Essays in applied linguistics presented in this annual review include: "Learner Autonomy: Some Steps in the Evolution of Theory and Practice" (David Little); "An Investigation of the Mental Lexicon of Second Language Learners" (Elizabeth O'Gorman); "Strategies for Identifying Terms in Specialised Texts" (Jennifer Pearson); "Inferencing and the Student of Translation" (John Kirby); "Citation as Persuasion in Research Articles" (Sarah Thomas, Thomas Hawes); "French Vocabulary--Looking for 'le mot juste'" (David L. Parris); "Electronic Texts and Concordances in the Translation Classroom" (Pearson); "The Noises Made by Poems: An Exploration of the Use of Poetry in the Advanced English Language Classroom" (Sarah Ekdawi); "Video in the Irish Language Classroom" (Nancy Stenson); "How Snowmen Move: Some Aspects of Lexical Choice in Irish Sign Language" (Patrick McDonnell); and "Extending the Lexicon of Irish Sign Language" (Patrick A. Matthews). (MSE)