The Language Teacher

This site contains excerpts fromThe Language Teacher, the monthly publication of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Zenkoku Gogaku Kyoiku Gakkai ). Articles are chosen to represent a broad spectrum of the publication. Look for a new issue on the 20th of each month.
Formed in 1976, JALT is a non-profit professional organization of language teachers dedicated to promoting excellence in language learning and teaching in Japan. JALT's publications and events serve as vehicles for the exchange of new ideas and techniques, and a means of keeping abreast of new developments in a rapidly changing field. JALT welcomes members of any nationality, regardless of the language taught.

The Language Teacher Online: Issue 22.06 - June 1998

introduction

- by Laura MacGregor, Editor

Interview

• Teachers in the Classroom: An Interview with Jack Millett
  - by Wayne K. Johnson

features

• The Language Teacher as Seen by Japanese Female and Male University Students
  - by Veronica Makarova & Stephen Ryan
• Content and Consciousness Raising in a Women's Studies Workshop
  - by Sarah Wringer
• Gender Stereotypes and Children's Literature
  - by Sugino Toshiko
• Spoken Grammar: Easing the Transitions
  - by Michael Guest
• Learning about Japanese Culture and Society through Japanese Language Training: Potential for a Program (In Japanese)
  - by Masamune Suzuka

opinions & perspectives

• Critical Approaches to Language: A Reply to Sower
  - by Alastair Pennycook

report

• Boston University Conference on Language Development
  - by Noriko Akimoto Sugimori

my share

• Students Explaining How to Do Something
  - by James W. Porcaro
• Teaching Exotic Japanese Culture in English Class
  - by Arao Hiroko
• "Elbow, Elbow" -- A Vocabulary Game
  - by Kevin Miller

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