I was very pleased to be invited to be a guest editor for Issue 29 of Teaching English In China.JimBanks,who edited the last two issues,returned to the UK In December.On behalf of all our readersand contributors I would like to thank Jim for his excellent work and wish him and his family ally thebest for 1997.I would also like to thank my co-guest editor,Peter Hare,for undertaking the difficultjob of selecting the best articles from the hundreds we receive.