This document consists of the two issues published during 1998 of the newsletter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) national special interest group (N-SIG) on foreign language literacy. Major articles in these issues are: "Academic Protocol and Targeted Rhetoric" (Denise D. Brown); "Key Concepts in FL Literacy: Phonemic Awareness" (Charles Jannuzi); "Grammar, Reading, and Listening Skills among Japanese Students of English: A Comparison of Respective Abilities" (Bern Mulvey); "Literacy Links: Phonology, Phonetics, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics" (Jannuzi); "Specialty Booksellers on the WWW" (Jannuzi); and presentations from the 1997 JALT meeting, including: "FL Literacy: Meeting Needs and Realities in Japan" (panel discussion) (Andy Barfield, David Dycus, Barry Mateer, Elin Melchior); "Phonemic Awareness: Is It Really Language Specific?" (Brett Reynolds); "A Key Concept Revisited: Phonemic Awareness" (Jannuzi); "The Internet TESL Journal" (Dycus); and "Report on the Robert Kaplan Workshop" (Brown). Book and materials reviews are included in each issue. (MSE)