This volume of an annual collection presents 10 essays relating to instruction in the basic communication course. The essays are: "The Basic Course and the Future of the Workplace" (Andrew D. Wolvin); "Predictors of Self-Perceptions of Behavioral Competence, Self-Esteem, and Willingness to Communicate: A Study Assessing Impact in a Basic Interpersonal Communication Course" (Sherwyn P. Morreale, Michael Z. Hackman, and Michael R. Neer); "Learning Style Preferences and Academic Achievement Within the Basic Communication Course" (Charles A. Lubbers and William J. Seiler); "Graduate Teaching Assistant Training: Preparing Instructors to Assist ESL Students in the Introductory Public Speaking Course" (Brooke L. Quigley, Katherine G. Hendrix, and Karen Freisem); "Applying Multiple Intelligences Theory to the Basic Public Speaking Course" (Kristi A. Schaller and Marybeth G. Callison); "Delineating the Uses of Practical Theory: A Reply to Hickson" (Shawn Spano); "Theory and Pedagogy in the Basic Course: A Summary From Spano and Hickson" (Mark Hickson, III); "Teaching the Honors Public Speaking Course" (Karla Kay Jensen and David E. Williams); and "Commentary: The Research Foundation for Instruction in the Beginning Public Speaking Course" (Lawrence W. Hugenberg and Barbara S. Moyer). (RS)