Seven articles on linguistics and language teaching, two book reviews, and four conference summaries are included in this volume. The articles include: "Laying Down the Law? Reflecting on Course Design in Progress" (Desmond Allison, Robin Corcos, Agnes Lam); "Beyond (F)utilitarianism: English as an Academic Purpose" (Alastair Pennycook); "On the Psychological Plausibility of 'Topic' as a Construct in Research on Writing" (David Nunan); "A Brief Critique of Chomsky's Challenge to Classical Phonemic Phonology" (Liu Ngar-Fun); "Student-Produced Video Documentary: Hong Kong as a Self-Access Resource" (David Gardner); "Designing an Ability Scale for English Across the Range of Secondary School Forms" (David Coniam); and "The Political Vocabulary of Hong Kong English" (Phil Benson). (MSE)