Educating for Advanced Foreign Language Capacities

Heidi Byrnes is the George M. Roth Distinguished Professor of German at Georgetown University. In 2004 she was awarded the Nelson Brooks Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Culture by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Heather D. Weger-Guntharp is currently working on her PhD in applied linguistics at Georgetown University, with primary specialization in individual differences and SLA. Katherine A. Sprang holds a PhD from the German Department at Georgetown University, with primary specialization in second language acquisition.

• Figures and Tables Preface 1. Locating the Advanced Learner in Theory, Research, and Educational Practice: An IntroductionHeidi Byrnes, Georgetown University Part I: Cognitive Approaches to Advanced Language Learning 2. The Conceptual Basis of Grammatical StructureRonald W. Langacker, The University of California, San Diego3. The Impact of Grammatical Temporal Categories on Ultimate Attainment in L2 LearningChristiane von Stutterheim and Mary Carroll, University of Heidelberg 4. Reorganizing Principles of Information Structure in Advanced L2s: French and German Learners of EnglishMary Caroll and Monique Lambert, University of Heidelberg and University of Paris VIII 5. Language-based Processing in Advanced L2 Production and Translation: An Exploratory StudyBergljot Behrens, Department of Linguistics and Nordic Studies, University of Oslo 6. Learning and Teaching Grammar through Patterns of Conceptualization: The Case of (Advanced) KoreanSusan Strauss, The Pennsylvania State University and Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) Part II: Descriptive and Instructional Considerations in Advanced Learning 7. Narrative Competence in a Second LanguageAneta Pavlenko, Temple University and Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) 8. Lexical Inferencing in L1 and L2: Implications for Vocabulary Instruction and Learning at Advanced LevelsT. Sima Paribakht and Marjorie Wesche, University of Ottawa 9. From Sports to the EU Economy: Integrating Curricula through Genre-based Content CoursesSusanne Rinner and Astrid Weigert, Georgetown University 10. Hedging and Boosting in Advanced-Level L2 Legal Writing: The Effect of Instruction and FeedbackRebekha Abbuhl, California State University at Long Beach Part III: The Role of Assessment in Advanced Learning 11. Assessing Advanced Foreign Language Learning and Learners: From Measurement Constructs to Educational UsesJohn M. Norris, University of Hawai'i at Manoa 12. Rethinking Assessment for Advanced Language ProficiencyElana Shohamy, Tel Aviv University

This welcome volume should be required reading for every language educator at the college level, particularly those involved in curricular decision making at the advanced level. Modern Language Journal