Teaching English in China(TEIC)is a journal aimed at all those who are professionally involved orinterested in the field of teaching English as a foreign language in China.The readership includesthose who teach at junior and senior middle schools and in colleges and universities across thecountry.Thus TEIC is concerned with all the factors that influence the development of ELT in China,whetherthese be practical issues or theoretical issues that are relevant to it.Within this framework articles are welcomed on practical concerns such as the teaching of newmaterials,classroom techniques,methods,syllabuses and the development of new means of assessment.Such articles should have a strong experiential basis,be applicable or of interest to people working in awide variety of contexts and take account of articles previously published in TEIC.