Welcoming RemarksJames E. Alatis
On behalf of the Center for Applied LinguisticsCharles A. Ferguson
On behalf of the Georgetown University BicentennialCharles L. Currie, S.J.
Presentation of Bicentennial Medals to Henry and Renée KahaneJames E. Alatis
The last forty years: Real progress or not:Sir John Lyons, LittD., F.B.A.
Language teaching
The integration of language and content instruction for language minority and language majority studentsG. Richard Tucker and JoAnn Crandall
Practice makes less imperfect: Users’ needs and their influence on machine translation developmentVeronica Lawson
Acquisition vs. learning in reading pronunciation by adult EFL studentsRobert Lado
Discourse and text: A narrative view of the foreign language lessonClaire J. Kramsch
Language teaching and theories of languageCharles A. Ferguson
Cohesion and coherence in the presentation of machine translation productsMuriel Vasconcellos
Second language acquisition: do we really want a unified theory?Richard Lutz
Less commonly taught languages: The current situationKarin C. Ryding
Towards a rationale for language teaching technologyPeter Strevens
ESL program evaluation: Realities and perspectivesAli Hajjaj and Balkees Al-Najjar
Discourse frames and the cycle of instructionFrederick Bosco and Anna De Meo
Teaching language and culture: Old problems, new approachesRoss Steele
The role of language in the immigrant’s lifeHenry Kahane
New trends in foreign language teaching: Teaching English in the Italian medical school curriculumMaria Ibba
Lexical search strategies in L2: A developmental analysisIrene Thompson
Interaction and communication in the language class in an age of technologyWilga M. Rivers
Language Testing
Technological, methodological, and assessment challenges: Can the foreign language teacher survive? Ray T. Clifford
Multipurpose language tests: Is a conceptual and operational synthesis possible?John L. D. Clark
Testing English as a world language: Issues in assessing nonnative proficiencyPeter H. Lowenberg
Oral proficiency in the less commonly taught languages: What do we know about it?Richard T. Thompson
Language proficiency testing with limited English-proficient studentsJ. Michael O’Malley
’Passages’: Life, the universe and language proficiency assessmentThea C. Bruhn
Language testing in the secondary schools: Past experience and new directionsRebecca M. Valette
Who is in charge in the learner-curriculum-testing connection? Heidi Byrnes
Language technology
Assessment, articulation, accountability: New roles for the language labSue K. Otto
The synergism of technology and theory in classroom second language acquisition researchNina Garrett
Semantic subclasses of temporal nounsMichael Zarechnak
From wire recorder to satellite dish: The impact of technology on language teachingProtase E. Woodford
Challenging teachers and harnessing technologyJune K. Phillips
Building on the past: New directions in CAI/ILFrank Otto
Language learning, cultural understanding, and the computer Judith G. Frommer
New developments in knowledge-based machine translationSergei Nirenberg
Culture in the language class: Videos to bridge the gapRicardo M. Paiva
Using unification grammars for analysis and synthesisMargaret King
Testing and technology in Germany revisited: What is left? What can be hoped for?Reinhold Freudenstein
New directions of machine translationMakato Nagao
Machine translation: Achievements, problems, promiseWinfred P. Lehmann
Language teaching technology: A low-tech viewStephen Krashen
Appendix: Three historical notesG. Richard Tucker and Michael Zarechnak
