The 12 papers in this collection deal with trends in English education research. The papers discuss the following topics: (1) language awareness and schooling, (2) the language processes underlying literacy, (3) the role of oral language in early writing processes, (4) writing to learn in the humanities, (5) instructional effect on reading development, (6) the development of metaphor comprehension, (7) the relationship between reading and writing, (8) evaluating the writing course, (9) student characteristics and writing performance, (10) interrupting visual feedback in writing, (11) the development of preschoolers' discourse skills in a dyadic context, and (12) teachers' use of language as a way of learning. (FL)