These 12 journal issues include articles on the following topics: cultural effects on learning and teaching English in Vietnam; a student guide to plagiarism; getting a master's degree in TEST at Temple University Japan; getting organized in Japan; conference reports; a discourse pattern for teaching the reminiscence story; student controlled learning; contagious storytelling; fairy tales and language learning; resources about storytelling; a study of attitudes and apathy in university students studying English; a model of SLA and its andragogical implications in teaching EFL to young Japanese adults; culture teaching and learning; a study of the application of phonics teaching in junior high school English classes in Japan; a comparison of Japanese and English suprasegmental pronunciation as an aid to raising learner awareness; reflective teaching through diary studies; biracials and bullying; the 2002 World Cup Korea/Japan; beliefs and professional identity; development of bicultural identities; identity formation through language learning; young Japanese women writing their life in English; acquiring a second dialect and social identity in Gunma, Japan; foundations for second language reading instruction; teacher talk in elementary English classrooms; ELT textbook rubrics; teaching ESL; developing reflective practice; developing visual literacy for the 21st century; collaborating with students; combining multimedia and classroom activities; training Japanese elementary teachers; the problem of possession; considerations for securing an English teaching position at a Japanese university; CALL in Japan; an elementary English partial immersion program; Japanese language education at the university level; becoming global citizens; learning listening comprehension skills in English; a corporate English program; a study on attitudes and motivations toward learning English of newly enrolled student nurses; extensive reading; implementing oral communication classes in upper secondary schools; interpersonal aspects of English in Japanese high school oral English textbooks; and what to know in Japan about short-term English study abroad. (SM)