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Feature Articles e hope that this arrival of The Language Teacher’s } EAP as a Bridge to EMI: November/December issue in your mailbox finds Learning from the UK ..............3 you well and that your autumn semester got off to aW great start. It’s an honor to rejoin the TLT staff as Co-editor TLT Interviews after a brief six-year break from JALT Publications to finish my PhD. It’s been enlightening to reflect on what has changed and } An Interview with Henry what hasn’t since I last filled this role from 2007 to 2009. Widdowson ......................9 We would like to thank Kazuko Sako, who has been an excellent Japanese Language Associate Editor, for all of her JALT Praxis contributions to our journal in that role, and to welcome } My Share .......................12 Mami Ueda, who will be taking over for Kazuko. Thankfully, } TLT Wired ......................16 Kazuko will stay on at TLT as a Japanese Proofreader and } Younger Learners ................19 Translator. We should also thank our Japanese Language } Book Reviews ...................22 Editor, Toshiko Sugino, for staying on in that role and for all } Recently Received ...............23 of her tireless work for our journal. } Teaching Assistance ..............24 In this issue we have one Feature Article by Gregory Strong, who discusses how English for academic purposes } The Writers’ Workshop ...........27 (EAP) classes can serve as a bridge to English-medium in- } SIG Focus ......................28 struction (EMI). Gregory uses data from interviews with UK- } JALT Notices ....................29 based EAP program directors and course leaders to outline } Old Grammarians ................31 potential benefits and what factors can help contribute to the success of such programs. Other As we close out 2019, we are also finishing The Language } JALT Membership Information .....30 Teacher’s 35th year of continuous publication under this title. 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Here’s hoping for another 35 years and more of The Language Teacher! facebook.com/jaltpublications — Theron Muller, Coeditor, The Language Teacher #jalt_pubs Continued over Learning to Teach TLT Editors: Theron Muller, Nicole Gallagher Teaching to Learn TLT Japanese Language Editor: Toshiko Sugino THE LANGUAGE TEACHER 43.6 • November / December 2019 1 The Language Teacher • Foreword & JALT Information のThe Language Teacher 11/12月号がお手元に届 2019年の締めくくりと同時に、The Language Teacherが く頃には、皆様お元気にすばらしい秋学期のスタ 現在のタイトルになってからの35周年の節目の年も終わ こ ートを切られていることと思います。博士課程修了 ります。これは我々のジャーナルの発展のために、これま のためJALT Publicationsから6年間という長いようで短い で ボラン テ ィア でご 尽 力くだ さった スタッフ す べ て に 感 謝 お休みを頂いた後、共同編集者としてTLTに再び参加す の意を示すこの上ない機会です。JALTメンバーのための ることを大変光栄に思っております。かつて私がこの同じ ジャーナルとして、その会員の皆様にTLTは文字通り「属 役目を担った2007-2009年から、何が変わり何が変わって して」います。皆様ご自身にも、どのような貢献ができる いないのかを省察することは、知的で刺激に満ちた経験 のか、是非検討していただきたく思います。とりわけpeer です。 reviewed columns やFeatured Articles やReaders’ Forum 今月号まで、日本語のAssociate EditorだったKazuko に、よく練られかつ熟考された原稿をお寄せいただきたい Sako）迫和子）に感謝の意を表したいと思います。彼女 と思います。他のコラムの編集者たちも、皆様の見解に喜 は秀でた日本語副編集者として我々のジャーナルに多大 んで耳を傾けるでしょう。TLTのコラムに掲載したいと思う なる貢献をしてくれました。また、その仕事を引き継いで 見解や、新しい提案をお持ちだったり、今お持ちのアイデ くれるMami Ueda（植田麻実）に歓迎の意を表します。幸 ィアについて意見を聞いたりしたい場合には、ぜひご連絡 いなことに、Kazukoは今後も日本語の校正と翻訳担当 をください。我々に連絡を取る際にはjalt-publications.orgの 者としてTLTにとどまってくれます。また日本語編集者の 「問い合わせページ」を使って頂くのが最良の方法です。 Toshiko Sugino (杉野俊子)には、これからもこの職にとど 皆様が今月号を楽しんでくださることを願っています。 まってくれること、そして TLTのための彼女の精力的な仕 次の35年、そしてさらにその先へThe Language Teacherが 事すべてに感謝致します。 続きますよう願いを込めて! 今月号にはFeature Articleとして、Gregory Strongの論文 — Theron Muller, Coeditor, The Language Teacher を掲載しています。彼は、学術目的の英語（EAP）の授業 がどのように教授言語としての英語 (EMI)への橋渡しとな りうるかを論じています。Gregoryは、英国のEAPプログラ JALT2019