Welcoming RemarksJames E. AlatisOn behalf of the Center for Applied LinguisticsCharles A. FergusonOn behalf of the Georgetown University BicentennialCharles L. Currie, S.J.Presentation of Bicentennial Medals to Henry and Renéeacute;e KahaneJames E. AlatisThe last forty years: Real progress or not: Sir John Lyons, LittD., F.B.A.Language teachingThe integration of language and content instruction for language minority and language majority studentsG. Richard Tucker and JoAnn CrandallPractice makes less imperfect: Users' needs and their influence on machine translation developmentVeronica LawsonAcquisition vs. learning in reading pronunciation by adult EFL studentsRobert LadoDiscourse and text: A narrative view of the foreign language lessonClaire J. KramschLanguage teaching and theories of languageCharles A. FergusonCohesion and coherence in the presentation of machine translation productsMuriel VasconcellosSecond language acquisition: do we really want a unified theory?Richard LutzLess commonly taught languages: The current situationKarin C. RydingTowards a rationale for language teaching technologyPeter StrevensESL program evaluation: Realities and perspectivesAli Hajjaj and Balkees Al-NajjarDiscourse frames and the cycle of instructionFrederick Bosco and Anna De MeoTeaching language and culture: Old problems, new approachesRoss SteeleThe role of language in the immigrant's lifeHenry KahaneNew trends in foreign language teaching: Teaching English in the Italian medical school curriculumMaria IbbaLexical search strategies in L2: A developmental analysisIrene ThompsonInteraction and communication in the language class in an age of technologyWilga M. RiversLanguage TestingTechnological, methodological, and assessment challenges: Can the foreign language teacher survive? Ray T. CliffordMultipurpose language tests: Is a conceptual and operational synthesis possible?John L. D. ClarkTesting English as a world language: Issues in assessing nonnative proficiencyPeter H. LowenbergOral proficiency in the less commonly taught languages: What do we know about it?Richard T. ThompsonLanguage proficiency testing with limited English-proficient studentsJ. Michael O'Malley'Passages' Life, the universe and language proficiency assessmentThea C. BruhnLanguage testing in the secondary schools: Past experience and new directionsRebecca M. ValetteWho is in charge in the learner-curriculum-testing connection? Heidi ByrnesLanguage technologyAssessment, articulation, accountability: New roles for the language labSue K. OttoThe synergism of technology and theory in classroom second language acquisition researchNina GarrettSemantic subclasses of temporal nounsMichael ZarechnakFrom wire recorder to satellite dish: The impact of technology on language teachingProtase E. WoodfordChallenging teachers and harnessing technologyJune K. PhillipsBuilding on the past: New directions in CAI/ILFrank OttoLanguage learning, cultural understanding, and the computer Judith G. FrommerNew developments in knowledge-based machine translationSergei NirenbergCulture in the language class: Videos to bridge the gapRicardo M. PaivaUsing unification grammars for analysis and synthesisMargaret KingTesting and technology in Germany revisited: What is left? What can be hoped for?Reinhold FreudensteinNew directions of machine translationMakato NagaoMachine translation: Achievements, problems, promiseWinfred P. LehmannLanguage teaching