Volume:
30
Issue No.:
7
Date:
2006-07
PDF:
Groups audience:
The Language Teacher
JALT2006 Pre-Conference Special Issue
Plenary Speakers
- Course books as tools for activity in language classrooms: Towards some key design principles
- by Donald Freeman - Bilingual education in Japan: Unequal access to bilingualism
- by Yasuko Kanno - Motivating students to read: Can technology help?
- by Lin Lougheed - Critical literacy, language learning, and popular culture
- by Bonny Norton
Featured Speakers
- Listening: New perspectives
- by Steve Brown - Using teacher talk to foster learner autonomy
- by Sara Cotterall - Phraseology, identity, community, motivation
- by Nicholas Groom - ELT and the 'science of happiness'
- by Marc Helgesen - Dynamic strategies: Empowering the classroom community
- by Don Maybin - Listening and speaking: Making the connection
- by Jack C. Richards - Communicative test prep: A practical guide
- by Bruce Rogers - Teacher development through materials development
- by Brian Tomlinson - The new TOEIC: Understanding and overcoming the challenges
- by Grant Trew - Why extensive reading should be an indispensable part of all language programs
- by Rob Waring - Student-teacher relations as the key to sustainable learning: Japanese education in comparative perspectives
- by Shoko Yoneyama
My Share
- Creative use of the glossary function for written assignments on the Moodle CMS (Course Management System)
- by N.T. Edwards - A classroom tool for providing students with listening and pronunciation practice for minimal pairs
- by Luke Kutszik Fryer