Introduction

Part 1 Participants and learning opportunities in interaction

1 Do second language learners benefit from interacting with each other?
Rebecca Adams
2 Interaction in the L2 classroom: does gender influence learning opportunities?
Lauren Ross-Feldman
3 Perceptions about interactional feedback: differences between heritage language learners and non-heritage language learners.
Susan M. Gass and Kim Lewis
4 Alphabetic print literacy and oral language processing in SLA
Elaine Tarone and Martha Bigelow
5 Modified output of Japanese EFL learners: variable effects of interlocutor versus feedback types
Masatoshi Sato and Roy Lyster
6 Riddles and puns in the ESL classroom: adults talk to learn
Agustina Tocalli-Beller and Merrill Swain

Part 2 Feedback, learner-internal processes, and perceptions in interaction

7 How effective are recasts? The role of attention, memory, and analytical ability
Pavel Trovimovich, Ahlem Ammar, and Elizabeth Gatbonton
8 Textually enhanced recasts, learner awareness, and L2 outcomes in synchronous computer-mediated interaction
Rebecca Sachs and Bo-Ram Suh
9 From CALL to face-to-face interaction: the effect of computer-delivered recasts and working memory on L2 development
Nuria Sagarra
10 Recasts, learners' interpretations, and L2 development
Takako Egi
11 Recasts in communicative EFL classes: do teacher intent and learner interpretation overlap?
Ji-Hyun Kim and ZhaoHong Han

Part 3 Interactional feedback and linguistic development

|c12 The effects of corrective feedback, language aptitude, and learner attitudes on the acquisition of English articles
|cYounghee Sheen
|c13 Interactional feedback and the emergence of simple past activity verbs in L2 English
|cKim McDonough
|c14 The differential effects of corrective feedback on two grammatical structures
|cRod Ellis
|c15 Measuring the effects of oral corrective feedback on L2 knowledge
|cShawn Loewen and Toshiyo Nabei
|c16 Interaction-driven L2 learning: characterizing linguistic development
|cK. Seon Jeon

Epilogue

17 Interaction research in SLA: a meta-analysis and research synthesis
Alison Mackey and Jaemyung Goo