Date:
November 1979
Page No.:
71
Writer(s):
Tom Pendergast, President
Those who first hear about JALT often ask about its origins. Just when and where did JALT begin? When does an idea take on substance?
Without entirely ignoring the contributions of our Japanese counterparts, I think it is still fair to say that, prior to 1975, there was very little meaningful cross-fertilization occurring among people in the EFL field in this coutry. Here and there, there were pockets of enthusiasm, but nobody really knew what anybody else was doing. And there was little or no input from outside Japan.
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