accent argot articulation brogue cant The communication conversation dialect diction Languagedictionary discourse doublespeak expression gibberish Teacher idiom <jalt-publications.org/tlt> interchange jargon lexicon JALT2011 Pre-conference Speciallingua Issue . .franca 3 Plenary speaker articles from Jack C. Richards,palaver Laurel July / August 2011 Kamada, Phil Benson, Emiko Yukawa, and Steve Volume 35, Number 4 Cornwell interviews Ken Wilson parlance 27 Featured speaker articles from Andrew Boon, Kippatois Cates, ISSN 0289-7938 Phil Chappell, Fiona Copland, Tomphraseology Kenny, Theron ¥950 Muller, Gregory Sholdt, and Deryn Verity interviewsprose Keith Johnson The Japan Association signal for Language Teaching Feature Article . slang 55 Michael Crawford and Yasuo Ueyama look at reducedsound forms in EFL textbooks speech THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING 全 国 語 学 教 育 学 会 style Readers’ Forum . JALT2011 – Teaching talk 62 James York offers suggestions to primary school teachers Learning Growing terminology on using music in the classroom November 18-21, 2011 tongue 68 Meredith Stephens discusses why exposure to prosody National Olympics Memorial should precede the teaching of reading utterance Center, Yoyogi, Tokyo verbalization TEAC HIN G My Share . vernacular • L E A R N vocabulary I 74 Classroom ideas from Ian Munby, Scott Peters, Dana N G • Kampman, and Yuka (Maruyama) Yamamoto G R vocalization O W I N G voice Book Reviews . <jalt.org/conference> word 79 Michael Greenberg evaluates World English 1 and World English 3 wording JALT Publications } OUTREACH Bern Mulvey – Iwate University JALT Publications Board Chair David McMurray Tim Murphey – Kanda University of Ted O’Neill [email protected] International Studies Yoko Nakano – Kwansei Gakuin University [email protected] Jonathan Picken – Tsuda College Regular Column Editors Martha Robertson – Aichi University TLT Editorial Staff Stephen Ryan – Eichi – Sapientia University } SIG NEWS Lorraine Sorrell – Macquarie University } TLT CO-EDITORS James Essex Toshiyuki Takagaki – Onomichi University Damian Rivers [email protected] Dax Thomas – Meiji Gakuin University Jennifer Yphantides } CHAPTER EVENTS Deryn Verity – Osaka Jogakuin College [email protected] York Weatherford – Kyoto Sangyo Michi Saki University } TLT ASSOCIATE EDITOR [email protected] Fukiko Yoshida – Rikkyo University Jason Peppard } CHAPTER REPORTS Asako Yoshitomi – Tokyo University of [email protected] Tara McIlroy Foreign Studies } TLT ASSISTANT EDITOR [email protected] Brian McMillan } JOB INFORMATION CENTER } ADDITIONAL READERS Richard Miller Dale Brown, John Eidswick, Naomi } TLT JAPANESE-LANGUAGE EDITOR Fujishima, Fujirou Fukushima, James 阿部恵美佳 (Emika Abe) [email protected] Hobbs, Yoko Ichiyama, Masataka Kizuka, [email protected] } CONFERENCE CALENDAR Chieko Miyanaga, Greg Rouault, Tim David Stephan Stewart, Alan Stoke, Bernie Susser, Dax } TLT JAPANESE-LANGUAGE ASSOC. 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Plenary Speaker Articles e on the conference team are pleased to } Jack C. Richards, Phil Benson, laurel invite you to Tokyo to Teach, Learn, and Kamada, Ken Wilson, & Emiko yukawa ...3 W Grow with us at JALT2011. This year’s conference will again be a celebration of ideas and Featured Speaker Articles the language teaching community and we look forward to welcoming you in Tokyo. } Andrew Boon, Kip A. Cates, Philip Chappell, When Lafcadio Hearn moved to Tokyo, he Fiona Copland, Keith Johnson, Kathy Kampa, inherited a dog, which guarded his house at night tom Kenny, theron Muller, & gregory and wandered free during the day. Neighbors fed it Sholdt ..........................27 scraps; children rode on its back, and it was welcome Feature Article wherever it roamed. When a dog patrol seized the animal, neighbors protested, saying it may be without } Coverage and instruction of reduced a master, but it was no stray. They were told the dog forms in EFl course books ...........55 would be released if someone would place their name upon it. Hearn readily agreed to apply his name. But Readers’ Forum soon others followed: shopkeepers, craftsman—even the local temple signed on. No dog was ever so well } Music and MEXt: How songs can help protected. And the community itself was better for primary school English teachers teach and having united around this motley dog. their students learn ..................62 The ideas we support are much like this master- } Why exposure to prosody should precede less dog, and a conference is where we gather as a the teaching of reading ..............68 teaching community to affirm them. At a previous conference I attended a presentation on the Silent Resources Way, a somewhat obscure method, but one which } My Share ........................74 influenced my teaching for a time. I was pleased to re-acquaint myself with this old friend and the } Book Reviews ....................79 presentation led me to consider whether it still } Recently Received .................81 had relevance for my teaching. I was glad it still lived on among us, in scattered classrooms and JALT Focus at conferences. Perhaps it will come into wider currency one day, but for now it survives as part of } JAlt Notices .....................82 our rich language teaching heritage, ready to make } Showcase ........................85 a contribution to our personal teaching repertoire, } Grassroots .......................86 or to inspire new ideas. } outreach ........................89 When we gather around ideas, we can go beyond research findings. We can share our blunders and Columns cautionary tales. And more importantly, we can talk about the next big project and meet like-minded } sIg News .......................92 teachers and future collaborators. } Chapter Events ....................96 For these and other reasons the 400 plus presenta- } Chapter Reports ...................99 tions, poster sessions and forums are much more } Job Information ..................104 than can ever be delivered in papers or published } Conference Calendar ..............105 } old grammarians .................107 JALT PUBLICATIONS ONLINE } Membership Information ............108 <jalt-publications.org> July/August 2011 online access Material from all our publications produced in the last 12 months } online Access Info ..................1 requires a password for access. These passwords change with each issue } Submissions Guidelines ...............2 of TLT and are valid for a 3-month period. 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