This volume contains 18 papers presented at the 2008 Second Language Research Forum, which was held on October 17-19, 2008, at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in Honolulu, Hawai'i. The papers are grouped into sections on second language methodology, measurement, and assessment; L2 processing; L2 phonology; child SLA and bilingualism; and language ideology and policy.