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1996

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Articles
- E-mail Activities in the ESL Writing Class
  Ron Belisle
- Teaching Japanese-English Bilingual Children to Read English at Home
  Craig Smith
Site Review
- Dave's ESL Cafe on the Net: A Site Review
  Dennis Oliver

Articles & Research Papers
- The Implementation of a First Year English Placement System
  Anthony Mills, Lillian Swain and Robert Weschler
Teaching Techniques
- Classroom Techniques for Contextualization:
  How to make "This is a pen." a pragmatically motivated utterance.
  Yoshinori Sasaki
Lessons & Lesson Plans
- Country Presentations
  An oral presentation assignment for second or third-year university speaking classes of 20 - 40 students.
  Lillian Swain
- Global Warming: A Cause and Effect Writing Lesson
  Amy Ogasawara

Articles & Research Papers
- Copyright Issues on the Web
  Kristina Pfaff-Harris
- The Design and Utilisation of an Internet Resource for Business English Learners
  Michael Vallance
- Gender Differences in Taiwan Business Writing Errors
  Judy F.Chen
Teaching Techniques
- Videotaping an English Mini-drama in Your Classroom
  David G. Magnusson

Articles & Research Papers
- Marking Student Work on the Computer
  This article describes a method by which macros attached to toolbar buttons in a word-processor can be used to improve marking of students' writing assignments.
  Martin Holmes
Teaching Techniques
- Graffiti for ESL Readers
  Describes an activity using content-based articles.
  Brent Buhler
- Training for Impromptu Speaking and Testing Active Listening
  With a Focus on Japanese Students
  Cecilia B-Ikeguchi
- Getting Your Class Connected
  Some ideas on using e-mail and homepages.
  Dennis E. Wilkinson

Articles & Research Papers
- A Review of TOEIC
  Susan Gilfert
- What Are We Doing When We "Talk Science"?
  Jack Kimball
- Teaching English Intonation with a Visual Display of Fundamental Frequency
  Richard Stibbard
  (This article includes tables and 11 images.)
Lessons & Lesson Plans
- Teaching Awareness of Stereotyping
  Asako Kajiura Goodmacher
Teaching Techniques
- Teaching Conversation Skills With Content Based Materials
  Greg Goodmacher

Articles & Research Papers
- CALL is not a Hammer and not Every Teaching Problem is a Nail!
  Changing Expectations of Computers in the Classroom
  Judy F. Chen
- Easy English Communication At The Secondary Level:
  Easy Ways Teachers Who Are Non-Native Speakers Can Use More English in Class
  James R. Welker
- Testing Listening
  S. Kathleen Kitao & Kenji Kitao
Handouts
- Getting to Know You (A handout to use for the first day of class)
  Henry Reese
Teaching Techniques
- Secret Partner Journals for Motivation, Fluency and Fun
  Timothy Stewart

Articles & Research Papers
- Raising Bilingual Children
  Marsha Rosenberg
- Testing Grammar
  S. Kathleen Kitao & Kenji Kitao
Lessons & Lesson Plans
- A Way to Teach Culture: Guns or No Guns
  Yoshiyuki Nakata
Teaching Techniques
- Reading and Writing through Neuro-Linguistic Programming
  Tom Maguire
- How to Read Nonfictional English Text Faster and More Effectively
  Helmut Stiefenhöfer
Reports
- CALL: Its Scope and Limits
  A speech by Frank Berberich

Articles & Research Papers
- Potentially Confusing and Embarrassing Differences between American and British English
  (Humourously written by) David Barton
- TEFL Labour Issues in Japan
  Brett Reynolds
- Testing Communicative Competence
  S. Kathleen Kitao & Kenji Kitao
Lessons & Lesson Plans
- Choosing and Summarizing Internet Resources
  Amy Ogasawara
- A Way to Teach Culture: Large cups, small cups, whose cups?
  Yoshiyuki Nakata

Articles & Research Papers
- Why Do We Teach English?
  Kenji Kitao
- Advertising and Language: The War of Words Between Copywriters and Language Purists
  Joseph W. Sheperd
- Points to Consider when Evaluating Interactive Multimedia
  Warwick J. Thorn
Lessons & Lesson Plans
- Developing Awareness: An Intercultural Communication Lesson Plan
  Asako Kajiura
Teaching Techniques
- It's on the Cards: Adapting a Board-game Communicative Activity
  Bob Gibson
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