Following these two essays, Ming Yee Carissa Young's article turns readers' attention to listening strategies. In her essay, "A Serial Ordering of Listening Comprehension Strategies Used by Advanced ESL Learners in Hong Kong." Young presents a sequence of strategy use that teaches might use in developing courses for advanced learners. Kim Hughes Wilhelm's article, "Language - Not the Only Barrier" expands this discussion of course planning to curricular design and implementation. She systematically explains how a bridging program in Malaysia was completely revised from a "traditional, teacher-directed, skills-separate curricular model to a more learner-directed, content-based, and integrated skills model." Ken Hyland ends this section of the journal with "Is EAP Necessary? A Survey of Hong Kong Undergraduates."
Two reports are included that describe small-scale projects, pilot studies, or research in progress. The first of these is Sarah Xie's "HyperCard: Using Imagination and Creativity to Enhance Learning." In this report, Xie explores the advantages and disadvantages of using HyperCard to teach newly-arrived Japanese students with a low level of English proficiency. And, in "The Challenge of Gender-Bias Reform: A Case Study of Teacher Trainees in Hong Kong," Victor Forrester reports on a failed attempt to help male and female teacher trainees discern sexist language and refrain from its use.
Four book reviews comprise the Reviews section, edited by Nicholas Dimmitt. Robert B. Kaplan begins with his essay on Language & Development: Teachers in a Changing World edited by Brian Kenny and William Savage. Pierre Walter then considers Autonomy and Independence in Language Learning, edited by Philip Benson and Peter Voller. Ulla Connor's Contrastive Rhetoric: Cross-Cultural Aspects of Second Language Writing is then reviewed by Helena Wong. And Margit Waas concludes with her evaluation of Towards Synthesis by Will Fowler and John Pidcock.
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