This work is the first in a projected series on geolinguistic perspectives in language education. The senior editor is Wayne Finke. The editors in chief are Hikaru Kitabayashi and Michio Tajima. Co-editors are Daisuke AKAGI, Marcelline BLOCK, Alan M. HAUK, Erina OGAWA, and Hakeem Habdul SULE. Contributors are Aita BISHOWKARMA, Alan M. HAUK, Minoru HIRATA, Naoko ICHIZONO, Eiji ISHIKAWA, Hikaru KITABAYASHI, Naoko KUGITA, Craig MANNING, Kalu Singh MEHTA, Kunihiko MIURA, Hiroshi MORITANI, Minoru OHTSUKI, Michio TAJIMA, Yinfei ZHANG