マイケル ロング（Michael H Long、1945年-2021年）は、アメリカの応用言語学者、第二言語習得研究者、メリーランド大学カレッジパーク教授。
語彙、文法構造、連語などの言語的要素を、有意味な文脈の中で学習者の注意の焦点を向けさせるという指導概念（フォーカス・オン・フォーム）を導入した。このアプローチは、ドリルエクササイズなどの訓練型の練習で構成されることが多い、目標言語を教える際に言語形式の習得に専念させるといった、従来の方法とは対照的である 。
また、タスクに基づく言語指導法、相互作用仮説や、対面対話を重視する第二言語獲得の理論を導入したことが評価されている。
著書 Long, M. H. (1977). Face to Face. London: Evans Bros. Long, M. H., Allen, W., Cyr, A., Lemelin, C., Ricard, E., Spada, N., & Vogel, P (1980). Reading English for Academic Study. Rowley, Mass.: Newbury House, 1980. Larsen-Freeman, D., & Long, M. H. (1991). An introduction to second language acquisition Research. London: Longman. (Spanish translation, 1994; Japanese translation, 1996; Chinese edition, 2000). Long, M. H., Problems in SLA. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007. Long, Mike. (2015). Second Language Acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching. Wiley-Blackwell.
編著 Krashen, S. Scarcella, R. C., & Long, M. H. (eds.), Child-adult differences in second language acquisition. Rowley, Mass.: Newbury House, 1982. Seliger, H. W., & Long, M. H. (eds.), Classroom-oriented research on second language acquisition. Rowley, Mass.: Newbury House, 1983. Bailey, K. M., Long, M. H., & Peck, S. (eds.), Second language acquisition studies. Rowley, Mass.: Newbury House, 1983. Long, M. H., & Richards, J. C. (eds.) Methodology in TESOL: A reader. Rowley, Mass.: Newbury House, 1987. Doughty, C. J., & Long, M. H. (eds.). Handbook of second language acquisition. Oxford: Blackwell, 2003. (paperback edition, 2005) Long, M. H. (ed.), Second language needs analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Long, M. H. and Doughty, C. J. (eds.), Handbook of language teaching. Oxford: Blackwell, 2009.
技術レポート Long, M. H., Brock, C., Crookes, G., Deicke, C., Potter, L., & Zhang, S. (1984). The effect of teachers' questioning patterns and wait‑time on pupil participation in public high school classes in Hawaii for students of limited English proficiency. Technical Report No. 1. Honolulu: Center for Second Language Classroom Research, Social Science Research Institute, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, 1984. Long, M. H. (1985). Bibliography of Research on Second Language Classroom Processes and Classroom Second Language Acquisition. Technical Report No. 2. Honolulu: Center for Second Language Classroom Research, Social Science Research Institute, University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Chaudron, C., Crookes, G., & Long, M. H. (1988). Reliability and validity in second language classroom research. Technical Report No. 8. Honolulu: Center for Second Language Classroom Research, Social Science Research Institute, University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
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外部リンク Official page at U. Maryland Interview to Michael H. Long on LdeLengua (in Spanish)