Asian Journal of English Language Teaching

Articles

Peer Relations in Group Activities: Teacher Instruction, Peer Leaders, and Group Work Rules

Yamin QIAN and Meimei YANG

Slow but Sure: Ownership of English among Asian International Undergraduate Students in a Multilingual Context

Sumi KIM

Student Perceptions of Task-Based Language Teaching in Chinese High Schools

Jiuhan HUANG and Deanna NISBET

Teacher Perceptions of Best Practices in English Language Teaching

Farahnaz FAEZ and Michael KARAS

Teaching in Focus

Critical Thinking in an Academic Speaking Class for EFL Students

Bich-Phuong Thi NGUYEN

Articles

Examining the “Invisible Wall” of Native-Speakerism in Japanese ELT:A Duoethnography of Teacher Experience

Daniel HOOPER and Azusa IIJIMA

Metacognitive Reading Strategies in the Filipino ESL Classroom: Use and Instruction

Andrzej CIROCKI, Jayson PARBA, Jonel CAPAROSO, and Kloyde A. CADAY

Exploring Reading English for Specific Purposes (ESP) via Communities of Practice

Beryl Chinghwa LEE

An Analysis of Variables that Indicate the Accurate Placement of Young Chinese Learners of English at the Appropriate Guided Reading Level

Robby Lee ROBINETTE

Teaching in Focus

A Genre-Based Approach to Teaching Anecdotes in EFL

Wei Li CHENG

Book Reviews

EIL Education for the Expanding Circle: A Japanese Model 151
By Nobuyuki Hino

Reviewed by Ka Long Roy CHAN

Articles

Anxiety, Metacognitive Strategies and Multiple Intelligences in the EFL Reading Classroom: Voices from Hanoi

Andrzej CIROCKI and Le Van CANH

Influences on the Speaking Self-Confidence of Undergraduate Engineering Students in Indonesia

Lavinia Disa Winona ARAMINTA

Perceptions of Value in Japanese English Education: Self-Reflections of ALTs on the JET Programme

Blake TURNBULL

Teachers’ Views of Asian Folktales for ELT

Soe Marlar LWIN

Colour Me…Orange? Incorporating Aspects of the Colourful Semantics Approach into a TESOL Programme at Preschool

Shyamani HETTIARACHCHI, Mahishi RANAWEERA, and Dilini Chamali WALISUNDARA

Book Reviews

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary English Pronunciation

Edited by Okim Kang, Ron I. Thomson, and John M. Murphy

Reviewed by Qian WANG

EL Excellence Every Day: The Flip-to Guide for Differentiating Academic Literacy

By Tonya W. Singer

Reviewed by Michael Thomas GENTNER

Asian English Language Classrooms: Where Theory and Practice Meet

Edited by Handoyo Puji Widodo, Alistair Wood, and Deepti Gupta

Reviewed by Yingying XIE

Articles

Genre-Based Writing Classrooms and Learner Beliefs in East Asian EAP Contexts

Gary G. FOGAL

Language Learning and the Second Language (L2) Identities of Hong Kong Pre-service EFL Teachers prior to Study Abroad

Baburhan UZUM

Exploring Source Use by Different EFL Students: Text Quality, Lexical Profiles, and Citation Features

Hsien-Chin LIOU

Attitudes towards Hong Kong English: Native English Teachers and Local English Teachers

Ka Long Roy CHAN

Book Reviews

Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Learning Research

By Gary Barkhuizen, Phil Benson, and Alice Chik

Reviewed by Dingding JIA

Advances and Current Trends in Language Teacher Identity Research

Edited by Yin Ling Cheung, Selim Ben Said, and Kwanghyun Park

Reviewed by Jianping XIE

AJELT: The First Quarter Century

Gerald NELSON

Articles

Reading Strategy Awareness and Use among EFL Gulf University Students

Martin J. ENDLEY

How Written Recasts Influence the Processing of Corrective Feedback: A Case of Noticeability and Explicitness

Baburhan UZUM

The Bilingual Vocabulary Size Test for Vietnamese Learners: Reliability and Use in Placement Testing

Roger W. GEE and Le T. C. NGUYEN

Validation of a Vocabulary Learning Strategy Scale and Its Relationship to Vocabulary Level Test Scores

Mitsuru KUDO, Atsushi MIZUMOTO and Takaaki KUMAZAWA

A Music Word List for Non-native Speakers of English: A Corpus-based Study

Ping WANG and Michelle PICARD

Book Reviews

Academic Publishing: Issues and Challenges in the Construction of Knowledge.

By K. L. Hyland

Reviewed by Shogo SAKURAI

Needs Analysis for Language Course Design: A Holistic Approach to ESP.

By Marjatta Huhta, Karin Vogt, Esko Johnson and Heikki Tulkki

Edited with an introduction by David R. Hall

Reviewed by Nha T. T. VU

AJELT: The Year of the Horse and a Time of Change

Gwendolyn GONG

Articles

Avoidance of English Phrasal Verbs: Investigating the Effect of Proficiency, Learning Context, Task Type, and Verb Type

Tony P. BECKER

Collaboration and Writing: More than Exchanging Words

Kara Grace REED

Teacher-Based Curriculum-Embedded Assessment in an EFL Testing Culture

Xiongying TANG and Jeremy JONES

College English Teachers’ Beliefs about Effective Language Teaching

Maoying XIANG and Simon BORG

Understanding the EAP Writing and Online Learning Needs of Chinese University Students: A Multiple-Method Needs Assessment Study

Estela ENE

Reviews

What Do We Know about the Syntactic Features of Hong KongLearners’ English?

Amy S. Y. CHUI

Roads to Nowhere: The Effects of Culture on Thai Learners of English

Robert KIRKPATRICK and David YOUNG

Innovation and Change in English Language Education. Edited by Ken HYLAND and Lillian L. C. WONG

Reviewed by Nick PILCHER

Special Issue

Working Memory and Second Language Acquisition: Innovation in Theory and Research

Guest Editors’ Introduction

Working Memory and SLA: Towards an Integrated Theory

Zhisheng WEN, Mailce Borges MOTA, and Arthur MCNEILL

Articles

Working Memory and Thematic Inference Processing in L2 Narrative Comprehension

Zhisheng Songyang HUANG and Chunyan LIU

Working Memory and Task Repetition in Second Language Oral Production

Mohammad Javad AHMADIAN

Working Memory and Corrective Recasts in L2 Oral Production

Yongbin ZHAO

Working Memory and Lexical Knowledge in L2 Argumentative Writing

Baoshu YI and Shaoqian LUO

Articles

Comparing Written-Only and Written-Plus-Spoken Peer Feedback in a Japanese EFL University Context

Keiko HIROSE

Collaborative Writing in an EFL University Classroom Context: Voices from Students

Cheryl Wei-yu CHEN

Reader and Reading in Context: Narrative Inquiry into a Senior L2 English Reader in Taiwan

Beryl Chinghwa LEE

Book Reviews

Teaching the Pronunciation of English as a Lingua Franca. By Robin Walker

Reviewed by Andrew SEWELL

Articles

Semantic Processing and Vocabulary Development of Adult ESL Learners

Adel Abu RADWAN and Jaana RIKALA-BOYER

Teacher Washback From English Certification Exit Requirements in Taiwan

Yi-Ching PAN

The Effect of Reading While Listening to Audiobooks: Listening Fluency and Vocabulary Gain

Anna Ching-Shyang CHANG

The Online Reading Strategies Used by Five Successful Taiwanese ESL Learners

Alex POOLE

Book Reviews

The Psychology of Second Language Acquisition. By Zoltán DÖRNYEI.

Reviewed by Qi XU and Zhisheng WEN

Language Curriculum Design. By Paul NATION and John MACALISTER.

Reviewed by Esmaeel HAMIDI

Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning (Volume II). Edited by E. HINKEL.

Reviewed by Hajar Abdul RAHIM

Exploring English Language Teaching: Language in Action. By Graham HALL.

Reviewed by Nick PILCHER

Handbook of Foreign Language Communication and Learning. Edited by Karlfried KNAPP, Barbara SEIDLHOFER, in cooperation with Henry WIDDOWSON.

Reviewed by Yasemin KIRKGÖZ

Articles

Speaking to the World: Who, When and How? An Ethnographic Study of Slogan Change and Identity Construction of Beijing Olympic Games Volunteers

Yihong GAO

Autonomy and Strategizing in Self-directed Language Learning

Don SNOW

An Investigation of Chinese Undergraduates' Foreign Language Anxiety: Changes and Differences

Li LIU, Meihua LIU, and Danli SU

High-frequency English-based Loanword Cognates for EFL in Japan

Frank E. DAULTON

The Production of L2 Vowels by Chinese EFL Learners: An Acoustic Perspective on Pre-fortis Clipping

Weijing ZHOU

The Effect of a Speed Reading Course: A Replication

Mihwa CHUNG

Taiwanese College Teachers' Attitudes towards English Reading Instruction in Discipline-specific Areas

Tzung-yu CHENG

The Impact of a Writing Workshop Approach on Chinese English Teachers' Beliefs about Effective Writing Instruction

Elizabeth SPALDING, Jian WANG, and Emily LIN

EAP Writing: Reflections on Divergent Perceptions and Expectations among Tutors and Students

Darryl HOCKING and Glenn TOH

Rhetorical Perception of Korean University Students: Is Linear Better?

Deron WALKER

Challenges in Writing Refereed English Journal Papers and Institutional Support for Research Publication

Yin Ling CHEUNG

Book Reviews

Complex Systems and Applied Linguistics. By Diane Larsen-Freeman and Lynne Cameron

Reviewed by George YOUNG and Gareth CARROL

Mixed Methods Research: Exploring the Interactive Continuum. By Carolyn S. Ridenour and Isadore Newman

Reviewed by Ryan DESCHAMBAULT

Guest Editors’ Introduction

TBLT in Asia: Constraints and Opportunities

Rebecca Adams, Jonathan Newton

Articles

Student Attitudes toward Task-based Language Teaching at Japanese Universities

Michael HOOD, James ELWOOD, and Joseph FALOUT

Revisiting the TBLT versus P-P-P Debate: Voices from Hong Kong

David Carless

Preparing EFL Students for Communicative Task Performance: The Nature and Role of Language Knowledge

Jasmine LUK

Taking Risks in Task-based Teaching and Learning

Gertrude Tinker Sachs

The Communicativeness of Activities in a Task-based Innovation in Guangdong , China

Chunrao DENG and David Carless

TBLT and SCMC: How Do Students Use Communication Strategies?

Nik Aloesnita Nik Mohd Alwi and Rebecca Adams

The Effects of Task-based Intercultural Instruction on the Intercultural Competence of Japanese Secondary EFL Learners

Eriko Ishii

Articles

Promoting Reflective Practice in Initial English Language Teacher Education: Reflective Microteaching

Thomas S. C. FARRELL

Inspiring New Perspectives: The Use of Multimedia and Other Activities in the Teaching of Linguistics

Lixun WANG and Philip GLENWRIGHT

Situating Student Approaches to Learning English in a Chinese Context: A Re-interpretation of Two Tertiary Vocational Learners’ Experiences

Xuesong GAO and Phil BENSON

Learner Autonomy and EFL Proficiency: A Vietnamese Perspective

Thi Cam Le NGUYEN

The Influence of Learners’ Vocabulary Size on EFL Reading Strategy Instruction

Maiko IKEDA

ICQ English: Sociolinguistic and Pedagogical Perspectives

Judy Woon Yee HO

Postmodernism in Intercultural Rhetoric: Problematizing the Deconstruction of an Academic Discipline

Deron WALKER

“Biz-com” Writing: Challenges from Academic Literacies

Glenn TOH

Increasing Oral Participation in ESL/EFL Conversation Classrooms

Michael WEI

Reviews

Review on Academic and Professional Issues

Dimensions of English Coursebooks in Southeast Asia

Bao DAT

The Author Responds

Review of Product and process in the L1 and L2 writing of Japanese students of English

Keiko HIROSE

Book Reviews

World Englishes: Implications for international communication and English language teaching. By Andy Kirkpatrick

Reviewed by Handoyo Puji WIDODO

e-Learning initiatives in China: Pedagogy, policy and culture. Edited by Helen Spencer-Oatey

Reviewed by Andrew J. MORRALL

Articles

Composing Citations through Language Reuse: A Doctoral Student of Biomedicine Writing a Research Paper

Yongyan LI

The Impact of Teachers’ Beliefs and Educational Experiences on EFL Classroom Practices in Secondary Schools

Jeremy F. JONES and Presentacion M. FONG

The Placement of Aviation English in the Chinese Context: Developing the Theory of English for Specific Purposes

Aiguo WANG

ELT at the College of Law—Muscat, Sultanate of Oman: Analyzing Needs and Understanding Problems

Ali S. M. AL-ISSA

Students’ Perspective on Foreign Language Self-access Centers in China: A Case Study

Rong LIU

On the Importance of Role Expectations in Long-Term Overseas Study

Daniel J. MCINTYRE

Reviews

Reviews on Academic and Professional IssuesResearch of EFL Students’ Writing at Two Lebanese English Medium Universities

Nahla Nola BACHA

The College English Test in China: Challenges and Suggestions

Junju WANG

Book Reviews

English in the World: Global Rules, Global Roles Edited by Rani Rubdy and Mario Saraceni

Reviewed by David C. S. LI

Teaching English to the World: History, Curriculum, and Practice Edited by George Braine

Reviewed by Jun LIU

Articles

A Study of the English Vocabulary Knowledge of University Students in Hong Kong

Amy S. Y. CHUI

Contexts of English-in-education Policy and Practice in Postcolonial Hong Kong

Angel M. Y. LIN

Reticence in Oral English Classrooms: Causes and Consequences

Ellen Meihua LIU

Towards a Coherent Foreign Language Policy in China: Lessons from Hong Kong

Peter Yongqi GU

Culture in an English-language Training Program

Ulla CONNOR, William ROZYCKI, & Kyle McINTOSH

Reports

Contrastive Rhetoric in Second Language (L2) Writing Instruction: The Context of Korean Students

Mi Nam JUNG

Interpreting Chinese Students’ Motives in a Weekly English Discussion Group: A Case Study

Andy Xuesong GAO

Reviews

Product and Process in the L1 and L2 Writing of Japanese Students of English

Reviewed by Tomoko TAKADA

Teaching the General Paper

Reviewed by Siew Mei WU

Analysing Learner Language

Reviewed by Dongkwang SHIN

Autonomous Language Learning in Tandem

Reviewed by Thi Cam Le NGUYEN

Articles

Education and Gender-inclusive Language Practice in English: Evidence from Singapore

Anne PAUWELS and Joanne WINTER

Cognitive Strategies Adopted by Chinese Students When Writing in English

Junju WANG

Using Electronic Discussions to Develop Skills in the Language Classroom

Caroline M. L. HO

The Role of Film in ELT: A Case Study of a Hong Kong Classroom

Stacy Wai Chuen NG

Reviews

Enriching ESOL Pedagogy: Readiings and Activities for Engagement, Reflection, and Inquiry

Reviewed Karen ENGLANDER

English Language Learning and Technology

Reviewed by Caroline M. L. HO

Learning Strategies in Foreign and Second Language Classrooms

Reviewed by Lawrence Jun ZHANG

Vocabulary

Reviewed by Ali SHEHADEH

Articles

Co-constructing Academic Discourse from the Periphery: Chinese Applied Linguists’ Centripetal Participation in Scholarly Publication

Jun LIU

Unpacking Learner Factors in L2 Learning: A Comparative Study of Students from Hong Kong and Mainland China

Dan LU, Yili LI, and Yue Yuan HUANG

Motivation Types of Chinese University Undergraduates

Yihong GAO, Yuan ZHAO, Ying CHENG, and Yan ZHOU

Achievement Motivation, Attributional Beliefs, and EFL Learning Strategy Use in China

Hongliang XU and Xiaohong JIANG

An Empirical Study on Anxiety and Motivation in English as a Foreign Language

Mei HAO, Meihua LIU, Ruoping HAO

Reports

A Corpus-based Study of Intensifiers in Chinese EFL Learners’ Oral Production

Maocheng LIANG

An Exploratory Study of Focus on Form Instruction: How Advanced ESL Writers Attend to Form During Group Work

Alex POOLE

Forming Hermeneutic Connections: Students’ Interpretations of an Arthurian Legend

James Leslie MYERS

Reviews

Teaching and Learning a Second Language: A Guide to Recent Research and Its Applications

Reviewed by Guangwei HU

Controversies in Applied Linguistics

Reviewed by Kirsten SCHAETZEL

Beyond Methods: Macrostrategies for Language Teaching

Reviewed by Miho YOROZU

Articles

Interference in the Second Language Acquisition of the Present Simple Tense

Jason Miin Hwa LIM

Effect of Using a “Top-down” Strategy on Chinese University Students’ Comprehension of English Readings

Zhenhui RAO

Laughter in an ESL Classroom: The Result of Footing Incongruous with Korean Students’ Cultural Models

Erika J. REUTZEL

Group Discussion: The Teacher’s Role?

Hayo REINDERS, Marilyn LEWIS, Rebecca TSANG

English Additional Language and Learning Empowerment: Conceiving and Practicing a Transcultural Pedagogy and Learning

Alan BRADY & Yoko SHINOHARA

Reports

An Input-based Approach to Task Design in Teaching

Joanna RADWANSKA-WILLIAMS

Tackling the “Independent Clause as Subject” Problem

Alice Y.W. CHAN, Becky S.C. KWAN, & David C.S. LI

Reviews

Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab (Web Site)

Reviewed by She-Sen GUO

Task-based Language Learning and Teaching

Reviewed by Guangwei HU

Doing Second Language Research

Reviewed by Christine C. M. GOH

Articles

Introduction

Yongqi GU

Metalinguistic Knowledge at Work: The Case of Written Production by Chinese Learners of English

Guangwei HU

Learners’ Self-Reports on Comprehension and Learning Strategies for Listening

Christine C. M. GOH

Exploring EFL Reading as a Metacognitive Experience: Reader Awareness and Reading Performance

Lawrence Jun ZHANG

EFL Learning and Self-identity Construction: Three Cases of Chinese College English Majors

Yihong GAO, Yuxia LI, and Weina LI

Error Patterns of Vocabulary Recognition for EFL Learners in Beijing and Hong Kong

Yongqi GU and Cynthia B. LEUNG

Teaching Communicative English in China: A Case Study of the Gap between Teachers’ Views and Practice

Xudong WU and Lan FANG

Passage Dependence in Standardized Reading Comprehension: Exploring the College English Test

Liying CHENG and Lingyun GAO

Writing for International Publication: The Perception of Chinese Doctoral Researchers

Yongyan LI

Effects of Project-based CALL on Chinese EFL Learners

Peiya GU

Development of a Web Project for English Learning and Teaching: Linking Theories and Practice

Hsien-Chin LIOU

An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Research on Chinese ELT Contexts and EFL/ESL Learners

Guangwei HU and Yongqi GU

Articles

Constructing Chinese Faces in American Classrooms

Jun Liu

English Learning Strategies of Indonesian University Students Across Individual Differences

Junaidi Mistar

Raising the Status of ESP Educators Through Integrated Team Teaching

Tim Stewart

An Investigation into the Vocabulary Needs of University Students in Hong Kong

May Y. Fan

An Observational Study of Practice Opportunities in Chinese Tertiary English Classrooms

An E He

Reports

Integrating Product-Process Considerations in Teaching Business Letter Writing

Benny P. H. Lee

Hong Kong Student Teachers’ Responses to Peer Group Process Writing

Andy Curtis

Reviews

Teacher Education, Karen E. Johnson (Ed.)

Reviewed by Pierre Walter

Discover Debate, Michael Lubetsky, Charles LeBeau, and David Harrington

Reviewed by Kirsten Schaetzel

Back to School: Lecturer Attachment Experience, An E He, Liz Walker, Angela Mok, Peter Bodycott, and Vernon Crew (Eds.)

Reviewed by Andy Curtis

Articles

Keeping a Critical Eye on One’s Own Teaching Practice: EFL Teachers’ Use of Reflective Teaching Journals

Noorchaya Yahya

ESL Korean Learners’ Decision-making Processes in Speech Act Performance

Jae-Suk Suh

Comparative Analysis of Three Learning Strategies for EFL Vocabulary Acquisition and Retention

Cheongsook Chin

Acquiring English Tense and Aspect: Effects of Differences and Similarities between L1 and L2

Ganzhao Sun

Cultures in Contact in Academic Writing: Students’ Perceptions of Plagiarism

Antonia Chandrasegaran

EFL Testing and University Admission in Finland and Japan

Mike Garant

Reports

Language Acquisition and Learner Autonomy in an Asian EAP Program

Pierre Walter

Communicative Language Teaching and Its Role in a Pronunciation Class

Chad Fryer

Tackling Students’ (Mis)Conceptions about Writing: A Case Study

Chien Ching

Reviews

Let the Wars Continue: Comprehension Approaches to Language Teaching Foreign Language Education: The Easy Way

Stephen Krashen

Extensive Reading in the Second Language Classroom

Richard Day and Julian Bamford

Fluency Through TPR Storytelling: Achieving Real Language Acquisition in School Blaine Ray and Contee Seely

Reviewed by Jeff McQuillan

Understanding Language Teaching: Reasoning in Action Karen E. Johnson

Reviewed by Robert Richmond Stroupe

A Guide to Effective Writing Margaret McLaren

Reviewed by Valerie Priscilla Goby

Articles

Plain Talk About a Complex Subject: Maximizing Students' Learning Styles

Moh-Leen Chew, Tamara Kit Chen, Linda Chu

Sociocultural Competence and the Japanese Learner of English

Shawn Tenhoff, Chise Nakaseko

The English Language Needs of Building Services Practitioners in Hong Kong

Stephen Evans

Second Language Proficiency and Word Frequency in English

Stephan A. Bird, George M. Jacobs

An Examination of the Keyword Method: How Effective Is It for Native Speakers of Chinese Learning English?

Stephen A. Bird, SEAMED Regional

Interview

TESOL Quarterly and Non-native Speaker-Writers: An Interview with Sandra McKay

John Flowerdew

Report

Reflective Teaching: A Case Study of a Korean English Teacher

Thomas S.C. Farrell

Reviews

Strategies in Learning and Using a Second Language

William Savage

Beyond Training, Jack C. Richards

Richard Watson Todd

Classroom-Based Evaluation in Second Language Education, Fred Genesee and John A. Upshur

Catherine Owens

Articles

Language, Science and Scholarship

John M. Swales

Reading Easy and Difficult Texts in English and Chinese: Strategy Use by Native Speakers of Chinese

Xiwu Feng, Kouider Mokhtari

Teaching Reading Strategies in An Ongoing EFL University Reading Classroom

Mi-jeong Song

Does Self-Access Language Learning at the Tertiary Level Really Work?

Johanna Klassen, Champa Detaramani, Eva Lui, Mrudula Patri, Jenny Wu

Reports

Aspects of Impoverished Discourse in Academic Speaking: Implications for Pedagogy from a Mini-Corpus

Helen Basturkmen

English Language Attitudes of Final-Year High School and First-Year University Students in Papua New Guinea

Paul Buschenhofen

Reviews

Principles of Language Learning and Teaching, H. Douglas Brown

Gail Schaefer

Promoting Reading in Developing Countries, Vincent Greaney (Ed.)

George M. Jacobs

Articles

Reflective Teaching: Situating Our Stories

Kathleen M. Bailey

The Place of Moral and Political Issues in Language Pedagogy

H. Douglas Brown

A Serial Ordering of Listening Comprehension Strategies Used by Advanced ESL Learners in Hong Kong

Ming Yee Carissa Young

Language - Not the Only Barrier

Kin Hughes Wihelm

Is EAP Necessary? A Survey of Hong Kong Undergraduates

Ken Hyland

HyperCard: Using Imagination and Creativity to Enhance Learning

Sarah Xie

The Challenge of Gender-Bias Reform: A Case Study of Teacher Trainees in Hong Kong

Victor Forrester

Language & Development: Teachers in a Changing World, Brian Kenny & William Savage (Eds)

Robert B. Kaplan

Autonomy and Independence in Language Learning, Philip Benson & Peter Voller (Eds)

Pierre Walter

Contrastive Rhetoric: Cross-Cultural Aspects of Second-Language Writing, Ulla Connor

Helena Wong

Towards Synthesis, Will Fowler & John Pidcock

Margit Waas

Articles

Robin Hood in SLA: What has the Learning Strategy Researchere Taught Us?

Peter Yongqi Gu

Conference Coaching for EFL Teacher Development: Practical Applications of Peer Coaching

Nicholas J. Dimmitt

Writing About Writing: Teaching the Process and Achieving a Product

Peter Grundy, Edwin Liew

Hong Kong Students' Attitudes Toward Peer Assessment in English Language Courses

Winnie Cheung, Martin Warren

Changing Language Learning Beliefs: "Appreshiating" Mistakes

Tim Murphey

Writing on Networked Computers: Effects on ESL Writer Attitude and Apprehension

Ruth J. Kivela

Internet Supported Micro-Twinning: A New Dimension in English for Business and Technology

Charles Elerick, Supatra Pradubpongse

The Use of E-mail for ELT: From Analysis to Teaching

Eva Fung-Kuen Lai, George Chi-Keung Jor

The European Connection [Interactive CD-ROM], by BBC English, IBM, and Vektor Inc.

Terry Clayton

Articles

Approaching the Study of Academic Writing: A Brief Bibliographic Review of Research and Research Questions

Michele Chase

How Often Is Often? Reference Ambiguities of the Likert-Scale in Language Learning Strategy Research

YongQi Gu, Qjufang Wen, Danxia Wu

The English Language Needs of CUHK's PRC Postgraduate Students

Jeffrey L. Snyder

Collaborating on Collaboration: Some Reflections

Emma Y.W. Poon, Gail Sciiaefer Fu

Self-Instructional Materials Development at the Independent Learning Centre of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

George C.K. Jor

English Pop Song Analysis

Jay Lundelius

Reflective Assessment and Spoken English Improvement

Erlinda R. Boyle

Peer Feedback in Writing: Is It "Culturally Appropriate" for Hong Kong Chinese Adult Learners?

Lesley Garratt

What Did Students Gain from International E-Mail Projects: The CUHK Experience in Spring 1994

Linda Y.O. Mak

Incorporating E-Mail into Business and Technical Communications Courses: Organizing a Conference

Neeraja Sharma, Lesley Garratt

Report on the Intensive Summer English Course for PRC Postgraduate Students

Jeffrey L. Snyder

Articles

Fact-Finding Trip to language Resource Centres in Europe and Its Implications for Language Policy at CUHK

Herbert D. Pierson

Self-Access Learning in the United Kingdom: Insights for the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Eva F.K. Lai

Self-Access: Hopes and Hesitations

Erlinda R. Boyle

Self-Access in Hong Kong: A Square Peg in a Round Hole?

Richard Farmer, Elaine Sweeney

Writing in Self-Access

Kethy Hayward

Networking Self-Access: Linking language Education with Conununity

Terence T.T. Pang

Personal Reflections on Self Access by Teachers and Students

Articles

A Survey of English Language Use for Study at CUHK

Michele Chase

Needs Analysis of CUHK Graduates 1992: Language use in the Workplace

Eva F.K. Lai, George C.K. Jor

English Proficiency Over Four Years of University Study

Gail Schaefer Fu, Herbert D. Pierson, Amy H.M. Tsui, Emma Y.W. Poon

A Study of Independent Learning Learner Training Programme at The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Beatrice Ma

Classroom Interaction and Teacher Questions Revisited

Kam-yin Wu

The Role of Women in Twelve Tales from Pu Songling's Strange Tales from Make DO Studio

Paemela Cooper, George C.K. Jor

Report of a TEFL Workshop in China

Eva F.K. Lai

Reflections on the Definition and Nature of Self-Access Learning and the Implications for Setting Up Self-Access Centres

Sau-hing, Jose Chan

Project Ideals and Thinking Through Writing - An Example of How Computer Conferencing is Integrated into an ELT Curriculum

Linda Mak

The Use of Video in Second Language Acquisition by Chinese Learners

Sharon Kuchar Bond

Syllabus Design: A Critical Look at the Theory and Practice of Prabhu's Task-Based Syllabus

Mgar Fun Liu

Articles

A Preliminary Report on Students' Attitudes Towards the ILC

Eva Law, Linda Mak

A Language Problem or a Reading Problem? An Examination of the Relationship between L1 and FL Reading

Eva Fung-Kuen Lai

Critique of a Research Report

Ngar Fun Liu

A Critical Evaluation of News Items

Erlinda R. Boyle

Film, Powerful Language & Cultural Bridge in Cross-Cultural Communication

Dr Herbert D. Pierson

Filling the Memex Machine

Martin Barnett

Articles

Assessing Fluency: A Case Study

Erlinda R. Boyle

Learner Involvement and Comprehensible Input

Amy D.M. Tsui

Reading Difficulties from the Perspective of the Learner

Kwan Kit Man, Kitty

Contract Learning in the English Language Classroom

Chen Jow Jin, Beatrica Poon

The Crisis in Hong Kong Language Education

Don Snow

Ants, Empowerment, and a Grander Vision for Language Teaching

Michele Chase