The aim of this book is to contribute to bridging the gap between research and practice within the field of language education. In each chapter the authors focus on the relationship between research and practice and draw on a range of disciplines that are not commonly integrated. The book presents new material in the area of teaching and learning languages including empirical studies and reviews of research. With this volume we hope to contribute to the discussion and definition of the relatively new research area of language didactics (språkdidaktik) in Sweden.