The Language Teacher - Issue 29.6; June 2005

JALT2005 Pre-Conference Special Issue

Plenary Speakers

• Adopting a normal reader role
  - by Jennifer Bassett
• Styles and strategies in the language classroom
  - by David Nunan

Featured Speakers

• The importance of reading fluency and the English language learner
  - by Wiley Blevins
• The untold story: Writing our language learning histories

  - by Martha Clark Cummings

• Simply read! Introducing reading for pleasure

  - by Clyde Fowle

• Needs assessment as ongoing teacher-learner dialogue

  - by Kathleen Graves

• Fluency and confluence: What fluent speakers do

  - by Michael McCarthy

• Getting ready for the Next Generation iBT TOEFL

  - by Deborah Phillips

• Developing fluency: Some suggestions for the classroom

  - by Susan Stempleski

My Share

• A book in question! Intertwining receptive and productive skills using graded readers
  - by Takayuki Nakanishi
• Reading conversation: Using graded readers for oral fluency practice in eikawa classes
  - by Steve Powell
• A student-centred integrated skills discussion task
  - by Alun Davies
• Spontaneous speaking
  - by Brett Collins

Perspectives

• Helping Chapters in Need
  - by Ken Hartmann

TLT Wired

• Polishing Your JALT2005 Presentation

  - by Malcolm Swanson

Old Grammarian

• Excessive Abbreviation (Hereafter, EA)

  - by Scott Gardner