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July / August 2012 palaver Volume 36, Number 4 3 Plenary speaker articles from Suresh Canagarajah,parlance John Eyles, Alan Firth, Özge Karaoğlu, and Jeanettepatois ISSN 0289-7938 Littlemore phraseology ¥950 18 Featured speaker articles from Charles Browne, Carolyn Graham, Marjo Mitsutomi, Garold Murray, Ted O’Neill,prose The Japan Association Diane Nagatomo, John Wiltshier, and Sean Wraysignal for Language Teaching slang Feature Article . sound 41 Eleanor Carson and Hidenori Kashihara examinespeech students’ preferences for L1 use in the L2 classroom THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING 全 国 語 学 教 育 学 会 style talk JALT2012 Readers’ Forum . terminology Making a Difference 49 Simon Cooke explores grammar and autonomy tongue 55 Chris Wharton highlights two classroom activities that transcend level and age utterance verbalization My Share . vernacular 61 Contributions from Bibby, Chauhan-Lidgleyvocabulary and Lidgley, October 12-15, 2012 Cheetham, Lange and Park vocalization ACT City Hamamatsu, Hamamatsu, Japan Book Reviews . voice <jalt.org/conference> word 67 Text Reviews from Fast and Nagai wording JALT Publications } GRASSROOTS Laura MacGregor – Gakushuin University JALT Publications Board Chair Joyce Cunningham & Mariko Miyao Bern Mulvey – Iwate University Ted O’Neill [email protected] Tim Murphey – Kanda University of International Studies [email protected] t: 029-228-8455; 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f: 03-3837-1631 Robert Long – Kyushu Institute of Technology [email protected] JULY / AUGUST 2012 • VOL. 36, NO. 4 | 1 CONTENTS In this month’s issue . Plenary Speaker Articles JALT2012: Making a Difference } Plenary speaker articles from Suresh October 12-15, 2012, Hamamatsu, Japan Canagarajah, John Eyles, Alan Firth, Özge Karaoğlu, & Jeanette Littlemore. 3 his issue of TLT comes with the Featured Speaker Articles T Conference Preview, a very helpful bulletin of } Featured speaker articles from Charles information that is designed Browne, Carolyn Graham, Marjo Mitsutomi, Garold Murray, Ted O’Neill, Diane to help you get ready Nagatomo, John Wiltshier, & Sean Wray .18 for JALT’s major profes- sional event, Asia’s biggest Feature Article language-education conference. This year the conference will be held in Hamamatsu; it’s our second time there, } Using the L1 in the L2 classroom: but it’s been a few years, so for many of you this will The students speak. 41 be your first visit to the superb conference facilities of Readers’ Forum ACT CITY. Because we will be meeting in early October instead of late November, there’s a bit less time to get } Developing learner autonomy in a ready. We hope that this special issue of TLT will be grammar class ....................49 helpful as you make your conference preparations. } One size fits all: Two activities that As Co-Chairs of this year’s conference, we want to wel- transcend level and age. .55 come you very warmly to Hamamatsu. The conference is Resources shaping up to be an impressive series of talks, workshops, presentations, and social events. Plenary speakers from } My Share ........................61 New Zealand, Great Britain, the United States and } Book Reviews ....................67 Turkey will give it an exciting international flavor, while } Recently Received .................70 dozens of sessions offered by local teachers, writers, and } Outside the Box ...................71 researchers will continue to illuminate the high quality JALT Focus Continued over } JALT Notices .....................72 JALT PUBLICATIONS ONLINE } Showcase ........................84 <jalt-publications.org> } Grassroots .......................85 July/August 2012 online access } Outreach. .91 Material from all our publications produced in the last 12 Columns months requires a password for access. These passwords change with each issue of TLT and are valid for a 3-month } SIG News .......................93 period. To access our archives: } Chapter Events ...................100 [ login: jul2012 / password: 68TatREc ] } Chapter Reports ..................103 } Job Information ..................110 } Conference Calendar ..............112 } Old Grammarians .................115 } Membership Information. .116 } Online Access Info ..................1 TLT Editors: Jennifer Yphantides, Jason Peppard TLT Japanese-Language Editor: Emika Abe THE LANGUAGE TEACHER: 36.4 • July / August 2012 1 The Language Teacher » Foreword & Information 回のTLTは年次 of pedagogy and professional development that 大会特集号で is currently happening right here in Japan. The 今 す。JALTの主要 annual “conference within a conference” that we なイベントであり、アジアで call JALT Junior is one of the fastest growing areas 最大の言語教育大会に備え of JALT, due to the new elementary school English るための役に立つ情報を掲 載しています。今年の大会 curriculum that was recently introduced, so we は静岡県浜松市で開催され also look forward to welcoming a large number of ます。ここでの開催は2回目 local teachers to the conference this year. ですが、数年経ちましたので、今回初めてACT CITYとい う素晴らしい会場にいらっしゃる方も多いのではないでし Making a Difference: this theme has encouraged ょうか。今年は、通常の11月ではなく、10月の開催ですの us to look back over our professional lives and で、参加のための準備時間が少し足りないかもしれませ to identify the experts, events, and episodes that ん。TLTの年次大会特集号が皆様の大会への参加準備の helped make us who we are today. All of us in 手 助けとなることを願っています 。 JALT stand on the shoulders of those who helped 今年度の年次大会委員長として、私たちは浜松へ皆様 us, taught us, and mentored us. We sincerely のお越しをお待ちしています。大会では、さまざまなワー hope that JALT2012 will be a memorable and クショップ、口頭発表、交流イベントなどがたくさん予定さ