The 28 essays in this journal issue focus on methodology, interpretation, and classroom application of research in the language arts. Following a preface on the role of research in English instruction, the topics discussed include the following: (1) a research base for a large-scale evaluation of writing; (2) implications of teaching writing as communication; (3) practical applications of language learning theory in the middle school and junior high; (4) a comparison of the direct method and the context method of teaching vocabulary; (5) how research can affect curriculum decisions; (6) the speaking writing relationship; (7) research on gender and writing; (8) sentence combining exercises; (9) a model to overcome writer's block in the composing process; (10) research-based English teacher skills for classroom interaction; (11) a research-based rationale for using drama in the classroom; (12) the divided self in the classics and popular literature as a topic for composition classes; (13) research on revision; (14) hemispheric integration and composition; and (15) audience in composition. (HTH)