ARTICLES

The World Languages and Cultures Grant: A Challenge and Opportunity by: Donna Farina, Assistant Professor of Multicultural Education

A Planet at Risk by: Allan DeFina, Assistant Professor of Literacy Education

ESL Students and Native Speakers: A Comparative Study of Academic Performance by: Clyde Coreil, Coordinator & Associate Professor of English as a Second Language Steven Haber, Associate Professor of English as a Second Language

Preparing Our Students To Be World Language Teachers by: Alberto Barugel, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages Edith Villaverde, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages Lois Weiner, Associate Professor of Administration, Curriculum and Instruction

Internationalizing the Curriculum: What about Language Testing? by: Elba Herrero, Assistant Professor of Multicultural Education

Encouraging NJCU Students to Study Abroad by: Alicia I. Pagano, Associate Professor of Administration, Curriculum & Instruction

Visiting Scholars Contribute to the Global, Intercultural Mix by: Yi Ding, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Edith Villaverde, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages

An Educational Travel Seminar to Ghana by: Deborah Sanders, Professor of African & African American Studies

A Bibliography of Materials in Support of the World Languages Curriculum by: Sheila D. Kirven, Education Services Librarian, Congressman Frank J. Guarini Library

Internationalizing the Campus, the Curriculum, and Ourselves: Global Intercultural Competency by: Christa Lee Olson, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages Kent R. Kroeger, Graduate Student, Department of Statistics, Columbia University

Simple Facts (Poetry) by: Chuck Plosky, Professor of Art

Aslam-o-Alaikum and the Smell of Greek Coffee on Truck Route 1& 9 by: Maria Jose Soares, International Student Adviser

Abadiânia Revisited: Reflections on Musical and Cultural Change in a Small Brazilian Town by: Robert Albrecht, Assistant Professor of Media Arts