 The first volume contains an introduction by the editors, in which they set out the journal’s mission statement, a series of papers on English Profile research that were presented at the February 2009 English Profile seminar, and a report by Professor John Trim (Council of Europe) on the February 2010 English Profile seminar.The English Profile Studies series is jointly produced by the Cambridge English Language Assessment and Cambridge University Press.The series publishes volumes focusing on important developments related to the comprehensive objectives of the English Profile Programme.