The Language Teacher - Issue 34.3; May 2010

The Language Teacher

• Special Issue: Identity in interculturality: Using (lack of) cultural knowledge to disalign with an identity category
  by Tim Greer
• Special Issue: Yes/no questions as conversational expanders: Their effects on discourse and identity-in-interaction
  by Ian Nakamura
• Special Issue: Identity and naturally occurring interaction: An interview with Elizabeth Stokoe
  by Keiko Ikeda
• Feature Article: Behind the scenes: An examination of student L1 use
  by Gregory C. Birch
• Reader's Forum: Machine translations revisited: issues and treatment protocol
  by Harry Harris

Book Reviews

• Impact Issues 1, 2, 3
  by Chris Valvona, Okinawa Christian University

• Chapter Reports - May 2010
• Using video and digital media with English language learners: Intro to VDMIS and call for papers
• The Association of Canadian Teachers in Japan
• Looking for professional development in gender awareness?
• JALT CALL 2010: CALL—What’s your motivation?
• Member’s Profile: Doron Klemer

My Share

• Running dictation for pronunciation practice
  by Duncan Minett-Westwood, Westgate Corporation
• Forced output in a fun and engaging manner
  by Thomas Boutorwick, Osaka Shoin Women’s University
• Cards only know: How to call on students
  by Takeshi Ishikawa, Rikkyo University
• Music, self-directed learning, and the EFL classroom
  by Gary G. Fogal, Kansai Gaidai University

SIG Focus

• SIG News - May 2010
  by James Essex

TLT Wired

• Podcasting and student-driven content
  by Hans von Dietze and Damon Brewster, J. F. Oberlin University, Tokyo

Grassroots Outreach

• Revisiting haiku in America: An interview with Atsushi Iida
  by David McMurray
• Implications for teaching haiku in ESL and EFL contexts
  by Atsushi Iida

Old Grammarians

• Psychoanalysis of public English messages
  by Scott Gardner