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The December 2007 edition of the Asian EFL Journal presents the conference proceedings from our May EIL Congress held at Korea University in Seoul. It was a stimulating event for speakers and audience members since views on the role of English could be shared and analyzed from various contexts in Asia and beyond. In this sense, the true ethos of the Asian EFL Journal and its related journals, that of a community of researchers and teachers meeting to challenge existing dogma, was seen in practice over the course of the congress. Sincere thanks are extended to the authors who submitted their papers and the team of editors and proofreaders who have processed the submissions. The conference issue is divided into three sections: a summary of the talk by Professor Rod Ellis, papers which directly addressed the main conference EIL theme, and papers related to a variety of other Asian EFL topics.