Reviews

This issue includes reviews of titles suited to job seekers, novice teachers, and early-career researchers, as well as those pursuing and involved in directing professional development. Mayumi Asaba begins with a review of a book looking at teacher expertise, evaluation, and development. Second, Michael Carroll draws on his recent experience in Vietnam to review a title from the Routledge Studies in World Englishes series, which compares professional development in that context with Japan, and to a lesser extent, ASEAN countries. In the third review,  Ben Grafström covers Teaching English at Japanese Universities, a fresh and expanded version of the original 1993 handbook. Monica Hamciuc then reviews an edited contribution by prominent Japanese language and discourse analysis specialists, Haruko Minegishi Cook and Janet S. Shibamoto-Smith. Tanja McCandie next takes up a short introduction to the terminology and research into understanding gender and language use in the world. L2 Selves and Motivations in Asian Contexts, edited by Matthew T. Apple, Dexter Da Silva, and Terry Fellner, is reviewed by Andrew McCarthy. Nicole Moskowitz outlines a practical resource guide for early-stage researchers. In the final review, Sina Takada addresses metalinguistic awareness and second language acquisition from a book of that very title.