This volume is a collection of articles which are concerned with the field of applied linguistics. Part One, "Language and Linguistics," includes two articles: "Language" and "The Relevance of Linguistics." Part Two, "Linguistics and Spelling," consists of one article, "Sounds and Spellings; Spellings and Sounds." Part Three, "Linguistics and Reading," includes "Linguistic Insights into Reading,""Research in Linguistics and Reading,""Phonics and Comprehension,""Syllabication,""Language Acquisition and Reading," and "A New Perspective on Reading." The following articles are presented in Part Four, "Linguistics and Second Language Teaching"; "Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages"; "Linguistics, Psychology, and Pedagogy"; "From Theory to Practice"; "Teaching Structure"; and "Teaching Phonology." Part Five, "Linguistics and Contrastive Analysis," and Part Six, "Linguistics and Language Variation," consist of one article each, "Contrastive Analysis" and "The Dialect Issue," respectively. (CFM)