EA Journal - Vol. 24, No. 1, 2008

• Chris Conlon, 'Planning and conducting research in the Australian ESL classroom', p. 3-12.
• Andreas Pohl, 'Language learning histories: an introduction to critical thinking', p. 13-23.
• Denise Norton, 'Promoting group participation: a conscious approach to collaboration', p. 24-31.
• David Prescott, Patricia Prescott, 'Information literacy: the challenge of internet use in university study', p. 32-50.
• Rose Senior, 'Accommodating diversity by behaving in class-centred ways', p. 51-60.

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English for Specific Purposes – Vol. 27, No. 3, 2008

• Arlene Archer, ''The place is suffering': Enabling dialogue between students' discourses and academic literacy conventions in engineering', p. 255-266.
• Ali R Abasi, Nahal Akbari, 'Are we encouraging patchwriting? Reconsidering the role of the pedagogical context in ESL student writers' transgressive intertextuality', p. 267-284.
• Hui-Tzu Min, 'Reviewer stances and writer perceptions in EFL peer review training', p. 285-305.
• Stephen Bremner, 'Intertextuality and business communication textbooks: Why students need more textual support', p. 306-321.
• Anne Burns, Stephen Moore, 'Questioning in simulated accountant–client consultations: Exploring implications for ESP teaching', p. 322-337.
• Pamela Rogerson-Revell, 'Participation and performance in international business meetings', p. 338-360.

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English Teaching Professional - No. 58, September 2008

• Paola Vettorel, 'Dealing with diversity', p. 4-6.
  In an interview with Alan Maley, Paola Vettorel discusses varieties of English
• Doug Evans, 'Differentiation 1', p. 8-10.
  Focuses on flexibility in dealing with mixed-ability classes
• Rosalind Southward, 'Resuscitating reading', p. 12-13.
  Teaching reading skills to exam students
• Glenda Demes da Cruz, 'Let us play', p. 17-20.
  Celebrates the possibilities offered by the board and board games
• Lucia Maffione, 'Teaching young learners: keeping them interested', p. 22-23.
  How to motivate children when teaching vocabulary
• Carla Wilson, 'Teaching young learners: poised for learning', p. 24-25.
  Using yoga to promote relaxation and concentration
• Alan Marsh, 'Business English professional: In private', p. 27-31.
  Tips and techniques for teaching one-to-one
• Annette Margolis, 'I got it off the TV', p. 34.
  Adapts television shows to make classroom activities
• Tessa Woodward, 'I think, therefore I learn: 1', p. 35.
  Ponders the need for teachers and learners to think about thinking
• Jon Marks, 'Activity corner: Two ‘speed pairing’ activities', p. 37-39.
• John Potts, 'Preparing to teach … 'Can'', p. 40-41.
• Jamie Keddie, 'Images 10', p. 46-47.
  Using a digital camera in the classroom
• Christine Murphy, 'Danger: assimilation', p. 49.
  The perils of being a bilingual teacher
• Sandee Thompson, 'Teacher development: Getting involved', p. 52-55.
  Advantages of professional development
• Blanka Frydrychova Klimova, 'Technology: Blended learning', p. 58-60.
• Russell Stanard, 'Webwatcher', p. 61.
  Suggested sites for teaching vocabulary to children

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ESL Magazine – No. 64, July/August 2008

• Joanna Gruchala, 'ELT activities for young learners', p. 9-12.
• Natasa Intihar Klancar, 'Using songs and chants in the classroom', p. 14-17.
• Elizabeth Cygan, 'Aiding ESL students with attention disorders', p. 18-22.
• Atrem Chobanian, 'Meeting the challenge: teaching ESL in Ukraine', p. 23.

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Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development – Vol. 29, No. 3, 2008  

• Sara Hauptman, Fuaz Mansur and Rachel Tal, 'A trilingual teaching model for developing academic literacy skills in classical Arabic (L1), Hebrew (L2) and English (L3) in Southern Israel', p. 181-197.
• Viniti Vaish, 'Language attitudes of urban disadvantaged female students in India: an ethnographic approach', p. 198-215.
• John Shaun Nolan, 'School and extended family in the transmission and revitalisation of Gallo in upper-Brittany', p. 216-234.
• Herbert Igboanusi, Marin Putz, 'The future of French in Nigeria's language policies', p. 235-259.

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Modern English Teacher – Vol. 17, No.3, July 2008

• Ivor Timmis, 'The Lexical Approach is dead: long live the lexical dimension', p. 5-9.
• Nick Shepherd, 'Stories', p. 11-13.
• Jonathan Marks, 'Ordering words about (or About ordering words, or Words about ordering)', p. 14-16.
• Nick Shepherd, 'The Idiot's Guide to big grammar items: P is for punctuation', p. 17-19.
• Nick Shepherd, 'Did you know this?: Fairly, quite, rather', p. 20-21.
• Hall Houston, 'Cliffhanger activities', p. 22-23.
• Christian Jones, 'Helping students 'notice' spoken grammar', p. 24-26.
• Paul Bress, 'Reading skills: what are they and how do you teach them?', p. 28-29.
• Charles Januzzi, 'Vocabulary development for the conversation class', p. 30-33.
• Yan Xiao-Yun, 'Interactive grammar teaching', p. 34-37.
• Barley Mak and David Coniam, 'Writing with wikis', p. 38-42.
• Mark Lloyd, 'And finally …', p. 43-45.
  "Describes multi-level, preparation-free, language-rich, authentic text-based, off-the-peg lessons for busy English teachers!"
• Richard Cain, 'Podcasting for beginners – part 2', p. 47-49.
• 'Interactive Whiteboards: a practitioner's view. An interview with Russell Stannard', p. 50-52.
• Michael Carrier, 'Webwatch: Elearning blogs', p. 53-55.
• Michael Carrier, 'Techtips: Setting up an Elearning blog', p. 56-57.
• Chunmei Yan, 'Implementing negotiation in classroom teaching', p. 58-62.
• Mustafa Zülküf Altan, 'Improving students' higher-order thinking skills', p. 63-67.
• Ronald Carter, 'People: John Sinclair', p. 68-71.
  Ronald Carter remembers the man who was the major influence on corpus linguistics and spoken discourse analysis.

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System – Vol. 36, No. 3, September 2008

• Qing Gu and Jane Brooks, 'Beyond the accusation of plagiarism', p. 337-352.
• Rod Ellis, Younghee Sheen, Mihoko Murakami and Hide Takashima, 'The effects of focused and unfocused written corrective feedback in an English as a foreign language context', p. 353-371.
• Gary Barkhuizen and Rosemary Wette, 'Narrative frames for investigating the experiences of language teachers', p. 372-387.
• Carrie N Jackson, 'Processing strategies and the comprehension of sentence-level input by L2 learners of German', p. 388-406.
• Ismail Hakki Erten and Mustafa Tekin, 'Effects on vocabulary acquisition of presenting new words in semantic sets versus semantically unrelated sets', p. 407-422.
• Seth Lindstromberg and Frank Boers, 'Phonemic repetition and the learning of lexical chunks: The power of assonance', p. 423-436.
• Barley Mak and David Coniam, 'Using wikis to enhance and develop writing skills among secondary school students in Hong Kong', p. 437-455.
• Cindy Brantmeier and Robert Vanderplank, 'Descriptive and criterion-referenced self-assessment with L2 readers', p. 456-477.
• Peter Burden, 'ELT teacher views on the appropriateness for teacher development of end of semester student evaluation of teaching in a Japanese context', p. 478-491.
• Tuula Lehtonen and Sinikka Karjalainen, 'University graduates' workplace language needs as perceived by employers', p. 492-503.

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