The Language Teacher - Issue 28.11; November 2004

Special Issue: JALT SIGs

SIG Articles

• EFL and international community work
  - by Craig Smith (GILE SIG)
• Bilingual identity: Some repercussions of culture, appearance, and schooling
  - by Robert Gee (Bilingualism SIG)
• Observing pragmatics: Testing & data gathering techniques
  - by James Dean Brown (TEval & Pragmatics SIGs)
• Bright future for pragmatics in language teaching
  - by Marshall R. Childs (Pragmatics SIG)
• Non-verbal communication in foreign language education
  - by Andrew Obermeier (CUE SIG)
• The interplay of learner autonomy and teacher development
  - by Timothy Stewart (LD SIG)
• Teaching paradigms and material production
  - by Jim Smiley (MW SIG)
• Using checklists: A way of reducing surprises in team-taught classes
  - by Gen Murai (JSHS SIG)
• Multilingualism, second language learning, & gender: An interview with Aneta Pavlenko
  - by Andrea Simon-Maeda & Steve Cornwell (GALE SIG)
• Researching team-teaching: An interview with Greta Gorsuch
  - by William Matheny (JSHS SIG)
• Pan-SIG 2004: Testing from a pragmatic perspective
  - by Yvonne Ishida & Mark Chapman

Readers' Forum

• The MEXT 2003 Action Plan: A response
  
  - by William Matheny

My Share

• "What Am I?" [TV quiz show format]
  - by John Spiri
• Surprise!
  - by Daragh Hayes
• Creating Lesson Plans for the United Nations Cyber School
  - by Greg Goodmacher
• Successful Lesson Planning
  - by Daragh Hayes

Perspectives

• 30 Years of Conferences
  
  - by Andrew Zitzmann
• Thoughts on PAC5 in Vladivostok, Russia
  
  - by Cynthia Edwards

TLT Wired

• Weaning from Word: Mac Alternatives
  
  - by Malcolm Swanson