The aim of this series is to focus on the people involved in the process of language education: students, teachers, administrators, parents, and others related to the learner within a broader social context. Issues such as writing, reading, speaking, and listening will be examined for their potential for individual growth, learning partnership, and group-dynamics. In the same context, it will be of substantial interest to look at the pedagogical specific of various fields of language learning such as oral traditions, drama, music, and visual arts. The influence of alternative teaching methods and modern technology on learners and educators will also raise substantial questions for volumes to come. The main approach for each volume is one of practice-based research where practitioners become reflective researchers in order to deepen their own and the readers theoretical understanding of their work and to develop practical consequences. For this purpose the relationship between practice and research is intimate, and the subtle interchanges between doing and reflecting are inseparable. Therefore, the contributors for this serial will focus on classroom practice: empirical research will be shown, case studies introduced, individual teaching experience discussed, and theoretical frameworks developed. Nevertheless, all practical issues of language pedagogy will be handled here in their theoretical contexts, with the aim of further deepening conceptual understanding of pedagogical phenomena and processes in language acquisition. A second, not less important goal of this serial lies in bridging the gap in academic discourse between research and classroom practice and the integration of the wisdom of language educators from all areas of language education: grade schools, colleges and universities, community and adult education. The prospective authors and readers of this serial are expected to be future teachers, educators at all levels of instruction, and all those interested in pedagogical research. The wide range of creators and recipients of the serial is geared toward a general collaboration among learners, rooted in the belief that people can profit from each others knowledge and experience throughout the entire educational pyramid.