Volume 17, Number 1, 2004

Yoshiro Takanashi

TEFL and Communication Styles in Japanese Culture.......1

Margaret Jepkirui Muthwii

Language of Instruction: A Qualitative Analysis of the Perceptions of Parents, Pupils and Teachers Among the Kalenjin in Kenya.......15

Alice Y.W. Chan

Noun Phrases in Chinese and English: A Study of English Structural Problems Encountered by Chinese ESL Students in Hong Kong.......33

Paul Chesterton, Susi Steigler-Peters, Wendy Moran and Maria Teresa Piccioli

Developing Sustainable Language Learning Pathways: An Australian Initiative.......48

Cynthia F.K. Lee

Written Requests in Emails Sent by Adult Chinese Learners of English.......58

Michael U.C. Ejieh

Attitudes of Student Teachers Towards Teaching in Mother Tongue in Nigerian Primary Schools: Implications for Planning.......73

Book Review

Teaching and Researching Language and Culture.......82