A collection of essays focus on multilingualism and cultural diversity in United Kingdom schools, with emphasis on secondary education in some articles. The papers are: "Towards a Policy of Multilingual Secondary Schools" (Christopher Brumfit); "Curriculum Development" (Keith Kirby); "English, Whose English?" (Peter Traves); "An ESL Perspective for Community Languages in the Curriculum" (Mona Gabb); "Modern Languages and the Language Curriculum" (Alan Hornsey); "British Languages" (Bryden Keenan); "Bilingual Pupils" (Laurie Kershook); "Educational Problems of Chinese Children in British Schools" (Lornita Yuen-Fan Wong); "Language Maintenance Among Children of Italian Parentage in Mainstream Secondary Schools in Bedford and London" (Bruno Cervi); "Urdu Provision in Secondary Schools" (Stella Lewis); "Bengali in the Mainstream School" (Diana Kent); "Towards Effective Language Practice" (Laurie Kershook); "Resources and Materials for Teaching a Wider Range of Languages" (John Broadbent); "Teacher Training in Multilingual Britain" (Guy Merchant); and "The Accreditation of Achievement across Languages in the Secondary Phase" (John Broadbent). A 64-item bibliography and a glossary are included. (MSE)