Editor’s Introduction
Danko Šipka, Arizona State University

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2007 NCOLCTL Keynote Presentation
Ambassador Robert Finn,
Liechtenstein Institute of the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University

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Survival Strategies: LCTLs in Context
Marilyn S. Manley, Rowan University

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Why College Students Want to Learn Asian Languages:
A Comparative Study of Motivational Factors for the Selection of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese
Jack Jinghui Liu and Setsue Shibata, California State University, Fullerton

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Proficiency Testing and Language Teaching: Russian and Polish
Rimma Garn, University of Missouri-Columbia

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Active Learning through Materials Development:
A Project for the Advanced L2 Classroom
Katrina Daly Thompson, University of California, Los Angeles

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Is ‘msonge’ a house?
Visualizing a novel in the L2 classroom: The case of Swahili
Charles Bwenge, University of Florida

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Teaching Pragmatic Particles in the LCTL Classroom
Faizah Sari, University of Alabama

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