The Language Teacher - Issue 23.8; August 1999

Volume: 23
Issue No. 8
Date of publication: August 1999

Contents

The Language Teacher

Offbeat Matsuyama

by Robert Oettel
10+ Questions for Your Next University Employer

by David C. Aldwinckle
Empathy and English Teaching

by Mariko Okuzaki
What to do with Non-Performing Students: The Remedial Make-up Class

by Vicky Starfire
Extensive Reading Revisited - An interview with Richard Day and Julian Bamford

by Tony Donnes
Action Logs and Seikatsu Dayori

by Warren B. Roby
GALE SIG
Helping Part-Time Teachers Help Themselves

by Joseph Tomei
A Problem of Identity

by Kensaku Yoshida
Video Motivates

by Susan Steinbach
The Grammar Question

by Terry Shortall
The Teacher as Builder and Architect

by Chuck Sandy
Speaking in a Second Language

by David Nunan
How do You Respond? Teacher Action, Discourse, and Development

by Steve Mann
Cooperative Learning, Motivation, and Expectations Why Cooperative Learning?

by Robert Homan, Chris Poel
Confessions of a Featured Speaker

by Richard R. Day
Connecting the Hand, the Head, and the Heart: Reflective Practice and Action Research in the Classroom

by Andy Curtis
Tasks, Materials, and Classroom Contexts

by Christopher N. Candlin, Ken Keobke
Some Practical Thoughts about Student-Sensitive Critical Pedagogy

by H. Douglas Brown
Neurological Frontiers

by Mario Rinvolucri
Investigating Novice and Experienced ESL Teacher Differences: Implications for Teacher Training

by Elizabeth Gatbonton
Learning Strategy Instruction in the English Classroom

by Anna Uhl Chamot
A Personal Introduction: Making Connections

by Dick Allwright
Chapter in Your Life: Gifu JALT: A Chapter in the Making

by Paul Doyon
Transforming the Cultural Studies Curriculum in Partnership with Students

by Miho Kitsukawa, Cheiron McMahill, Mami Nakamura, Akemi Sato, Shizue Shimizu, Reiko Tagohka
The Living Abroad Interview: An Encounter Project for Fostering Learner Independence

by Keith Ford
An Interview on Active Learning with Dr. James Eison

by Katharine Isbell
The Essence of Return Culture Shock: Mystified With the Obvious

by Wayne K. Johnson
Contextualization in Longterm Role-Play

by Steven M. Sigler, Gary J. Ockey
Self-Efficacy Syllabus

by Stephen A. Templin, Masako Shiroku, Kanako Taira
Memorial to a Friend and Teacher: Shigeo Imamura

by David McMurray
Will Our Students Be Ready for the Future?

by Johanne Leveille
Networking, Employment, and Involvement from a TESOL Perspective: A Discussion with Kirstin Schwartz

by Craig Sower, Wayne K. Johnson
Integrated Teaching To Foster Language Competence

by Fan Xianlong
A Product Development Simulation For Business Classes

by Alan S. Mackenzie
Using E-Mail to Encourage Junior High School Students to Write

by Roger E. Pattimore
Eulogy: Shigeo Imamura

by David McMurray
A Chapter in Your Life: Sendai

by Lorne Spry
Task-Based Research in SLA: A Lecture Rod Ellis

by Brett Reynolds
Working Papers: Christmas in Kumamoto

by Joseph Tomei, Bill Lee
Communicating Classrooms: English Language Teaching And World Citizenship

by Don Harrison
Teaching Resources for World Citizenship

by Kip Cates, Marilyn Higgins, Brid MacConville Tanaka
Empowering ESL Students for World Citizenship

by Marilyn Higgins, Brid MacConville Tanaka
Teaching English for World Citizenship: Key Content Areas

by Kip A. Cates
A Ghandian Perspective on Peace Education: An Interview with Rajmohan Gandhi

by Armene Modi
A Chapter in Your Life: Toyohashi

by Richard J. Marshall
1998 TESOL Russia--Far East International Conference

by Stephen Ryan
Comparative Cultures Course: Education in Ten Countries

by Carol Browning, Kawagishi Masako, Seto Haruko
Illegal Drug Issues in the Classroom

by Kyoko Yamada
Questionnaire Construction and Classroom Research

by Dale T. Griffee
Functional Grammar in the Language Classroom: An Interview with James Robert Martin

by Nathan Edwards
Project Work in the Japanese University Classroom

by Joseph Tomei, Christopher Glick, Mark Holst
Interview with Anne Burns and Graham Crookes

by Steve Cornwell
The Pre-service Training of Japanese Teachers of English

by Suzanne Yonesaka
The Role of Theory in ESL/EFL

by Dale T. Griffee, Greta J. Gorsuch
Learning from the Learners' Voice: A Consideration of Learner Development

by Miyuki Usuki
Led by the Blind

by John Herbert
Opening the Insider's Eye: Starting Action Research

by Steve Mann
Fostering Communication Among Teachers in Pre-service Training Sessions

by Timothy Stewart
For Human Dignity and Aligning Values with Activity

by Tim Murphey
Bilingual Support in English classes in Japan: A Survey of Student Opinions of L1 Use by Foreign Teachers

by Michael P. Critchley
Establishing Decorum in the EFL Classroom

by Yukiko S. Jolly
Pre-Service Teacher Development Through Action Research

by Maria Alfredo Moreira, Flavia Vieira, Isabel Marques
Restoring an Equal Balance: The Beneficial Effects of Taking a Non-judgmental Approach to Administrative Observations

by Gregor D. Smart
Technical Writing Course Aimed at Nurturing Critical Thinking Skills

by Masao Kanaoka
Recitation in an English Language Program

by James W. Porcaro
Web-Integrated Course: A Shared Perception?

by Katharine Isbell, Jon Reinhardt
Developing Naturally

by Keith Richards
Music in the Classroom: Uniting Folk Songs and Holidays for Interesting Variety

by Leslie Miller
A New System of University Tenure: Remedy or Disease?

by Michael H. Fox, Tadashi Shiozawa, David Aldwinckle
Annotated Bibliography

by Neil Cowie, Ethel Ogane
University Students' Perceptions Of Pair Work Tasks

by Peter Burden
Show-and-Tell as an Oral Communication Exercise in Senior High School

by Robert L. Brock, Machiko Mizuta
Action Research: A Tool for Improving Practice in EFL Classrooms

by Amanda Hayman
Taking a Walk on the WILD-er Side of Teacher Development

by Alan Mackenzie
Program Evaluation

by Alister Cumming
Role Plays for Listless Language Learners

by Gabriel Yardley

The Language Teacher, Career Development Corner

The University Hiring Process: An Overview

by Joseph Tomei
The University Hiring Process: An Overview

by Joseph Tomei

My Share

Interactive Student-generated Vocabulary Quiz

by Alan Mackenzie
A Roll of the Dice

by Derek English, Steven Donald
Freewriting for Fun and Fluency

by Gretchen Jude
Please speak at the beep: a listening and speaking homework activity

by Annette Kaye
Variations on Go Fish: Making the Most of an Old Game for the Language Classroom

by James Fieser
Using Masks to Unmask "Shyness" in Speaking a Foreign Language

by David R. Mayer
Activating Content-Based Assessment

by Katharine Isbell
Encouraging Risk-Taking and Spontaneity through "Quick Write"

by Bill Perry, David Rehorick
Classroom Poetics

by Susan Carbery
Telling Stories: Using Input and Output to Develop Both Fluency and Accuracy in Spoken Discourse

by Paul Doyon
Shared Reading Journals

by Jasna Dubravcic
Tales from the Trenches: Stimulating Discussion

by Christopher Glick
A Thematic Week at a Small School

by James R. Welker, Stacia Houston
Studying The Rights of Nonhuman Citizens of Earth

by Greg Goodmacher
An Intercultural Communication Simulation

by Asako Kajiura, Greg Goodmacher
Using Rainbow War to Raise Global Awareness

by Ken Fujioka
Pass It On: A Flexible Activity

by Stu Ruttan
Jigsaw Crossword Puzzles for Conversation Management and Lexical Review

by Keith Lane, Roberta Golliher
The Poster Preview Task

by Keith Ford
Reader's Theater

by Diane L. Massey
Making Customized Board Games in the Conversation Class

by Michael Furmanovsky, Penny Sugihara
Increasing Student Awareness and Motivation Through Fish and Chips

by Michael G. Cholewinski
Teacher-to-Teacher Support Via Email

by Rene Gauthier Sawazaki
Speaking, Understanding, Developing

by Julian Edge
Using Crosswords to Teach Explanation Strategies

by Mike Guest
Anagram: A Vocabulary Development Game

by Simon Capper
Action research: Semi-scripted monologues in team-teaching

by John Wiltshier, Makiko Honma
Spontaneous Oral Interaction: The Talk Show Format

by Miriam T. Black

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