"Cross Currents" is subtitled "an International Journal of Language Teaching and Cross-Cultural Communication." This special theme issue is devoted to the subject of Southeast Asian refugee education and contains 13 articles on refugee education (as well as 6 articles on other language teaching topics). The thematic articles include the following: "Universals of Politeness in the ESL Classroom"; "English as an International Language"; "Cooperative Learning in a Humanistic English Class"; "Curriculum Design and Pre-Entry Training for Adult Indochinese Refugees"; "Input and Output: Interaction in the Language Laboratory"; "Picture Vocabulary"; "The Changing Faces of Refugee Education"; "Vietnam's Amerasian Families: The Face of Jeopardy in Resettlement"; "Literacy for Mothers of Amerasians"; "A Method for Teaching Literacy to the Orally Proficient"; "Incorporating Primary Prevention Techniques in Discussion Groups"; "Student Teaching in Refugee ESL Classes"; "Books for Beginning Readers and Writers: If You Can't Find Them, Make Them"; "Cross Cultural Training for Young Adult Vietnamese Refugees"; "Educational Programs for Cambodian Refugees"; "English Language Teaching at Phanat Nikhom: Ten Years Later"; "Refugee Education in Hong Kong"; and "Meeting the Long-Term Educational Needs of Resettled Refugees: An Integrated Approach." (MSE)