This volume is the first to explore links between the Russian linguist Mikhail Bakhtin's theoretical insights about language and practical concerns with second and foreign language learning and teaching. "?the collection as a whole brings a stimulating new perspective to the field of SLA." -Agnes Bolonyai, Studies in Second Language Acquisition (2007), 29: 491-492) "Dialogue with Bakhtin is the first of its kind that systematically explores how Bakhtin's theoretical insights into language and practical concerns with second- and foreign-language learning and teaching can be fruitfully connected...I anticipate that scholars in applied linguistics, language education, and language studies with an interest in second- and foreign-language learning , teacher educators, and language teachers from elementary to university levels will surely find it a valuable collection" --Lawrence Jun Zhang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Pedagogies: An International Journal