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JALT Publications elcome to the March/April 2011 issue of } We’ve moved! The story behind our new website. 3 TLT. This time of year is one of change. } The road ahead: An interview with Steve W We can now start to look forward to the Brown and Ted o’Neill . 5 warmer spring months,as well as the start of a new academic year. These changes are also reflected in Feature Article the ongoing development of JALT and TLT, with perhaps the most significant being the unveiling } A multivariate analysis of Japanese university of our new JALT Publications website. Be sure to student motivation and pedagogical activity preferences. .9 check out the many improvements on page 3 of this issue.We also have a special interview between Readers’ Forum our outgoing Publications Board Chair, Steve Brown, and our incoming Publications Board Chair, } Are they ready? on the verge of compulsory Ted O’Neill, both of whom are longstanding TLT English, elementary school teachers lack volunteers. All the TLT staff would like to offer a confidence . .19 sincere thank you to Steve for his great work over } pedagogical implications of motivation research: An interview with Ema Ushioda. .25 the years, as well as an equal measure of good luck to Ted in taking up the demanding role. Resources We begin with one regular Feature article by David Ockert who examines Japanese university } My Share Activities special issue. 29 student motivation and pedagogical activity prefer- } Book reviews . 50 ences. We also have two Readers’ Forum articles. In } recently received . .53 the first article, Mark Fennelly and Robert Luxton discuss the impending introduction of English as JALT Focus a compulsory feature in elementary schools across } JAlT Notices. .55 Japan. The second article, an interview with Ema } Showcase. .56 Ushioda by Joseph Falout, provides an interesting } Grassroots. .57 Continued over } outreach. 62 JALT PubLicatiOnS OnLinE Columns <jalt-publications.org> } SiG News . 66 March/April 2011 online access } chapter Events. 70 Material from all our publications produced in the last 12 } chapter reports. .72 months requires a password for access. These pass- words change with each issue of TLT and are valid for a } Job information . .78 3-month period. To access our archives: } conference calendar. .79 [ ] } old Grammarians. 81 } Membership information. .82 } online Access info. 1 } Submissions Guidelines. .2 TLT Coeditors: Damian rivers & Jennifer Yphantides TLT Japanese-Language Editor: Emika Abe THE LANGUAGE TEACHER: 35.2 • March / April 2011 1 The Language Teacher » Foreword & information exchange of ideas related to the study of lan- for everyone, and is sure to give you something guage learner motivation. useful to usher in the new school year. In order to help you prepare for the upcoming We hope that this period of change will bring school year and all the changes it will bring, you much success and happiness in your teach- this issue of TLT is a My Share special issue. We ing endeavours, and that TLT can continue to have 14 My Share articles offering a wide range support your professional growth. of interesting and useful activities. Catherine Damian Rivers, TLT Coeditor Cheetham brings Norman Rockwell artwork Dax Thomas, My Share Editor into the classroom, Bob Jones takes us inside the actors’ studio, and Eoin Jordan increases Dawn LTの2011年3/4月号へようこそ。この時期は変化の motivation through character creation. 季節です。暖かい春を待ちわび、新年度の始まり Kobayashi explores prepositions using Lego, T に胸を膨らませています。同様の変化が、常に発展 Arthur Lauritsen introduces a vocabulary し続けるわれわれJALTやTLTにも起こっています。もっ matching game, and Mario Leto has students とも大きな変化はJALT出版のウェブサイトが新しくなっ looking at poetry. Students create name cards in たことです。今月号のP.3で多くの改善点をご覧ください。 Leigh McDowell Patrick Miller また、これまで出版委員長を務めていたSteve Brownと、 ’s lesson plan, 新しく出版委員長となるTed O’Neillのインタビューがあ bans speaking