This paper considers the importance of teachers' beliefs and pedagogical awareness in relation to their teaching practices. The paper draws on findings from an in-depth qualitative study of ten teachers of adult learners over a period of eight months. The study examined the potential of learning in practice and explored how teachers reflect on…

This study compared receptive English grammar skills of two groups of 7- and 9-year-old Danish children at the beginning of second language (L2) instruction in English, and two groups of Spanish/Catalan children of the same age after several years of instruction. The study examined the influence of two language-related factors (receptive…

In her interesting article, Stoel-Gammon (this issue) reviews studies concerning the interactions between lexical and phonological development. While the focus of the review is on vocabulary production from children acquiring American English, she also suggests that cross-linguistic research be undertaken to examine how universal and…