A collection of papers concerning the communicative approach to second language instruction and the language teacher's training includes: (1) "Relationships between the Teacher, the Learner and Methods in Foreign Language Teaching: Some Basic Considerations," by F. Martin-Molero; (2) "Les Cloisons Etanches entre les Didactiques (The Tight Partitioning of Methods)," by Jan P. Menting; (3) "Your Slip is Showing: Communicative Interference in Second Language Learning," by Philip Riley; (4) "The Communicative Approach to Foreign Language Teaching: The Teacher's Case," by Dora Dolle and Gerard M. Willems; (5) "Mixed-Ability Foreign Language Teaching and the Communicative Approach: The Pupil's Case," by Gerard M. Willems; (6) "Comprehension de Textes et Actes de Parole (Understanding a Text and Speech Acts)," by Jan P. Menting; (7) "The Socio-Cultural Dimension of Integrated Language Studies," by David Whybra; (8) "Using Your Textbook Communicatively," by Wendy Scott and Ninian Millar; (9) "Primary English and a Communicative Approach," by Wout de Jong; (10) "Video Sequences and Creativity in Communicative Language Teaching," by David Whybra and Jerg Prinzing; (11) "Student-Centred Testing: Assessing Communication in Progress," by Andrew Harrison; and (12) "The Communicative Approach. An Introductory Bibliography," by Philip Riley. (MSE)