Three papers written by graduate students on educational linguistics are included. These papers represent works in progress by students and professors on topics ranging from speech act analysis and classroom discourse to language planning and second language acquisition. The papers are generally based on research carried out for courses offered in the Language in Education Division of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. The papers are intended to be a forum for the exchange of ideas among scholars in the field of educational linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania and at universities with similar programs in educational and applied linguistics around the world. Papers in this volume include the following: "From Interpersonal to Classroom Discourse: Developing Research Methods" (Elite Olshtain); "Error Treatment in a Japanese Language Classroom" (Aiko Inoue and Mitsuo Kubota); "Cross-cultural Communication in the Writing Center and in the Tutoring Session: A Process of Sensitization" (Michell Y. Szpara). Contains 14 references. (CK)