Issues of the newsletter, "Dialogue," covering 7 years in the 1980s are compiled in this publication, which contains an introductory section that lists the articles published in each issue. The first issue of "Dialogue," which appeared in April, 1982, explains the Dialogue Journal Project at the Center for Applied Linguistics. Subsequent issues cover various themes related to dialogue journals, such as the following: applications; research; uses in higher education; uses with students with special needs; dialogue journals as a reading event; applications in English-as-a-Second-Language settings; developing literacy in refugee, migrant, and adult basic education; teacher benefits, strategies, and time; helping students change attitudes and behaviors; interactive writing in deaf education; international settings; teacher education; bilingual education; elementary education; and promises and practices of content area instruction. An 8-page history of dialogue journals is included, as well as abstracts of 16 research studies, and a bibliography that contains approximately 75 references. (LB)