Richard D. Lambert / Elana Shohamy -- 1. Language Practice, Language Ideology, and Language Policy / Bernard Spolsky and Elana Shohamy -- 2. The Status Agenda in Corpus Planning / Joshua A. Fishman -- 3. The Way Ahead: European Recommendations for Language Teaching Policy Development into the Next Century / J.L.M. Trim -- 4. The Winds of Change in Foreign Language Instruction / Richard D. Lambert -- 5. Foreign Language and Area Studies through Title VI: Assessing Supply and Demand / Gilbert W. Merkx -- 6. System III: The Future of Language Learning in the United States / Richard D. Brecht and A. Ronald Walton -- 7. An Early Start for Foreign Languages (but Not English) in the Netherlands / Kees de Bot -- 8. Elementary School Immersion in Less Commonly Taught Languages / Myriam Met -- 9. Forging a Link: Tapping the National Heritage Language Resources in The United States / Xueying Wang -- 10. Focus on Form in Task-Based Language Teaching / Michael H. Long -- 11. Language Learning and Intercultural Competence / Ross Steele -- 12. Acquired Culture in the Japanese Language Classroom / Eleanor H. Jorden -- 13. Performed Culture: Learning to Participate in Another Culture / Galal Walker -- 14. What Do They Do?: Activities of Students during Study Abroad / Ralph B. Ginsberg and Laura Miller.