The Language Teacher - Issue 30.8; August 2006

NPO JALT 2006 National Election Candidate Statements

Feature Article

• The use and abuse of Japanese in the university English class
  - by Meredith Stephens

Readers' Forum

• Improving students' English abilities in the four skills: 43rd Annual Chubu Region Private Schools Seminar, English Division: Improving students' English abilities in the four skills
  13th -14th October, 2005
  - by Kristie Sage
• Breakfast with Paul McCartney: Rhythm, stress-timing and scrambled lyrics
  - by Roger Nunn

My Share

• Family tree of rice activities
  - by Junko Matsuzaki-Carreira
• Student-made tests: A motivating alternative to standard testing
  - by Mike Guest

TLT Wired

• Bots for language learning
  - by Luke Fryer

Member's Profile & Showcase

• Paul Hackshaw

Grassroots

• Tokyo English Life Line (TELL)
  - by John Adamson & Theron Muller
• Teachers helping teachers in Vietnam
  - by Vickie Skorji