The Language Teacher
April 2008

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In this issue:

Feature Article

Using group discussions for self and peer-assessment
- by David Leaper

My Share Activities

Using a deck of playing cards to practice using the future tense
- by Annie Menard
When students become teachers: Textbook teaching with a twist
- by Laura Bean
Dialogue dictations as four^skills communicative activities
- by David Ockert
Empty hands: An activity to initiate conversation
- by Takeshi Ishikawa
Culture cards
- by David Chapman
From reading to humming
- by Azzeddine Bencherab
Using props and acting skills to create meaning-focused learning
- by Kathi Emori
Miss Manners says, Mind your topic sentence!
- by Ian Willey
YouTube.com video reviews
- by Patrick Foss
Video news casting in English: Using video to promote English communications
- by Thom W. Rawson
Enhancing classroom experience through a class blog
- by Stephen Pihlaja

Book Reviews

Bookworms Club Stories for Reading Circles
- Reviewed by Simon Handy
Encounters Abroad
- Reviewed by Pino Cutrone

Showcase

- with Steve McCarty

Grassroots

JALT research grants: An offer you might not want to refuse
- by Anthony Robins
Conference planning factoids: True or false?
- by Jim Smiley

Outreach

Language professors and poets in India
- with David McMurray

Departments

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