The 13 papers archived here represent a sampling of the 23 presentations approved for the Japan Conference on English for Specific Purposes (ESP): "An Overview of ESP in the 1990s" (Tony Dudley-Evans); "'Easifying' ESP Texts for EFL Science Majors" (Judy Noguchi); "From Non-Communicative Exercises to Technical Writing: Profile of a Two-Semester Preparatory Sequence" (Doug Sawyer); "E-Mail in the Business World: Issues for Teachers of ESP" (John Bauman); "Assessment Dilemmas in a Language and Cross-Cultural Training Program" (Tom Hayes, Jane Cargile); "Collaborative Interaction in Networked Writing Classrooms: The Student Experience" (Tim Roskams); "Nursing Matters" (Charles Adamson); "Student Recommendations for ESP Curriculum Design" (Kin'ei Yoshida); "Preaching to Cannibals: A Look at Academic Writing in Engineering" (Laurence Anthony); "Simulation and Collaborative Learning in Political Science and Sociology Classrooms" (Sandra Peters, Deborah Saxon); "A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Doctor-Patient Communication" (Margaret Simmons); "Phonological Consciousness Raising Tasks for the ESP Classroom" (Peter Sterlacci); and "Integrating ESL into the Art History Classroom" (Sandra Peters, Deborah Saxon). (MSE)