Wynne Wong

Wynne Wong is Professor of French and Director of French Language Instruction at The Ohio State University, where she oversees French language instruction and graduate teaching associate training. She has published widely in second language acquisition, with particular contributions to research on French, Processing Instruction, structured input, and the relationship between theory, research, and classroom practice. Her article with Bill VanPatten, THE EVIDENCE IS IN: DRILLS ARE OUT (Foreign Language Annals, 2003), received the Stephen A. Freeman Award. Dedicated to building bridges between theory and practice, she is lead author of LIAISONS and ENCORE and author or co-editor of several books, including INPUT ENHANCEMENT: FROM THEORY AND RESEARCH TO THE CLASSROOM (McGraw-Hill, 2005), FOCUSING ON FORM IN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION (with D. Simard, Routledge, 2015), and THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND INPUT PROCESSING (with J. Barcroft, 2024).