust, ethical, and …

Learner corpora have generally focused on intermediate and advanced learners/users.
Corpora of beginners are rare but just as important. Second Language Acquisition (SLA) …

In this paper, we present corpus data that questions the concept of native speaker
homogeneity as it is presumed in many studies using native speakers (L1) as a control …

Language learners' individual differences (eg, aptitudes, anxiety) interact not only with one
another, but also with features of instruction (eg, cognitive task complexity) and aspects of …

The Spanish mood contrast is a good test case for research on acquiring form-meaning
connections in contexts where input is variable and multiple areas of the grammar are …

In face-to-face spoken interactions, language learners must construct a meaningful message
consistent with the L2 grammar, articulate it comprehensibly, and manage the aspects of …

In secondary English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instructional contexts, textbooks
constitute a major and highly influential vector of foreign language input. To date, numerous …

This book provides a systematic, empirical account of the language typically presented in
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks, based on a large corpus of EFL textbooks …

Much of what is known about the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence in second
language Spanish is based on studies of English-speaking learners. This body of research …

Sociolinguistic competence encompasses how speaker characteristics influence patterns of
language use, how identity is related to language choice, and how speakers vary language …