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Issue 34.02; March/April 2010

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Feature Article

• Critical Issue: A survey of topic popularity among university students
  - by Robert O'Mochain & Robert Perkins

Reader's Forum

• Doing role-play successfully in Japanese language classrooms
  - by Richard J. Sampson
• Where does psychology and second language research connect? An interview with Zoltán Dörnyei
  - by Robert S. Murphy

Special Issue • My Share

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• Organizing multimedia pop music presentations
  - by Mayumi Asaba & Paul Marlowe
• Teaching prosodic patterns through English movies
  - by Lindsay Mack
• TV comedy carried over to the classroom
  - by Jonathan Harrison
• Promoting professional development: Knowing yourself
  - by Minako Inoue
• A cooperative, content-based vocabulary activity
  - by Gillian Pelton-Saito
• A template for mini lessons with very young learners
  - by Gay Ann Kato
• A high-frequency vocabulary activity
  - by Jay Veenstra
• Interactive introductions
  - by Greg Rouault
• Run and read
  - by Kevin Mueller
• A speaking activity in connection with the movie, School of Rock
  - by Paul Howl
• Three days in paradise: Planning your own vacation as an EFL exercise
  - by Tom Fast
• A future tense picnic
  - by Jacqueline Foster
• Ad Talk
  - by Richard Goodwin
• Empowering learners with rubrics
  - by Paul Spijkerbosch

Resources • Book Reviews

• Top Notch TV Video Course: Fundamentals
  - reviewed by Irene Iwasaki
• English Word Formation at Work
  - reviewed by Frank E. Daulton

Resources • TLT Wired

• Publishing in TLT Wired
  - by Ted O'Neill

JALT Focus • Showcase

• Aki Iimuro
  - with Jason Peppard

JALT Focus • Grassroots

• A busman's holiday with Teachers Helping Teachers
  - by Joseph Tomei
• The Framework and Language Portfolio (FLP) SIG
  - by Fergus O'Dwyer
• It's all about the learners: Pan-SIG 2010: Learner Perspectives
  - by Rudolf Reinelt
• The Conference Co-Chairs reflect on JALT2009
  - by Steve Cornwell & Deryn P. Verity

JALT Focus • Outreach

• Development of language classrooms in Ontario
  - by David McMurray

Column • Job Information Center

• Dispatching a lower quality of education
  - by Andrew Sekeres III

Humour • Old Grammarians

• "Phoney" intertextualization: Skaz that never heals
  - by Scott Gardner

In this month's issue . . .

Greetings everyone, and welcome to a special My Share edition of The Language Teacher. We have a great collection of classroom activities lined up for you. With fifteen contributing authors, there's sure to be something for everyone as we get ready for the new school year.

Mayumi Asaba and Paul Marlowe show you how to organize multimedia student presentations, Lindsay Mack writes about teaching prosodic patterns through English movies, and Jonathon Harrison brings TV comedy into the classroom. We’ll also get a look at promoting professional development in Minako Inoue's article and check out a content-based vocabulary activity submitted by Gillian Pelton-Saito. Gay Ann Kato offers up a template for lessons with young learners, Jay Veenstra outlines a high frequency vocabulary activity, and Greg Rouault discusses interactive introductions at the start of the school year. See how students are running to read with Kevin Mueller's idea, how Paul Howl gets students speaking with a movie-related activity, and the way Tom Fast helps students plan the perfect holiday. Jacqueline Foster takes students on a future tense picnic and Richard Goodwin brings advertising to the classroom. Last but not least, Paul Spijkerbosch shows us how to empower learners with rubrics. Thanks to all for sharing your great ideas!

In addition to the My Share activities, Robert O'Mochain and Robert Perkins provide a Feature article on the possibility of mismatches between pedagogical initiatives and learner expectations. In Readers' Forum, Eric Bray provides key points for conducting successful roleplay activities, while Robert Murphy interviews Zoltán Dörnyei about his new book on psychology and second language acquisition. In Book Reviews, Irene Iwasaki evaluates Top Notch TV Video Course: Fundamentals. Finally in Wired, Ted O'Neil writes about how to get published in this column.

We hope this issue helps you prepare and get excited about the coming academic year. Good luck on all your efforts!

Jerry Talandis Jr.
Coeditor

Dax Thomas
My Share editor

TLT 3-4月号へようこそ

こんにちは、皆さん。TLTのMy Share 特集号へようこそ。クラスでの素晴らしいアクティビティーを、数多くご用意しました。新年度にきっとお役に立てるアイディアを、15名の方々が寄稿しています。

Mayumi Asaba と Paul Marloweは生徒のマルチメディアを使用したプレゼンテーション授業の方法を示し、Lindsay Mack は映画の英語を通して、韻律パターンを教えることについて書いています。Jonathon Harrison は、授業にテレビのコメディーを取り入れます。また、Minako Inoue は教師研修の促進について寄稿し、Gillian Pelton-Saito は、内容に重点を置く語彙アクティビティーについて述べています。Gay Ann Kato は児童向けの授業テンプレートを提供し、Jay Veenstra は高頻度語彙のアクティビティーについて概説し、Greg Rouault は年度初めのインタラクティブな自己紹介について語ります。Kevin Mueller のアイディアでは生徒は走って読むでしょうし、Paul Howl の映画に関するアクティビティーは、生徒を積極的に発言させるでしょう。Tom Fast は生徒が完璧な休暇を計画するのを手伝い、Jacqueline Foster は「未来時制のピクニック」に生徒を連れて行きます。またRichard Goodwin は授業に広告を持ち込み、Paul Spijkerbosch は評価項目表を使って学習者を力づける方法を提示し、最後を締めくくっています。全ての著者の先生方の素晴らしいアイディアに、感謝の意を表します。

My Share 特集に加えて、Feature ではRobert O'Mochain と Robert Perkins が教育者の教育構想と学習者の期待のミスマッチの可能性について語っています。Readers' Forum では、Eric Bray がロールプレイを成功させるキーポイントを提示し、Robert Murphy は、心理学と第2言語習得に関する新しい本の著者Zoltán Dörnyei にインタビューをしています。Book Reviews では、Irene Iwasaki がTop Notch TV Video Course: Fundamentalsの書評を書いています。最後に Wiredでは、Ted O'Neil がこのコラムに投稿する方法について記しています。

来る新年度がよりよき1年となりますよう、今月号が皆さんの一助になればと願っています。楽しく実り多き1年といたしましょう！

Jerry Talandis Jr.
Coeditor

Dax Thomas
My Share editor