Articles

• E-mail Activities in the ESL Writing Class
  By Ron Belisle
• Teaching Japanese-English Bilingual Children to Read English at Home
  By Craig Smith

Site Reviews

• Dave's ESL Cafe on the Net: A Site Review
  By Dennis Oliver

Articles & Research Papers

• The Implementation of a First Year English Placement System
  By Anthony Mills, Lillian Swain and Robert Weschler

Teaching Techniques

• Classroom Techniques for Contextualization: How to make "This is a pen." a pragmatically motivated utterance.
  By Yoshinori Sasaki

Lessons & Lesson Plans

• Country Presentations
  An oral presentation assignment for second or third-year university speaking classes of 20 - 40 students.
  By Lillian Swain
• Global Warming: A Cause and Effect Writing Lesson
  By Amy Ogasawara

Articles & Research Papers

• Copyright Issues on the Web
  By Kristina Pfaff-Harris
• The Design and Utilisation of an Internet Resource for Business English Learners
  By Michael Vallance
• Gender Differences in Taiwan Business Writing Errors
  By Judy F. Chen

Teaching Techniques

• Videotaping an English Mini-drama in Your Classroom
  By David G. Magnusson

Articles & Research Papers

• Marking Student Work on the Computer
  This article describes a method by which macros attached to toolbar buttons in a word-processor can be used to improve marking of students' writing assignments.
  By Martin Holmes

Teaching Techniques

• Graffiti for ESL Readers
  Describes an activity using content-based articles.
  By Brent Buhler
• Training for Impromptu Speaking and Testing Active Listening (With a Focus on Japanese Students)
  By Cecilia B-Ikeguchi
• Getting Your Class Connected
  Some ideas on using e-mail and homepages.
  By Dennis E. Wilkinson

Articles & Research Papers

• A Review of TOEIC
  By Susan Gilfert
• What Are We Doing When We "Talk Science"?
  By Jack Kimball
• Teaching English Intonation with a Visual Display of Fundamental Frequency
  This article includes tables and 11 images.
  By Richard Stibbard

Lessons & Lesson Plans

• Teaching Awareness of Stereotyping
  By Asako Kajiura Goodmacher

Teaching Techniques

• Teaching Conversation Skills With Content Based Materials
  By Greg Goodmacher

Articles & Research Papers

• CALL is not a Hammer and not Every Teaching Problem is a Nail! (Changing Expectations of Computers in the Classroom)
  By Judy F. Chen
• Easy English Communication At The Secondary Level: Easy Ways Teachers Who Are Non-Native Speakers Can Use More English in Class
  By James R. Welker
• Testing Listening
  By S. Kathleen Kitao and Kenji Kitao

Handouts

• Getting to Know You
  A handout to use for the first day of class.
  By Henry Reese

Teaching Techniques

• Secret Partner Journals for Motivation, Fluency and Fun
  By Timothy Stewart

Articles & Research Papers

• Raising Bilingual Children
  By Marsha Rosenberg
• Testing Grammar
  By S. Kathleen Kitao and Kenji Kitao

Lessons & Lesson Plans

• A Way to Teach Culture: Guns or No Guns
  By Yoshiyuki Nakata

Teaching Techniques

• Reading and Writing through Neuro-Linguistic Programming
  By Tom Maguire
• How to Read Nonfictional English Text Faster and More Effectively
  By Helmut Stiefenhöfer

Reports

• CALL: Its Scope and Limits
  A speech by Frank Berberich

Articles & Research Papers

• Potentially Confusing and Embarrassing Differences between American and British English
  Humorously written by David Barton
• TEFL Labour Issues in Japan
  By Brett Reynolds
• Testing Communicative Competence
  By S. Kathleen Kitao and Kenji Kitao

Lessons & Lesson Plans

• Choosing and Summarizing Internet Resources
  By Amy Ogasawara
• A Way to Teach Culture: Large cups, small cups, whose cups?
  By Yoshiyuki Nakata

Articles & Research Papers

• Why Do We Teach English?
  By Kenji Kitao
• Advertising and Language: The War of Words Between Copywriters and Language Purists
  By Joseph W. Shepherd
• Points to Consider when Evaluating Interactive Multimedia
  By Warwick J. Thorn

Lessons & Lesson Plans

• Developing Awareness: An Intercultural Communication Lesson Plan
  By Asako Kajiura

Teaching Techniques

• It's on the Cards: Adapting a Board-game Communicative Activity
  By Bob Gibson

Handouts & Other Classroom Materials

• A Handout for the First Class Meeting
  By Charles Kelly
• Teacher & Class Evaluation Questionnaires
  A collection of questionnaires from various schools.

Lessons & Lesson Plans

• A Simulation for Business English Students
  A Six-Unit Course.
  By Heather Hanson
• Teaching the English Newspaper Effectively
  By Kenji Kitao

Teaching Techniques

• Teaching Conversation Strategies Through Pair-Taping
  By Nancy Washburn and Kiel Christianson
• A Peer Review Activity for Essay Organization
  By Bob Gibson

Handouts & Other Classroom Materials

• Contrast in Transport Quiz
  By Fahrettin Sirin

Articles & Research Papers

• English Communication through Practical Experiences
  By Judith D. DeRolf
• Loanwords - A Pitfall for All Students
  By Joseph W. Shepherd

Lessons & Lesson Plans

• Ideas on Using Videos
  By Donna Tatsuki
• Using a TV Matchmaking Format in the Classroom
  By Richard Humphries

Teaching Techniques

• Making Jigsaw Activities Using Newspaper Articles
  By David Dycus

Handouts & Other Classroom Materials

• Essay Evaluation Form
  By Alice Delaney and Dana Walker

Articles & Research Papers

• Leaving the Room: An Introduction to Theme-Based Oral English
  By Stewart Wachs

Lessons & Lesson Plans

• Innocents Abroad: Training Japanese for Travel
  By Eugene Trabich

Teaching Techniques

• Dictation Drawing
  By Brian Grover
• Using Postcards in the Classroom
  By Peter Lobell
• Interesting Ways to Call Roll in Japan
  By Lawrence Klepinger

Handouts & Other Classroom Materials

• A Practical Guide For Japanese Traveling to the USA
  By Lawrence Klepinger