The 1997 issues of "JALT Journal" include the following articles: "Influence of Learning Context on Learners' Use of Communication Strategies"; "The Eiken Test: An Investigation"; "Assessing EFL Student Progress in Critical Thinking with the Ennis-Weir Critical Thinking Essay Test"; "Contrastive Rhetoric in Letter Writing"; "Japanese EFL Learners' Test-Type Related Interlanguage Variability"; "Codeswitching in EFL Learner Discourse"; "Japanese and American Television Commercials: A Cultural Study with TEFL Applications"; "Validating a Questionnaire on Confidence in Speaking English as a Foreign Language"; "On Reading-Writing Relationships in First and Foreign Languages"; "Teaching with Music: A Comparison of Conventional Listening Exercises with Pop Song Gap-Fill Exercises";"Learning Pronunciation and Intonation of Japanese through Drama by Beginning Language Students: A Case for Reflective Journals"; "Course Design and Delivery of Hospitality Japanese in Australia" (in Japanese); "Empathy and Teacher Development"; "Answer, Please Answer! A Perspective on Japanese University Students' Silent Response to Questions"; "A Poem in the Process: Haiku as an Alternative to Brainstorming." Issues include articles, research forum, perspectives, and review sections. (Contains extensive references.) (KFT)