JALT Conference Proceedings - JALT2014

It is our pleasure to present the JALT2014 Conference Proceedings. The papers published in the Proceedings have come to represent an impressive range of topics and issues related to language education. We feel that this year’s edition of the Proceedings as well provides an index of the breadth and depth of interest shown by the EFL professionals who have presented at the JALT International Conference.

 

It would not be possible to publish the Proceedings without the contributions of many individuals, first and foremost the authors themselves, who, besides making presentations at the conference and then writing papers based on them, also submitted to a rigorous process of review and editing in order to prepare their work for publication. We also would like to express our thanks to the various groups who assisted with this process. This includes the reviewers who evaluated the submissions, content editors who worked with authors on revisions, and copy editors who proofread manuscripts for final publication. Not only did many of these contributors go above and beyond what was expected of them, many also contributed in more than one area. Their dedication and professionalism has been much appreciated.

 

Finally, we would like to thank our readers, as the excellent work represented here would be of little consequence without an interested audience to carry on the discussion. We hope that all of you, contributors and readers alike, will return for future conferences and editions of the Proceedings. 

 

 

Selected Papers

This section highlights five papers of exceptional quality that were chosen through consultation with the JALT editorial board. We express our congratulations to these authors and our appreciation of their well-written papers.

• An Understanding of Why EFL Teachers Teach, Aaron Francis Ward
• Global Education and Classroom Teaching: From CBI to EMI, Paul Carty & Bernard Susser
• Mixing Ancient and Modern: Dictation and Internet Media Combinations, Mark Rebuck
• Proactive Professional Development: A Connected Educator, Vanaja Nethi & Adam Murray
• Validating a High School Test of English Conversation, Sam Berry

Copyright & Cataloguing Data

• JALT President: Caroline Lloyd
• Publications Board Chair: Jerry Talandis Jr.

Copyright:

• Copyright © by the Japan Association for Language Teaching. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be used or reproduced in any form without written permission from JALT, except in cases of brief quotations embodied in scholarly articles and reviews.

For information:

• JALT2014 Conference Proceedings, JALT Central Office, Urban Edge Bldg., 5th Floor, 1-37-9 Taito, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0016, JAPAN

Cataloging Data:

• P. Clements, A. Krause, & H. Brown (Eds.) JALT2014: Conversations Across Borders

Bibliography:

• 1. Second Language Teaching—Second Language Learning—Teacher Education
• 1. Title September 2015 ISBN: 978-4-901352-47-5  JALT2014 Conference Proceedings