This serial presents articles, reports, and conference reports on various topics concerned with language-related areas, including general linguistics, teaching methodology, curriculum development, testing, evaluation, educational technology, language planning, and bilingual education. Articles in this volume are: (1) "Task Difficulty From the Learners' Perspective: Perceptions and Reality" (David Nunan and Ken Keobke); (2) "Processes and Their Products: A Comparison of Task" (Desmond Allison, Vivien Berry, and Jo Lewkowicz); (3) "The Author in the Text: Hedging in Scientific Writing" (Ken Hyland); (4) "How High Can a Dead Cat Bounce?: Metaphor and the Hong Kong Stock Market" (Geoff P. Smith); (5) "Modifying Meanings: Modality and Argumentation in Students' Written Answers to a Legal Problem" (Desmond Allison); (6) "Practising What We Preach: Creating the Conditions for Student Autonomy" (Nigel Bruce); (7) "Citing Previous Writers: What Can We Say Instead of 'Say'" (Valerie Pickard); and (8) "Theme Choice and Lateral Verbs in Newspaper Editorials" (Thomas Hawes and Sarah Thomas). Reports include: (1) "Review of SurveyPlus: Individual Learning Needs Assessment Software Temasek Plus" (David Gardner); (2) "Kitchen Design Project for Architecture" (Monica Hill and Dora Pao); and (3) "The Writing Needs of Postgraduate Students at the University of Hong Kong" (Linda Cooley and Jo Lewkowicz). Two Conference reports are presented: (1) "TESOL 1995: Building Futures Together" (Monica Hill); and (2) "The British Council Language Centre International ELT Conference and Book Fair 1994 on English Language Teaching Resources (Valerie Pickard). (NAV)