The widely different topics covered by the two contributions to this second Educational Phonetics section reflect well the intended scope of this section of the Journal. Brown's paper addresses an issue of recurring interest to teachers of English, namely the status of post-vocalic /r/ in different varieties of English and the acceptability, or otherwise, of intrusive or linking /r/. Duckworth and Ball look at the usefulness of the IPA in its present version for the representation of dysfluent speech, and suggest alternatives which the Association might wish to evaluate as part of its current revision of the symbols for transcription.