Issue #1 of 'ELT-J' online magazine (December 2009)

[CEJ]

This list will also send out the 'ELT-J' online magazine for EFL
teachers in Japan. Here is the first issue:

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http://eltinjapan.blogspot.com/2009/12/elt-in-japan-issue-1-december-2009.html

Wednesday, December 16, 2009
'ELT in Japan', Issue 1 (December 2009)
These articles were first published at the related blog established
prior to ELT-J, Japan Higher Education Outlook. These have been
compiled and summarized here to form the first issue of ELT-J.

The entire collection of articles can be navigated from this page:

http://japanheo.blogspot.com/2009/12/tefl-forum-so-far.html

>> ELT-J Issue 1 Table of Contents <<

1. Proposes more useful model/basic unit of phonology for EFL.

http://japanheo.blogspot.com/2009/12/facially-salient-articulatory-gesture.html

2. Looks at a literacy and phonology 'crutch' often used by Japanese
EFL learners and relates it to standard concepts in ELT and EFL
literacy.

http://japanheo.blogspot.com/2009/12/do-japanese-efl-students-need-katakana.html

3. Sums up ten major reasons why TEFL and EFL are so problematic in
Japan and at Japanese universities.

http://japanheo.blogspot.com/2009/12/tefl-forum-ten-reasons-why-english.html

4. This is an article that is conceptually related to the article in
item #2 on this list but comes at the issues from a different angle--
that is, positive transfer vs. negative interference from the native
literacy backgrounds of EFL students.

http://japanheo.blogspot.com/2009/12/tefl-forum-native-writing-systems.html

5. Looks at why TEFL/ELT/TESOL need a new approach to 'theory' and
'practice', where real theory emerges from real practice.

http://japanheo.blogspot.com/2009/09/breaking-down-theory-vs-practice.html

6. Questions the value of most academic research on ELT and FLL (e.g.,
'SLA' research).

http://japanheo.blogspot.com/2009/06/why-is-research-in-elttefltesolalsla-so.html

7. An earlier version of item #3 on this list. Gives a briefer
overview of the ten reasons and links back to the individual articles
in which they were discussed in more detail.

http://japanheo.blogspot.com/2009/04/ten-reaons-why-english-education-in.html

8. Gives an overview of the many issues foreign nationals (e.g.,
'native speakers' of English) face teaching at the level of higher
education in Japan, including TEFL at this level.

http://japanheo.blogspot.com/2008/03/teaching-as-foreign-national-at.html

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Labels: AL, EFL, ELT, SLA, teaching English in Japan, TEFL, TEFL
Forum, TESOL

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Future issues will include articles on teaching vocabulary and
pronunciation.