Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the contributors for their excellent contributions highlighting some of the major areas of research in second language acquisition which were significantly shaped by the work of Professor Michael H. Long. We also are very grateful to Catherine J. S. Doughty for writing the preface.

We are very appreciative to John Benjamins Publishing for their professional partnership in putting together this volume in honour of Long’s legacy. We thank the peer reviewers of the chapters for their time and expertise and for helping to improve the overall quality of the volume.

It was a pleasure to bring together the contributing scholars and everyone involved in the review and production process to collectively pay homage to Mike’s legacy in the field of second language acquisition.

All royalties generated from the sales of this volume will go towards a selected charity deeply admired by Mike.