Papers in this volume include the following: "Addressing Contextual Issues Relevant to Language Teaching in South Africa": Implications for Policy and Practice" (J. Keith Chick); "A Comparative Study of Compliment Responses: Korean Females in Korean Interactions and in English Interactions" (Chung-hye Han); "Can You Apologize Me? An Investigation of Speech Act Performance Among Non-Native Speakers of English" (Julian Linnell et al.); "Acquisition Policy Planning and Litigation: Language Planning in the Context of 'Y.S. v. School District of Philadelphia'" (Ellen E. Skilton); "'The Proper Way to Pray': Description of a Korean-American Youth Service Prayer" (Holly Stone); and "The Compelling Influence of Nonlinguistic Aims in Language Status Policy Planning in Puerto Rico" (Helen M. Strauch). (JL)