This document consists of the five issues of the "Language Association Bulletin" prepared for the 1989-1990 publishing year. The issues contain articles on a variety of subjects related to second language instruction, educational planning, and language planning. Topics include: articulation of foreign language education in New York State, particularly between secondary and higher education and within language teacher education; rural teaching; salient issues in language teaching in the 1990s; using life stories as a classroom teaching technique; vocabulary development methods; an interdisciplinary project linking German, toymaking, and technology education; a telephone usage unit for Spanish instruction; intercultural communication; perspectives of member states on the evolution of the European Community; promoting homestay programs; communicative teaching for the visually impaired, and a school language day celebration. Book reviews, program descriptions, professional association news, and professional and program announcements are also included. (MSE)