Processing Instruction: Theory, Research, and Commentary (Second Language Acquisition Research Series)
...this book is an excellent choice for teacher-researchers who are interested in exploring how and why the quality of the one instructional element they have lost control over - input - may facilitate acquisition when it is structured to address identifiable learner difficulties.  For those who are familiar with the PI pedagogical and research literature, this is an essential work for providing a current and engaging discussion of relevant issues in processing theory and predagogical practice.—Language Teaching Research...recommend this volume to all SLA researchers and practitioners who are looking for the next big theoretical undertaking that also has insights for the classroom.—TESL-EJThe edited volume here represents an important milestone in this program of work and will be a useful resource for SLA scholars interested in the problems of relating form and meaning to language. The volume succeeds admirably in doingall this and thereby provides the reader with a full balanced over view of the field. The book is informative, interesting, and thought-provoking....a well-rounded account of where PI research is today and provides some thoughtful observations on its accomplishments, limits, and future directions.—Studies in Second Language Acquisition