The Language Teacher - Issue 21.11; November 1997


Volume: 21
Issue No. 11
Date of publication: November 1997
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Note: As digital versions of this issue of TLT do not exist, some material is not available online (see bottom of page for material available online). Paper copies of articles can, however, be purchased from JALT Central Office.

Introduction

  • by Jim Swan and Sandra J. Smith, Special Issue Editors

Special issue features

  • Integrating Study Abroad Students into the University Community by Denise Drake
  • Overview of a Study Abroad Course by Kathleen L. Geis and Fukushima Chitsuko
  • Incorporating Distance Education in a Study Abroad Program by Katharine Isbell
  • Returning Home after Studying Abroad by Heather Jones
  • Effects of a Study Abroad Program on Second Language Acquisition (in Japanese) by Asai Katsuko

Features

  • Report on a Lecture by Dr. Stephen J. Gaies: "Philosophical and Historical Foundations of ELT in Japan" by Yoko Sabatini, Matsumura Yuko, and Tamura Yasuko
  • Creating a Positive Communication Climate: Perceptual Variations in Critique by Kobayashi Junko
  • Introducing Group Work to Japanese Writing Classes: The Effect on Accuracy in Sentence-Level Translation Exercises by Muramatsu Mieko

Opinions & perspectives

  • Final Thoughts on NLP by Bruce W. Davidson
  • Cultivating Teachers' Attitudes Toward Learning About Teaching by Ian Nakamura

Conference reports

  • IATEFL'97 in Brighton, England by Kip Cates
  • JALT TESOL 97 Representative (Alternate) Report by Thom Simmons
  • American Association of Applied Linguistics Annual Conference by S. Kathleen Kitao and Kenji Kitao

My share

  • Homestay Preparation: The Clear File by Joyce Roth

JALT undercover

  • Words at Work: Vocabulary Development for Business English reviewed by Steffen Eckart
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