The Language Teacher - Issue 34.6; November 2010

The Language Teacher

• Feature Article: A brief overview of lifelong learning in Japan
  by Anthony C. Ogden, Pennsylvania State University
• Feature Article: When nontraditional meets traditional: Understanding nontraditional students through classroom discourse analysis
  by Brian D. Rugen, Hawai'i Pacific University
• Feature Article: Curriculum Negotiation at NHK: Meeting the Needs and Demands of Adult Learners
  by Harry Harris, Hakuoh University
• Feature Article: Strategies for teacher motivation
  by Joseph Falout, Nihon University
• Reader's Forum: Learning to speak English: Japanese junior high school student views
  by Douglas James Rapley, Kawasaki Medical School
• Reader's Forum: TOEIC materials and preparation questions: Interview with an ETS representative
  by David John Wood, Chikushijogakuen University

Book Reviews

• Writing for Life: Paragraph to Essay
  by J. Allen Gray, Kansai Gaidai University
• Interchange Companion to the TOEIC® Test 1, 2
  by James McCrostie, Daito Bunka University

• Chapter Reports - November 2010
• Overview of TESOL 2010
• Older students as both teachers and learners
• CALL: What’s your motivation?
• Twenty-two years and 52 speakers later
• Showcase: Darren Elliott

JALT Focus

• Conferencing Outside the Box
  by Marcos Benevides

Career Development Corner

• The JALT2010 International Conference: A unique opportunity for job recruiters and seekers
  by Douglas Meyer, Conference Job Information Center Coordinator

My Share

• Happy holidays! An information exchange activity for multi-generational classes
  by Julia K. Harper, Ritsumeikan University
• Teaching the elderly through children’s picture books
  by Zane Ritchie, Ritsumeikan University
• Conditional imperative board game: It’s Your Life.
  by Doreen Gaylord, Kanazawa Technical College
• Reviewing functional language for traveling
  by Kim Bradford-Watts, Kyoto Women’s University, Kyoto University

Recently Received

• Thinking in English
• Get it Down

SIG Focus

• SIG News - November 2010

TLT Wired

• Teaching original writing with Turnitin’s WriteCycle
  by J. Paul Marlowe

Grassroots Outreach

• Teaching and Learning through Music in the Contact Zones
  by Elliot Waldman

Old Grammarians

• Interpretation quiz for famous sayings
  by Scott Gardner