The eight articles in this journal issue deal with the classroom study of language. They address such topics as dealing with student dialects and teaching about dialects; creating environments in which "languaging" can take place; using stylistic analysis to explain a literary text; teaching high school students to write research papers on aspects of the English language; using advertising copy to teach students about stylistic components of language; providing environmental experiences that stimulate the language development of preschool children who demonstrate developmental delays in language; and preparing high school students to use "college-level English." (GW)