Major research issues in SLA

Michael H. Long (Ph.D. UCLA, 1980) is Professor of SLA at the University of Maryland. Recent publications include Sensitive periods, language aptitude, and ultimate L2 attainment, co-edited with Gisela Granena (John Benjamins, 2013), and Second language acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015). Gisela Granena (Ph.D. Maryland, 2012) is an Assistant Professor at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, where she coordinates English language courses and teaches language teaching methodology at the graduate level. Her research interests include implicit and explicit L2 learning, age effects, and cognitive individual differences.Yucel Yilmaz (Ph.D. Florida State, 2008) is Assistant Professor of Second Language Studies at Indiana University, where he teaches courses on second language acquisition and instruction. His research interests include negative feedback, task-based language teaching, computer-mediated communication, and individual differences.

• Table of Contents:Editorial - by William C. Ritchie and Tej K. Bhatia, Editors-in-ChiefIntroductionMajor Research Issues in SLA - by Michael H. LongPart 1: Age Differences, Maturational Constraints, and Implicit and Explicit L2 Learning - by Gisela GranenaPart 2:The Linguistic Environment, Interaction and Negative Feedback - by Yucel Yilmaz