Contents: Lies Sercu/Manuel Jiménez-Raya: Introduction – Adri Elsen/Oliver St.-John: Learner autonomy and intercultural competence – Lies Sercu/Oliver St.-John: Teacher beliefs and their impact on teaching practice: a literature review – Lies Sercu: Foreign language teachers and intercultural competence. What keeps teachers from doing what they believe in? – Antoinette Camilleri-Grima: Pedagogy for autonomy, teachers’ attitudes and institutional change: a case study – Enrica Flamini/Manuel Jiménez Raya: Action Research: Professional development through enquiry – Ragnar Aagard/Helga Deeg/Enrica Flamini/Kees van Esch: Action research as a way to professional development – Flávia Vieira: Reflective teacher development towards pedagogy for autonomy in schools: promoting and understanding change through pedagogical inquiry – Angela McFarlane/Anton Bradburn/Agnes McMahon/Nel Roche: The potential of e-learning in the professional development of teachers – Richard Fay/Leah Davcheva: The development of language teachers’ understandings of intercultural communicative competence: a Bulgarian distance learning case study – Diane Slaouti: Learning about online learning: a situated approach – Manuel Jiménez Raya/Lies Sercu: Concluding remarks.