The Language Teacher - Issue 33.4; April 2009

Book Reviews

• Teaching English to Young Learners: An Illustrated Guide for EFL Teacher Development
  by Anthony S. Rausch

Career Development Corner

• Preparing for job interviews
  by Nicolas Gromik

My Share

• Practicing the interdental /th/ sound
  by Jack Ryan
• An eye contact workshop
  by Ian Willey
• Vowels only: Improving listening skills by focusing on vowel sounds
  by Steve Doran
• Effectiveness of debate in EFL classes
  by Makiko Ebata
• Matching jobs and skills
  by Christopher Glick
• Are you really listening? Focused conversation training
  by Louis Butto
• My PET Program
  by Chris P. Madden
• Using Japanese poetry in the English classroom
  by Ben Fenton-Smith
• What’s in a name? Self introductions
  by Daniel Droukis
• Pairwork calculator
  by Yvonne Beaudry
• The scramble-search
  by Steve Connolly
• Troubleshooting before a long-term home stay: Preparing exchange students and families
  by Alison von Dietze

• The Nobelity Project
• Awakening a chapter: Niigata back in the JALT fold
• Showcase: Kanda University of International Studies

TLT Wired

• Sharing learning objects within a teaching team: How to use Moodle for an in-house repository
  by Don Hinkelman

Grassroots Outreach

• Teaching English at high school in Shanghai
  by Cealia Wang