JALT Journal
May 1999

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Articles

7 Using a Commercially Produced Proficiency Test in a One-Year Core EFL Curriculum in Japan for Placement Purposes
Brent Culligan & Greta Gorsuch - (Abstract-EN)(Abstract-JP)

29 Evaluating Six Measures of EFL Learners Pragmatic Competence -
Ken Enochs & Sonia Yoshitake-Strain - (Abstract-EN)(Abstract-JP)

51 Massive Input Through Eiga Shosetsu: A Pilot Study with Japanese Learners
Michael "Rube" Redfield - (Abstract-EN)(Abstract-JP)

66 Influence of Personality, L2 Proficiency and Attitudes on Japanese Adolescents' Intercultual Adjustment -
Tomoko Yashima - (Abstract-EN)(Abstract-JP)

Research Forum

87 Evaluating Learner Self-Assessment
Colin Painter - (Abstract-EN)(Abstract-JP)

Perspectives

103 Raising the Quality of Discourse Using Local Area Networks in Returnee Classes
John Herbert - (Abstract-EN)(Abstract-JP)

112 The Relationship between Self-Efficacy and Language Learners' Grades
Stephen A. Templin - (Abstract-EN)(Abstract-JP)

125 A Myth of Influence: Japanese University Entrance Exams and Their Effect on Junior and Senior High School Reading Pedagogy
Bern Mulvey - (Abstract-EN)(Abstract-JP)

Reviews

143 The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Steven Pinker)
Reviewed by Robert Blaisdell

144 Testing in Language Programs (James Dean Brown)
Reviewed by Ian G. Gleadall

147 Using Corpora for Language Research (Jenny Thomas & Mick Short [Eds.])
Reviewed Jim Ronald

150 Teacher Cognition in Language Teaching: Beliefs, Decision-Making and Classroom Practice (Devon Woods)
Reviewed by Kazuyoshi Sato & Tim Murphey

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JALT Journal
May 1999