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The Modern Language Journal VOLUME 84, NUMBER 4, WINTER 2000

From the Editor: This Special Retrospective SALLY SIELOFF MAGNAN .................... 465

Introduction to the Special Issue: A Century of Language Teaching and Research: Look-

ing Back and Looking Ahead'

JAMES P. LANTOLF ......................... 467

MLJ Articles Shaping the Discourse of a Practice: The Role of Lin-

guistics and Psychology in Language Teaching and

Learning HEIDI BYRNES .............................. 472

Foreign Language Teacher Development: MLJPer-

spectives-1916-1999 RENATE A. SCHULZ .........................495

Teachers and Students, Students and Teachers: An

Ever-Evolving Partnership ELAINE K. HORWITZ ........................ 523

Language Testing in The Modern LanguageJournal BERNARD SPOLSKY ......................... 536

The Avatars of Literature in Language Study CLAIRE KRAMSCH & OLIVIER KRAMSCH...... 553

MLJNews & Notes of the Profession GERARD L. ERVIN .......................... 574

In Other Professional Journals MARYANN WEBER & CHRISTINE M. CAMPBELL ........................................... 580

MLJ Reviews JUDITH E. LISKIN-GASPARRO THEORYAND PRACTICE .................... 586 CHINESE .................................. 591 FRENCH ................................... 592 IRISH ..................................... 593

JAPANESE .................................. 595 LINGUISTICS .................... ......... 596 RUSSIAN .................................. 597 SOCIOLINGUISTICS ........................ 598 SPANISH................................... 602 TECHNOLOGY ............................. 605 YIDDISH ................................... 609

In Recognition and with Appreciation ...................... 611

Index to Volume 84, 2000 ............ 612

Of Interest to the Profession Forthcoming in The Modern LanguageJournal . 466 MLJNo Longer Requests Postage ........... 522 Online Resources from CAL................ 535 NFLC Affiliates with University of Maryland ... 552 Electronic Version of MLJ Index ............. 573 Thanks to Jerry Ervin ..................... 579 Web Access to MLJIndex. .................. 585

Tribute to Jerry Ervin .................... ..... 578

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