The Language Teacher - Issue 31.8; August 2007

Feature Article

• A comparative study on Initial Teacher Education in England and Canada: A case study for reform in Japan - by Masataka Kizuka

Readers' Forums

• Approaches to L1 use in the EFL classroom - by Alison von Dietze

Hans von Dietze

• Doing leadership: GALE SIG interview with Janet Holmes - by Blake E. Hayes

My Share

• Encouraging classroom participation through superlative quizzes - by Colin Dale
• Dialogue journals in the classroom - by Hudson Murrell

Book Reviews

• Introduction to Japanese Linguistics - Reviewed by Howard Doyle
• English Firsthand New Gold Edition CD-ROM Pack - Reviewed by Suzy Connor

Member's Profile

• Owen Davies - Reviewed by Howard Doyle
• English Firsthand New Gold Edition CD-ROM Pack

Grassroots

• JALTCALL2007 - by Brian Teaman
• Spanning the globe: JALT's dynamic presence at TESOL - by Donna Tatsuki

Outreach

• TESOL in Cambodia - by Ben Lehtinen