This collection of papers is divided into two parts. After "Introduction" (L. Kathy Heilenman), Part 1, "Research and Language Program Directors: The Relationship," includes "Research Domains and Language Program Direction" (Bill VanPatten); "Language Program Direction and the Modernist Agenda" (Celeste Kinginger); "The Research-Pedagogy Interface in L2 Acquisition: Implications for Language Program Directors" (Raphael Salaberry); and "Applications of Sociolinguistic and Sociocultural Research to the French Language Classroom" (Nadine O'Connor Di Vito). Part 2, "Research and Language Program Directors: Possibilities," includes "Beliefs and Practices of Teacher Assistants toward Target Language Use in Elementary French Classes" (Michael Morris); "Gesture in Japanese Language Instruction: The Case of Error Correction" (Naoko Muramoto); "Investigating the Properties of Assessment Instruments and the Setting of Proficiency Standards for Admission in to University Second Language Courses" (Micheline Chalhoub-Deville); "Positional Pedagogies and Understanding the Other: Epistemological Research, Subjective Theories, Narratives, and the Language Program Director in a `Web of Relationship'" (Mary E. Wildner-Basset and Birgit Meerholz-Haerle); and "The Professionalization of Language Teachers: A Case Study of the Professional Development Needs of Lecturers at the University of California, Berkeley" (Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl, Linda von Hoene, and Karen Moller-Irving). (Papers contain references.) (SM)