The Center for English Language Research and Teaching (CELRT) at the American University of Beirut, with the cooperation of the Ford Foundation, held a conference with the purpose of attracting attention to the various English language training needs and opportunities outside of the normal system of school instruction. David Nize argues in his paper, "The Economics of English," that if the resources for teaching English in the Arab world were properly utilized, there would be an enormous saving in costs to private companies and governments. Peter Strevens and Matthew Macmillan show in their papers what has been achieved so far in the teaching of English for special purposes. The papers by Charles Johnson, Faze Larudee, Robert Sullivan and Michael Dobbyn present some case studies of actual programs which have provided instruction in English for special purposes. The concluding papers by Richard Yorkey and Neil Bratton survey the progress of English language teaching in the Arab world and the prospects for change; they also make concrete suggestions about how the specialists and the consumers can cooperate to their mutual benefit. Appendix I outlines the conference program and Appendix II gives a list of the participants and observers. (CFM)