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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 March 1997
This collection of 28 papers was first presented at the 1994 GURT. The theme of theconference was educational linguistics, crosscultural communication, and globalinterdependence. The vastness of the theme is reflected in the diversity of the chapter topics.Twelve of 28 deal with curricular issues. Of these, those by Kachru, Nyikos, D. Freeman, vanLier, Loew, and Richards discuss issues and concerns broadly related to the preparation oflanguage teachers. D. Freeman's chapter is worthy of note because it offers an interestingdiscussion on the various strands of scholarship, which he suggests comprise the knowledge baseof language teaching. Six of the 12 chapters center on curricular issues for the languageclassroom. Matters relating to the teaching of culture are dealt with by Oxford and Bamgbose.Brown discusses “responsive language teaching.” Citkina reports on innovativeforeign language methods recently introduced in the Ukraine. A good discussion oncomputer-mediated communication and its usefulness to the language classroom is offered byStauffer. Pica provides an excellent overview of the research on task-related learning and anequally useful discussion of its pedagogical implications.