This combined theme issue contains articles on the following topics: science and the communicative classroom; educational and recreational facilities in the Phanat Nikhom, Thailand refugee camps; learning styles; use of visual aids for language teaching; whole language methods for second-language writing instruction; bilingual cultural orientation; training assistant teachers as refugee culture brokers; teachers training teachers; young adult refugees; motivation; refugee mental health; a factory simulation; teacher exchange programs in Bataan, Philippines; development of a textbook for instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL); viewing cultural orientation as learning a system of relationships; teaching vocabulary to upper-level students; using students' skills to generate language; meeting the needs of upper-level ESL students; a work experience program; a culturally-oriented language lab curriculum; video as a training tool; and follow-up discussions in cultural orientation. (MSE)