References

The International Research Foundation for English Language Education is pleased to share these reference lists with researchers throughout the world. They are stored as Word documents so that they will be dynamic tools. You may download them and use them at your convenience.

Many thanks to those people who have contributed references to these lists: Adalyat Akbarova, Basma Issa Tlelan Al-Saleem, Khalid Al-Seghayer, Mansoor Al-Surmi, Kholoud Al-Thubaiti, Neil Anderson, Kathi Bailey, Christina Baldarelli, Ruth Breeze, Donna Brinton, JD Brown, Emese Bukor, Suresh Canagarajah, Kasey Carmichael, Michael Carrier, Namju Cha, Nayyer Chandella, Meng Huat Chau, Liying Cheng, Julie Choi, Fei-yu Chuang, Hywel Coleman, Graham Crookes, Jinhuei Dai, Ryan Damerow, Peter DeCosta, Patsy Duff, Keith Folse, Fiodhna Gardiner-Hyland, Mike Garnett, Lynn Goldstein, Stephen Hall, Jeff Hamilton, John Hedgcock, Stephen Nakamura Hofstee, Ching-Ni Hsieh, Rachel Josephs, Ferit Kılıçkaya, Joyce Kling Soren, Erika Kono, Silvia Kunitz, Stuart Landers, Sky Lantz-Wagner, Diane Larsen-Freeman, Heekyeong Lee, Zhi Li, Kuan-Ling Lin, Megan Luce, Numa Markee, Hedy McGarrell, Florin Mihai, Rosamond Mitchell, Lucie Moussu, JoAnn Mulready-Shick, Yoshiyuki Nakata, Melanie Newman Morrow, Rebecca Noreen, David Nunan, Courtney Pahl, Kerry Purmensky, Manuel Jiménez Raya, Patricia Richard-Amato, Tamatha Roman, Cicely Rude, Kazuya Saito, Thor Sawin, Peter Shaw, Tony Silva, Sarah Springer, Philip J. Standlee, Kristina Swamy, Steven Talmy, Laura J. Taylor, Brian Tomlinson, G. Richard Tucker, Leo van Lier, Melanie van den Hoven, Camilla Vásquez, Tony Vernon, Gergana Vitanova, Handoyo Puji Widodo, Lawrence Zhang, and Cecilia Guanfang Zhao.

If you wish to contribute a new reference to one of these reference lists, or an entirely new reference list, please send the reference or the new reference list in APA format to info@tirfonline.org. Thank you!

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Accentedness and Attitudes	Action Research
Administration of Language Programs	Age Issues in Language Learning
Alternative, Authentic, and Performance Assessment	Anxiety in Language Learning and Assessment
Arabic Learners of English	Automated Essay Scoring and Electronic Feedback
Autonomy and Agency	Bilingualism, Bilingual Education, and Immersion Education
Chaos and Complexity Theory	Cloze Tests
Code-switching	Collocations
Communication Strategies	Communicative Language Testing
Community Colleges and ESL	Compliment Responses
Content-based Instruction	Conversational Analysis
Corpora in Language Teaching and Learning	Corrective Feedback in L2 Speech
Corrective Feedback in L2 Writing	Critical Pedagogy and Critical Research
Curriculum Development in Language Teaching	Diagnostic Assessment
Dialogue Journals in Language Learning and Teacher Preparation	Diary Studies in Language Learning and Teaching
Discourse and Discourse Analysis	Dynamic Assessment
Emergent Participatory Language Teaching and Learning	English as a Lingua Franca
English as a Medium of Instruction	First Language Use in L2 Teaching and Learning
Fluency	Foreign and Second Language Teaching in Kindergarten through Eighth Grade
Form-Focused Instruction	Formulaic Language
Globalization and Language	Grammar and Grammar Instruction
Heritage Language Learners	History of English
Identity and Language Learning and Teaching	Innovations
Interaction in Language Learning and Teaching	Intercultural Communicative Competence
International English	International Teaching Assistants
Internationalization of Higher Education	Interviewing in Qualitative Research
Language Awareness	Language Classroom Research
Language in Business, Industry, and the Professions	Language Play
Language Policy and Language Planning	Language Socialization
Language Teacher Education	Leadership
Learning Strategies	Lesson Planning
Listening Assessment	Listening Comprehension in Language Learning and Teaching
Literacy in L2 Learning	Literature in L2 Teaching and Learning
Materials in 2nd and Foreign Language Learning and Teaching	Mentoring in Language Teaching
Mobile Language Learning	Montessori Method in L2 Teaching and Learning
Motivation in Language Learning	Movies, Videos, Radio, and Television in Language Learning and Teaching
Multicultural and Crosscultural Populations	Multilingualism and Plurilingualism
Narratives in Language Research	Needs Assessment
No Child Left Behind	Non-native Speaking Language Teachers
Nursing Education	Observation
Output in Second and Foreign Language Learning	Portfolio Assessment
Pragmatics	Professional Development of Language Teachers
Project-based Learning and Teaching	Pronunciation
Qualitative Research	Questionnaires and Surveys
Rating Scales in Language Testing	Reading Assessment
Reading in L2 Contexts	Reflective Teaching
Refugee Concerns	Schema Theory in Language Teaching and Assessment
Seating Arrangements in Classrooms	Self-Assessment
Self-Repair in Speech	Service Learning
Sociocultural Theory and Language Learning and Teaching	Songs in Language Learning and Teaching
Speaking Assessment	Specific Purpose Language Assessment
Story Retelling	Study Abroad and Language Learning
Supervision and Evaluation of Teachers	Task-based Language Teaching and Learning
Teaching Young Learners	Team Teaching
Technology in Language Assessment	Technology in Language Learning and Teaching
Test Bias	The Practicum, Student Teachers, and Cooperating Teachers
Validity and Validation in Language Assessment	Vocabulary Acquisition in Teaching and Assessment
Voice in Writing	Washback
Willingness to Communicate	Writing Assessment
Writing for Academic Purposes	Writing in L2 Contexts

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