This document consists of five issues of a newsletter of an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and refugee acculturation program operating in Tacoma and Seattle, Washington. Articles include: a bibliography of textbooks recommended to ESL teachers and tutors; professional news and announcements; a discussion of lesson planning; an explanation of common Southeast Asian medical practices; classroom warm-up activities; suggestions for understanding the sources of and overcoming some cultural conflicts between Asians and Americans; a narrative of a church delegation's trip to El Salvador; a teacher's account of the use of the Total Physical Response method for ESL instruction; an analogy of recent refugees to early American pilgrims; notes on storytelling in class using "Br'er Rabbit and the Tar Baby"; and a teaching method book review. (MSE)