#60;b#62;Michael H. Long#60;/b#62; is Professor of SLA in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Maryland. Recent publications include #60;i#62;The Handbook of SLA#60;/i#62;, co-edited with Catherine Doughty (Blackwell, 2003), #60;i#62;Second Language Needs Analysis#60;/i#62; (Cambridge, 2005), and #60;i#62;Problems in SLA#60;/i#62; (Lawrence Erlbaum, 2007).#60;br#62;#60;p#62;#60;b#62;Catherine J. Doughty#60;/b#62; is Senior Research Scientist and SLA Area Director at the Center for the Advanced Study of Language at the University of Maryland, and is an affiliate Professor of SLA at the University of Maryland.