SLA research in the classroom/SLA research for the classroom

Second language acquisition (SLA) research is one of many sources that second and foreign language (SL/FL) teachers may draw on in making decisions about their pedagogical practice. In Lightbown (1985a), I proposed ten generalisations that I cons idered re levan t to SL/FL teaching a. In L igh tbown (2000), I revis i ted those generalisations, looking at research that has been publ i shed more recen t ly and giving specia l attention to studies that have been carried out in the classroom. The generalisations are reviewed and updated here. Of particular interest are studies in instructional settings where communicat ive language teaching (CLT) and con ten t -based language teaching (CBLT) have replaced more traditional approaches 2.

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