The papers in this volume examine strategies for language acquisition and language teaching, focusing on applications of the strategic interaction method.

1. Some Unexpected Consequences of the Input HypothesisStephen Krashen2. Learning from Input in L1 and L2Catherine Snow3. Teaching for Strategic Learning: Theory and PracticeAnna Uhl Chamot and J. Michael O'Malley4. From Words to Worlds: Language Learning through Process DramaCecily O'Neill5. The Concept of "Rehearsal" in Strategic InteractionDeryn P. Verity6. Stating Opinions in Japanese: Listener-Dependent StrategiesShoko Okazaki7. Fine Tuning of Feedback by Competent Speakers to Language LearnersCatherine Doughty8. Using Strategic Interaction in the Teaching of WritingRuth Jackson9. Learning Strategies, Tasks, and Activities in Oral Communication InstructionJoan Morley10. Creating a Learning Community: Community Language Learning for the NinetiesKarin Ryding11. Marriage for Life: Theory, Research, and PracticeSuzanne Flynn12. Strategic Interaction: Issues and Application to Second Language Teaching and AcquisitionElahé Mir-Djalali13. Japanese Dictionaries and Schadenfreude: Editorial Practices and National Prejudices in Japanese Bilingual DictionariesDon R. McCreary14. Sociocultural Theory and the Second-Language Classroom: The Lesson of Strategic InteractionJames P. Lantolf15. The Concept of Kernel Sentences as It Applies to Language AcquisitionAhmed Mouakket16. Foreign Language Learning in the Kindergarten: A Teaching Model and Some Resulting Language-Acquisition StrategiesTraute Taeschner17. Strategic Integration: Preparing Language and Content Teachers for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse ClassroomsJoAnn Crandall18. A Comparative View of English Teaching Policies in an International World with a Focus on Japanese TEFL PolicyIkuo Koike19. Strategic Interaction and the Teaching of Writing: A Comparative Study of Scenarios vs. Traditional Prompts as Stimuli for ESL EssaysLouis A. Arena20. An Investigation of the Effects of Texts and Tasks on Listening Comprehension: Some Evidence from RussianIrene Thompson21. The Place of Input in the Scenario ApproachFrederick J. Bosco22. The Computer's Guide to PersonsWilliam Frawley23. Ego Boundaries Revisited: Toward a Model of Personality and LearningMadeline E. Ehrman24. Variations on the Scenario: Cooperative and Critical Thinking in the Literature-Based ClassroomVirginia Mayer25. How Is Strategic Memorable? How Memorable Is "Strategic"?Earl W. Stevick26. Students' Concepts of Di Pietro's Strategic Interaction: The ScenarioJoseph A. Wieczorek27. Conflicting Argumentative Strategies in the ClassroomChristina Kakava28. Learner-Centered Activities: The Good, the Bad, and the UglyNadine O'Connor DiVito29. Interlanguage Talk: The Relation between Task Types and Communication Strategies among EFL Arab LearnersRajai Khanji30. Peace to the World! The Contribution of Foreign-Language Teaching to the Goal of World PeaceReinhold Freudenstein31. Variability in Foreign Language EducationAoi Tsuda32. The L2 Kindergarten Teacher as a Territory MarkerJosep Maria Artigal33. Making Study Abroad More EffectivePhyllis J. Dragonas34. The "Strategic Interaction" View of Language: Robert J. Di Pietro's Vichian Paradigm for Theoretical and Applied LinguisticsMarcel Danesi35. On the Implementation of Inservice Teacher Education in an Institutional ContextFrederick J. Jackson36. After Method: Toward a Principled Strategic Approach to Language TeachingH. Douglas Brown37. The Structure of the Lexicon and Language TeachingDieter Kastovsky38. Strategic Interaction: Can It Be a Relief for Foreign-Language Classrooms?Masaki Oda39. Gender Differences in Styles and Strategies for Language Learning: What Do They Mean? Should We Pay Attention?Rebecca Oxford40. Lexical Phrases and Strategic InteractionJeanette S. DeCarrico and James R. Nattinger41. Strategic Interaction and Task KnowledgeAnita L. Wenden42. The Use of Scenarios in the Classroom for the Development of Higher-Level Foreign-Language SkillsLinda Smith Rutledge43. Report of the Pilot Study of Learning Strategies for the Japanese Language ClassroomJill Robbins