Six 1980 issues of the TESOL Newsletter are presented. Topics include the following: preparing a written paper for oral presentation (Fraida Dubin); current trends in teaching English as a second language (TESL) (Ruth Crymes); ESL syllabuses (Carlos Yorio); teaching Black English (Lorraine Goldman); the state of certification and employment within TESL (Marilyn Appelson, Jack Longmate, Gina Cantoni Harvey, and Ray Past); locating bibliographies in special areas of teaching ESL (Virginia F. Allen); locating materials in teaching ESL (Bernard Susser); notional functional methods (John Boyd & Mary Ann Boyd); suggestopedia (Donna Hurst Shkilevich); total physical response (Carol Weiner); questioning in counseling-learning (Daniel D. Tranel); the passive voice (Patrick Kameem); the definite article and discourse (Garry Molhot); problems of reading and writing (Margaret Paroutaud, Mary Ruetten Hank, William Powell, Darlene Larson & Raymond Griffith, Inez Marquez, and Darlene Larson & Thelma Borodkin). Articles are also included on speaking (Darlene Larson et al., Darlene Larson & Mona Schreiber, and Darlene Larson & Donald Monalto); transitioning students (Dennis Terdy); principles of language teaching (Richard Showstack); peer tutoring (Alice Pack & Deborah Dillion); testing (Charlotte E. Leventhal, Robert Ochsner, and Phillip Roth); language and culture (Andreas Martin, Darlene Larson & James B. Brown, Darlene Larson & William Gay, and Sarah Henry); teaching in China (Virginia F. Allen and Charles T. Scott); and refugee concerns (Donna Dunch). (SW)