Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Introducing Authenticity, Language and Interaction in Second Language Contexts -- 2 Evaluating L2 Pragmatic Appropriateness and Authenticity in Synchronous Computer-mediated Strategic Interaction Scenarios -- 3 Authenticity and Pedagogical Grammar: A Concept-based Approach to Teaching French Auxiliary Verbs -- 4 Sociolinguistic Authenticity and Classroom L2 Learners: Production, Perception and Metapragmatics -- 5 Learning Speech Style in Japanese Study Abroad: Learners' Knowledge of Normative Use and Actual Use -- 6 Gender, Youth and Authenticity: Peer Mandarin Socialization Among American Students in a Chinese College Dorm -- 7 Authenticating Language Choices: Out-of-Class Interactions in Study Abroad -- 8 Authenticating Practices in Chinese Homestay Interactions -- 9 Metapragmatic Talk and the Interactional Accomplishment of Authenticity in Study Abroad -- 10 Focus on Form in the Wild -- 11 Conclusions and Future Directions -- Index