"Cross Currents" is subtitled "an International Journal of Language Teaching and Cross-Cultural Communication." This special theme issue is devoted to the topic of "content-based language teaching" and contains nine the ELT Needs of Japanese University Students"; "Exploring Community in a Content-Based Foreign Language Classroom"; "Risk-Taking for the Timid Teacher;""The Big Picture Process Activity"; "No Excuse for Boring Classes"; "Cassette Tapes, Vocabulary and Homework"; "Content-Based English Language Teaching: A Focus on Teacher Training"; "Content-Based Language Testing"; "Language and Content Learning K through 12"; "Sheltered Subject Matter Teaching"; "The Language of Subject-Matter Textbooks: Barriers to Learning"; "Developing Video Materials for Content Courses"; "The Content-Based Curriculum at ITM/MUCIA"; "4 Years Later--Are We Content with Content?"; and "Curriculum Design for Japanese Students in a Foreign Cultural Environment." (MSE)