LINGUISTIC ELEMENTS in every chapter

1.  Cross-varietal phonology
 a.  phonemic level  eg. /ae/ --> /a/ in Japanese English
                                            --> /e/ in Korean English
     unvoiced /th/  --> /t/ in Bangladeshi English
              --> /s/ in Romanian English
 b.  supraphonemic level       eg. stress vs. syllable timing, intonation, pitch

2.  Cross-varietal grammar and lexis
 a.  grammar  eg. use of articles in Chinese, Japanese English
   interchange of verb and adverb in romance-based Englishes
 b.  vocabulary eg. "one-dish" in Malay English
   "especially" in US English vs. "particularly" in British English
 c.  interjections eg. "you know" in US English
        "yes" and "ok" in New Zealand English
        "ya" in German English

CROSS-CULTURAL ELEMENTS in every chapter

1.  Aspects of the target culture
 a.  basic geography
 b.  native language(s)
 c.  important holidays/religion(s)
 d.  orientation of student towards target culture

2.  English in the target culture
 a.  native (Australia, etc.) vs. ESL (Tanzania, etc.) vs. EFL (Korea, etc.)
 b.  importance of English in the culture
 c.  when and how English is studied
 d.  what variety of English is studied

3.  Cross-cultural stereotypes
 a.  stereotypes of Japan and Japanese
 b.  Japanese common stereotypes of home culture
 c.  surprises in Japan (if anything)
 d.  what is missed about home culture

4.  Other cross-cultural issues
 a.  historical/sociological aftereffects of WWII
 b.  "gaijin"
 c.  world issues
 d.  internet and technology