This volume features eight articles on writing and vocabulary acquisitiontwo crucial areas of study in foreign language learning and teaching. Five contributions have come from notable research environments in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Poland and Wales. The first section is devoted to studies of writing in a second or a foreign language (L2). The second section deals with vocabulary acquisition illustrating the wide scope of the issues open to investigation.

This book honours a Danish linguist central to the field of foreign language pedagogy in her country and is arranged in four sections that reflect her interests. The structure of the book is intended to reflect Kirsten Haastrup's research interests and her involvement in pedagogical issues and language policy. It has been divided into four sections: research methods and perspectives, vocabulary acquisition research, pedagogical issues and language policy.