The Language Teacher - Issue 34.2; March 2010

The Language Teacher

• Feature Article: Critical Issues: A Survey of Topic Popularity among University Students
  by Robert Ó’Móchain and Robert Perkins
• Reader's Forum: Doing role-play successfully in Japanese language classrooms
  by Eric Bray
• Reader's Forum: Where does Psychology and Second Language Acquisition research connect? An interview with Zoltan Dornyei
  by Robert S. Murphy
• My Share Special Issue: Fourteen activities
  by Mayumi Asaba, Paul Marlowe, Lindsay Mack, Jonathon Harrison, Minako Inoue, Gillian Pelton-Saito, Gay Ann Kato, Jay Veenstra, Greg Rouault, Kevin Mueller, Paul Howl, Tom Fast, Jacqueline Foster, Richard Goodwin and Paul Spijkerbosch

Book Reviews

• Top Notch TV Video Course: Fundamentals
  by Irene Iwasaki, Hannan University and Momoyama Gakuin University

• Chapter Reports - March 2010
• The Conference Co-chairs reflect on JALT2009:The Teaching-Learning Dialogue: An Active Mirror
• It’s all about the learners: Pan-SIG 2010: Learner Perspectives
• The Framework and Language Portfolio (FLP) SIG: News and upcoming can do publication
• A busman’s holiday with Teachers Helping Teachers
• Showcase: Aki Iimuro

Career Development Corner

• Dispatching a lower quality of education
  by Andrew Sekeres III, Nagoya and Gifu JALT Chapters
• Referential treatment: Getting the most out of your references
  by James McCrostie

My Share

• Empowering learners with rubrics
  by Paul Spijkerbosch, Matsuyama University
• Ad Talk
  by Richard Goodwin, Ashford University
• A future tense picnic
  by Jacqueline Foster, Vancouver Island University
• Three days in paradise: Planning your own vacation as an EFL exercise
  by Tom Fast, Okayama Gakugeikan High School
• A speaking activity in connection with the movie, School of Rock
  by Paul Howl, Asia University
• Run and read
  by Kevin Mueller, Tokyo International University
• Interactive introductions
  by Greg Rouault, Kwansei Gakuin University
• A high-frequency vocabulary activity
  by Jay Veenstra, Tokai University
• A template for mini lessons with very young learners
  by Gay Ann Kato, Kuji Language Center
• A cooperative, content-based vocabulary activity
  by Gillian Pelton-Saito, Rikkyo University
• Promoting professional development: Knowing yourself
  by Minako Inoue, Health Science University
• TV comedy carried over to the classroom
  by Jonathan Harrison, Nihon University, College of Science and Technology
• Teaching prosodic patterns through English movies
  by Lindsay Mack, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
• Organizing multimedia pop music presentations
  by Mayumi Asaba, Konan University and Paul Marlowe, Kwansei Gakuin University

TLT Wired

• Publishing in TLT Wired
  by Ted O'Neill, J. F. Oberlin University

Grassroots Outreach

• Development of language classrooms in Ontario
  by Zeta Laurene Graham-Nurse

Old Grammarians

• “Phoney” intertextualization: Skaz that never heals
  by Scott Gardner