Introduction - Alison Phipps and Manuela Guilherme1. Betraying the Intellectual Tradition: Public Intellectyuals and the Crisis of Youth - H. Giroux2. Academic Literacy in Post-colonial Times: Hegemonic Norms and Transcultural Possibilities - J. Turner3. Articulating Contact in the Classroom: Toward a Constitutive Focus of Critical Pedagogy - Keith E. Nainby; JohnT. Warren and Christopher Bollinger4. Listen to the Voices of Foreign Language Student Teachers: Implications for Foreign Language Educators - R.Diaz-Greenberg and A. Nevin