Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize


The Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize is an annual prize given to a language translator by the Modern Language Association.

Eligibility

The 2017 prize will be awarded for a book published in 2015 or 2016.

Notable winners

Past winners of the prize include:
YearLinguistInstitutionResearch outputPublisher
2015-16Erin KearneyUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New YorkIntercultural Learning in Modern Language Education: Expanding Meaning-Making PotentialsMultilingual Matters, 2016
2015-16Rod EllisCurtin UniversityUnderstanding Second Language Acquisition, 2nd ed.Oxford University Press, 2015
2013-14James Lantolf
Matthew Poehner
Penn State UniversitySociocultural Theory and the Pedagogical Imperative in L2 Education: Vygotskian Praxis and the Research/Practice DivideRoutledge, 2014
2011-12Susan Gass
Alison Mackey
Michigan State University
Georgetown University
The Routledge Handbook of Second Language AcquisitionRoutledge, 2012
2010Norman SegalowitzConcordia UniversityCognitive Bases of Second Language FluencyRoutledge, 2010
2009Claire KramschUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe Multilingual Subject: What Foreign Language Learners Say about Their Experience and Why It MattersOxford University Press, 2009
2008Diane Larsen-Freeman
Lynne Cameron
University of Michigan
Open University
Complex Systems and Applied LinguisticsOxford University Press, 2008
2007B. KumaravadiveluSan José State UniversityCultural Globalization and Language EducationYale University Press, 2007
2006Penny McKayQueensland University of TechnologyAssessing Young Language LearnersCambridge University Press, 2006
2005Cristina SanzGeorgetown UniversityMind and Context in Adult Second Language Acquisition: Methods, Theory, and PracticeGeorgetown University Press, 2005
2004Paul SeedhouseUniversity of Newcastle upon TyneThe Interactional Architecture of the Language Classroom: A Conversation Analysis PerspectiveBlackwell, 2004
2003Janina Brutt-GrifflerUniversity of YorkWorld English: A Study of Its DevelopmentMultilingual Matters, 2003
2003Ken HylandUniversity of LondonSecond Language WritingCambridge University Press, 2003
2000Hossein Nassaji
Gordon Wells
Centennial College
University of California, Santa Cruz
What's the Use of 'Triadic Dialogue'? An Investigation of Teacher-Student InteractionApplied Linguistics 21.3
1999Guy CookUniversity of ReadingLanguage Play, LanguageOxford University Press, 1999
1998Richard Clément
Zoltán Dörnyei
Peter Macintyre
Kimberly Noels
University of Nottingham"Conceptualizing Willingness to Communicate in a L2: A Situational Model of L2 Confidence and Affiliation"The Modern Language Journal, Winter 1998
1997Peter SkehanThames Valley UniversityA Cognitive Approach to Language LearningOxford University Press, 1997
1996Lyle F. Bachman
Adrian S. Palmer
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Utah
Language Testing in PracticeOxford University Press, 1996