DOCUMENT RESUME ED 482 773 FL 027 934 AUTHOR Tatsuki, Donna, Ed. TITLE JALT Journal, 2003. INSTITUTION Japan Association for Language Teaching, Tokyo. ISSN ISSN-0287-2420 PUB DATE 2003-05-00 NOTE 118p.; Published semi-annually. Only issue number 1 of 2003 is included in this document. For the 2002 issues, see ED 477 568 AVAILABLE FROM JALT Central Office, Urban Edge Building, 5F 1-37-9 Taito, Taito-Ku, Tokyo 110-0016, Japan. Tel: 03-3837-1630; Fax: 03- 3837-1631; e-mail:
[email protected]. PUB TYPE Collected Works - Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT JALT Journal; v25 n1 May 2003 EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Business Communication; Communication Apprehension; Educational Change; Elementary Secondary Education; *English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Grammar; Higher Education; Language Proficiency; Language Teachers; Phonetics; Second Language Instruction; *Second Language Learning; Student Attitudes; Student Characteristics; Student Motivation; Study Abroad IDENTIFIERS *Japan ABSTRACT This collection of papers includes the following: "Learner Characteristics of Early Starters and Late Starters of English Language Learning: Anxiety, Aptitude, and Motivation" (Tomoko Takada); "Uncovering First Year Students' Language Learning Experiences, Their Attitudes, and Motivations in a Context of Change at the Tertiary Level of Education" (Kevin O'Donnell); "Study Abroad, Language Proficiency, and Learner Beliefs about Language Learning" (Koichi Tanaka and Rod Ellis); and "What Do We Know About the Language Learning Motivation of University Students in Japan? Some Patterns and Survey Studies" (Kay Irie) .There are also four review: "Intercultural Business Communication" (Robert Gibson), reviewed by Peter J. Farrell; "Individual Freedom in Language Teaching" (Christopher Brumfit), reviewed by Tim Knight; "Phonetics" (Peter Roach), reviewed by Matthew White; and "The Atoms of Language: The Mind's Hidden Rules of Grammar" (Mark C.