This collection of papers includes the following: "Learner Characteristics of Early Starters and Late Starters of English Language Learning: Anxiety, Aptitude, and Motivation" (Tomoko Takada); "Uncovering First Year Students' Language Learning Experiences, Their Attitudes, and Motivations in a Context of Change at the Tertiary Level of Education" (Kevin O'Donnell); "Study Abroad, Language Proficiency, and Learner Beliefs about Language Learning" (Koichi Tanaka and Rod Ellis); and "What Do We Know About the Language Learning Motivation of University Students in Japan? Some Patterns and Survey Studies" (Kay Irie). There are also four review: "Intercultural Business Communication" (Robert Gibson), reviewed by Peter J. Farrell; "Individual Freedom in Language Teaching" (Christopher Brumfit), reviewed by Tim Knight; "Phonetics" (Peter Roach), reviewed by Matthew White; and "The Atoms of Language: The Mind's Hidden Rules of Grammar" (Mark C. Baker), reviewed by David Cozy. (Papers contain references.) (SM)