In This Issue
Articles
This issue contains three full-length research articles in English. The first, by Charles M. Mueller and Allen Walzem, is a report on the relationship between willing-ness to communicate and positive experiences using English in online chats. The second, by James Saunders-Wyndham and Eleanor Smith, is a report on the relation-ship between cooperative learning and self-efficacy. The third, by Ian Willey, Kimie Tanimoto, Gerardine McCrohan, and Katsumi Nishiya, is a report on a needs analysis for medical doctors in Japan.
Reviews
The Review Editors would like to recognize the efforts by the following authors to meet their deadlines under less than ideal circumstances with the upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the opening review of this issue, Matthew T. Apple tackles a volume covering 60 years of theory into language learning motivation. The second title, reviewed by Alexandra Burke, has an international scope on research into early language learning and teaching. In the latest innovation to our book reviews, Greg Gagnon looks at an influential publication that was not previously reviewed when it first came out: Dehaene’s Reading in the Brain (Penguin Books, 2009). Winifred Lewis Shiraishi then explores the theme of education for global citizenship. Next, an edited volume on creativity and innovation in ELT materials development is summarized by Tara McIlroy. In the sixth review, Kashif Raza and Matthew Vetrini team up to examine the issue of quality in TESOL education. Finally, Akie Yasunaga’s contribution outlines a collection of empirical studies into an ideological model of literacy, as theorized by Brian Street.
From the Editor
I became the Associate Editor of JALT Journal in November 2015 and the Editor in November 2017. I now pass on the editorship to the capable hands of Gregory Paul Glasgow, who will take over as Editor, and Dennis Koyama, the incoming Associate Editor. As researchers, one danger that at least some of us face is that our perspective becomes restricted as we become experts in our own field while losing touch with research outside it. As I leave JALT Journal to return to my own field of specialization, I am grateful to have had the opportunity as Editor to broaden my research perspective. Speaking of being grateful, there are many people—too many, actually—that I would like to thank. I would like to thank all the authors who have submitted manuscripts to JALT Journal and to the anonymous reviewers who have read and critiqued these submissions. I would also like to thank the Production Editors that I have worked with, Aleda Krause and Amy Aisha Brown, all the people who have done proofreading, and Malcolm Swanson on layout and design. I would like to thank the other members of the JALT Journal editorial team, of the JALT Publications Board, and especially the two chairs of the Publications Board that I have worked with, Jerry Talandis Jr. and Caroline Handley. Finally, I thank Junko Shirakawa and JALT Central Office for all their support behind the scenes.
—Eric Hauser, JALT Journal Editor
