CAROL A. CHAPELLE is Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University, USA. She is author of more than ten books, dozens of articles on topics in second language learning and assessment, and Editor-in-Chief of the ten-volume Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. She is recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in Language Testing and the American Association for Applied Linguistics Distinguished Service and Scholarship Award.

Thematic List of Entries vii
Alphabetical List of Entries xiii
General Editor xvii
Contributors xix
Introduction to The Concise Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics xxv
Acknowledgments xxxiii
A-Z 1
Index 1181