Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize Winners

2021–22

Betty Lou Leaver, Defense Language Institute (retired); Dan E. Davidson, Bryn Mawr College, emeritus, and American Councils Research Center; and Christine Campbell, Campbell Language Consultants, editors, for Transformative Language Learning and Teaching (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2021)
Honorable mention: Carl S. Blyth, University of Texas, Austin, and Joshua J. Thoms, Utah State University, for Open Education and Second Language Learning and Teaching: The Rise of a New Knowledge Ecology (Multilingual Matters, 2021)

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2019–20

Daria Mizza, Johns Hopkins University and the American University in Cairo, and Fernando Rubio, University of Utah, for Creating Effective Blended Language Learning Courses: A Research-Based Guide from Planning to Evaluation (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2020)
Honorable mention: Evgeny Dengub, University of Southern California; Irina Dubinina, Brandeis University; and Jason Merrill, Michigan State University and Middlebury College, editors, for The Art of Teaching Russian (Georgetown Univ. Press, 2020)

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2017–18

Claire Kramsch, University of California, Berkeley, and Lihua Zhang, University of California, Berkeley, for The Multilingual Instructor: What Foreign Language Teachers Say about Their Experience and Why It Matters (Oxford Univ. Press, 2018)

2015–16

Erin Kearney, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, for Intercultural Learning in Modern Language Education: Expanding Meaning-Making Potentials (Multilingual Matters, 2016)
Honorable mention: Rod Ellis, Curtin University, for Understanding Second Language Acquisition, 2nd ed. (Oxford Univ. Press, 2015)

2013–14

James P. Lantolf, Penn State University, and Matthew E. Poehner, Penn State University, for Sociocultural Theory and the Pedagogical Imperative in L2 Education: Vygotskian Praxis and the Research/Practice Divide (Routledge, 2014)

2011–12

Susan M. Gass, Michigan State University, and Alison Mackey, Georgetown University, editors, for The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition (Routledge, 2012)

2010

Norman Segalowitz, Concordia University, for Cognitive Bases of Second Language Fluency (Routledge, 2010)

2009

Claire Kramsch, University of California, Berkeley, for The Multilingual Subject: What Foreign Language Learners Say about Their Experience and Why It Matters (Oxford Univ. Press, 2009)

2008

Diane Larsen-Freeman, University of Michigan, and Lynne Cameron, Open University, for Complex Systems and Applied Linguistics (Oxford Univ. Press, 2008)

2007

B. Kumaravadivelu, San José State University, for Cultural Globalization and Language Education (Yale Univ. Press, 2007)

2006

Penny McKay, Queensland University of Technology, for Assessing Young Language Learners (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006)

2005

Cristina Sanz, editor, Georgetown University, for Mind and Context in Adult Second Language Acquisition: Methods, Theory, and Practice (Georgetown Univ. Press, 2005)

2004

Paul Seedhouse, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, for The Interactional Architecture of the Language Classroom: A Conversation Analysis Perspective (Blackwell, 2004)

2003

Janina Brutt-Griffler, University of York, for World English: A Study of Its Development (Multilingual Matters, 2003)
Honorable mention: Ken Hyland, University of London, for Second Language Writing (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2003)

2000

Hossein Nassaji, Centennial College, and Gordon Wells, University of California, Santa Cruz, for "What's the Use of 'Triadic Dialogue'? An Investigation of Teacher-Student Interaction" (Applied Linguistics 21.3)

1999

Guy Cook, University of Reading, for Language Play, Language (Oxford Univ. Press, 1999)

1998

Richard Clément, Zoltán Dörnyei, Peter Macintyre, and Kimberly Noels, for "Conceptualizing Willingness to Communicate in a L2: A Situational Model of L2 Confidence and Affiliation" (Modern Language Journal, Winter 1998)

1997

Peter Skehan, Thames Valley University, London, England, for A Cognitive Approach to Language Learning (Oxford Univ. Press, 1997)

1996

Lyle F. Bachman, University of California, Los Angeles, and Adrian S. Palmer, University of Utah, for Language Testing in Practice (Oxford Univ. Press, 1996)

1995

Evelyn Hatch, University of California, Los Angeles, and Cheryl Brown, Brigham Young University, for Vocabulary, Semantics, and Language Education (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1995)

1994

David E. Freeman and Yvonne S. Freeman, Fresno Pacific College, for Between Worlds: Access to Second Language Acquisition (Heinemann, 1994)

1993

Claire Kramsch, University of California, Berkeley, for Context and Culture in Language Teaching (Oxford Univ. Press, 1993)

1992

Evelyn Hatch, University of California, Los Angeles, for Discourse and Language Education (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1992)

1991

Elizabeth B. Bernhardt, Ohio State University, Columbus, for Reading Development in a Second Language: Theoretical, Empirical, and Classroom Perspectives (Ablex, 1991)

1990

Lyle F. Bachman, University of California, Los Angeles, for Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing (Oxford Univ. Press, 1990)

1989

Bernard Spolsky, Bar-Ilan University, for Conditions for Second Language Learning (Oxford Univ. Press, 1989)

1988

Craig Chaudron, University of Hawaii, Manoa, for Second Language Classrooms: Research on Teaching and Learning (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1988)

1987

Rod Ellis, Ealing College of Higher Education, for Second Language Acquisition in Context (Prentice Hall, 1987)
Anita Wenden, York College, City University of New York, and Joan Rubin, Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania, for Learner Strategies in Language Learning (Prentice Hall, 1987)

1986

Alice C. Omaggio, University of Illinois, Urbana, for Teaching Language in Context: Proficiency-Oriented Instruction (Heinle and Heinle, 1986)

1985

Jack C. Richards, University of Hawaii, for The Context of Language Teaching (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1985)

1984

John Underwood, Mills College, for Linguistics, Computers, and the Language Teacher (Newbury, 1984)

1983

John W. Oller, Jr., University of New Mexico, and Patricia Richard-Amato, California State University, Los Angeles, for Methods That Work: A Smorgasbord of Ideas for Language Teachers (Newbury, 1983)
Sandra J. Savignon, University of Illinois, for Communicative Competence: Theory and Classroom Practice (Addison-Wesley, 1983)

1981

Stephen D. Krashen, University of Southern California, for Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning (Pergamon, 1981)

1980

Earl W. Stevick, Foreign Service Institute, for Teaching Languages: A Way and Ways (Newbury, 1980)