RIIKKA ALANEN is Adjunct Professor in Applied Linguistics at the Centre for Applied Language Studies and Lecturer in Language Pedagogy in the Department of Teacher Education of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland PHIL BENSON is Associate Professor in the English Department at the Hong Kong Institute of Education DAVID BLOCK is Reader in Education in the Faculty of Culture and Pedagogy at the Institute of Education, University of London CHRISTOPHER CARPENTER teaches at Dokkyo University, Japan ALICE CHIK is at Department of English and Communication, City University of Hong Kong SARA COTTERALL is Associate Professor at Akita International University in Japan NEIL COWIE teaches English in the Foreign Language Education Centre at Okayama University, Japan HANNELE DUFVA is Full Professor of Language Education in the Department of Languages at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland DEISE P. DUTRA is Associate Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil LEENA KARLSSON is Lecturer in English at the University of Helsinki Language Centre, Finland HELIANA MELLO is Associate Professor of English and Linguistics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil LAURA MICCOLI is Associate Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil TIM MURPHEY teaches at Kanda University of International Studies, Japan GAROLD MURRAY is Professor at Akita International University, Japan TARJA NIKULA is Research Fellow ofthe Academy of Finland in the Department of Languages at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland ANNE PITKÄNEN-HUHTA is Senior Lecturer in English in the Department of Languages at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland KEIKO SAKUI is Associate Professor at Kobe Shoin Women's University, Japan