This document consists of the premier issue of an annual international journal on the acquisition and teaching of English as a Second Language (ESL). Its six articles and their contributors are as follows: "Adapting and Applying Levinson's Concept of the 'Dispreferred Second' to the Review of the ESL Materials" (Lawrence F. Bouton); "Comparability of Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Findings in a Second Language Acquisition Study" (Yeon Hee Choi); "A Pedagogical Interpretation of Generative Phonology: V. Consonant Choice" (Wayne B. Dickerson); "Teaching ESL Listening Comprehension and Pronunciation" (Janice L. Moy); "Lects and Institutionalized Varieties of English: The Case of Singapore" (Mary W. J. Tay); and a review of James E. Flege's "The Production and Perception of Foreign Language Sounds," (Molly Mack). (LB)