Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Influence of L1 Thinking for Speaking on Use of an L2: The Case of Path Expressions by English-Speaking Learners of Chinese -- 2. Pragmatic Development: An Exploratory Study of Requests by Learners of Chinese -- 3. Peer/Group Interaction in a Mandarin Chinese Study Abroad Context -- 4. Task-based Language Teaching of Chinese in a Study Abroad Context: A Learner Perspective -- 5. The Relationship between the Effectiveness of Recasts and Working Memory in the Learning of Different Linguistic Structures -- 6. The Effect of Mixed-sensory Mode Presentation on Retaining Graphic Features of Chinese Characters -- Epilogue -- Index