ISSN 0219-9874 Volume 8, Number 1 June 2011 Editorial Articles ■ Rhonda Joy Learning to Read in Two Languages: Impediment or Facilitator? ■ Ruth Ming Har Wong Developing Teacher Awareness of Language Use and Language Knowledge in English Classrooms: Four Longitudinal Cases ■ Maite Correa Subjunctive Accuracy and Metalinguistic Knowledge of L2 Learners of Spanish ■ Ho Cheong Lam A Critical Analysis of the Various Ways of Teaching Chinese Characters ■ Steve T. Fukuda , Hiroshi Sakata & Mitsue Takeuchi Facilitating Autonomy to Enhance Motivation: Examining the Effects of a Guided-Autonomy Syllabus ■ Takayoshi Fujiwara Language Learning Beliefs of Thai EFL University Students: Dimensional Structure and Cultural Variations ■ Peter Tze-Ming Chou The Effects of Vocabulary Knowledge and Background Knowledge on the Reading Comprehension of Taiwanese EFL Students Reviews ■ Review of “Toujours Des Mots” Reviewed by Shonu Nangia ■ Review of “New Chinese Practical Reader 1” and its Use in the Chinese Language Programme of Centre for Language Studies of the National University of Singapore Reviewed by Chiung Yao Lin List of External Reviewers 2009–2011 Contributors to this Issue