This is the fifth annual compilation of graduate theses and dissertations in English as a second language (ESL). This series is intended to provide researchers in ESL, bilingual education, and related fields with specific information on current graduate-level studies. Each of the sixty-nine entries provides the writer's name, thesis or dissertation title, degree earned, university, year degree was granted, name of thesis adviser, department or program, and writer's address. A summary of thesis content is also included for most entries. The research categories included are adult education, bilingualism, contrastive studies, culture, curriculum, grammar, methods and materials, phonology, profession, psycholinguistics, reading, second language learning, sociolinguistics, testing, visual aids, vocabulary, and writing. (JK)