This publication contains journal essays and book chapters from publications of the National Council of Teachers of English. The publication's first section, "Multimedia in the Classroom," contains the following articles: (1) "Media 'Target Assignments' Invite Students To Tune In, Turn On, and Write" (Meta G. Carstarphen); (2) "Toward Creating a TV Research Community in Your Classroom" (Barbra S. Morris); (3) "A Semester of Action Research: Reinventing My English Teaching through Technology" (Nancy Traubitz); and (4) "Bridging the Gap: Integrating Video and Audio Cassettes into Literature Programs" (Kay Beth Avery, Charles W. Avery, and Debra Partin Pace). Articles in the second section, "Second Language Learners," are: (5) "Unlock Their Lonely Hearts" (Danling Fu); (6) "I Am the Immigrant in My Classroom" (Miles Gullingsrud); (7) "Check Out the Real America: Many Hued, Many Tongued, and Many Storied" (Anne Fairbrother); and (8) "Language, Literature, and Learning in the ESL Classroom" (Mary Kooy and Annette Chiu). Articles in the third section, "How Politics Have Shaped Our Thinking and Our Classrooms," are: (9) "Toward the Separation of School and State" (Sheridan Blau); (10) "Literacy Education as a Political Act" (Diane Stephens); (11) "Conflicting Interests: Critical Theory Inside Out" (Roberta J. Herter); and (12) "Implementing Speaking and Listening Standards: Information for English Teachers" (Nancy Rost Goulden). (NKA)