Once again, we are proud to publish a new issue containing a dozen original papers reporting research relevant to the teaching of English in Asian contexts. As usual, they are the work of a wide range of authors, based in China (2), Singapore, Iran (2), Indonesia, Jordan, Hong Kong (2), Taiwan, and Japan(2), showing the continued productivity of scholars in the regions.
Several papers deal with studies casting light on classroom practice, such as the effect of direct and indirect feedback and of recasts, the usefulness of reading aloud, the value of studying newspaper headlines, and vocabulary learning strategies. One deals with literature and emotional intelligence. Another considers the difficulty of conducting the kind of classroom based studies reported. One focuses on teacher training, and the need to help teachers think critically. Another paper asks what makes English language teaching attractive to students in two different universities. There is a study of the effectiveness of adding web-based speech analysis, and another considering the nature of intrinsic motivation of Japanese elementary school learners.
In sum, considering that these are peer-reviewed paper selected from a greater number of offerings, and that all have been revised on the basis of detailed comments from reviewers, we have further evidence of the quality of research and publication among members of the Association.
They also show the major contribution of the editor, Professor Jihyeon Jeon, of Ewha Womens University in Korea and her team of editors and editorial advisors. If you are willing and able to join this vital team, ask your Regional Representative to send in your nomination.
Jerusalem, December 2009
Bernard Spolsky,
Editor-in-chief and Asia TEFL Publications Executive Director
Angel M. Y. Lin (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) Anne Burns (Macquarie University, Australia) Asruddin Tou (Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia) David Nunan (Anaheim University, Hong Kong) Farhat Khan (Aligarh Muslim University, India) Fatma Alwan (UAE Ministry of Education, UAE) Hemamala Vajira Madawala Ratwatte (Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka) Hyacinth Gaudart (University of Malaya, Malaysia) Jun Liu (University of Arizona, USA) Kensaku Yoshida (Sophia University, Japan) Qiufang Wen (Beijing Foreign Studies University, China) Oryang Kwon (Seoul National University, Korea) Leo VanLier (Monterey Institute of International Studies, Thailand) Lubna Alsagoff (Nanyang Techological University, Singapore) Marlu Vilches (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines) Mehdi Riazi (Shiraz University, Iran) Michael McCarthy (University of Nottingham, UK) Mick Randall (British University in Dubai, UAE) Mike Levy (Griffith University, Australia) Nasreen Mujahida Ahsan (Aga Khan University, Pakistan) Neil Anderson (Brigham Young University, USA) Richard Baldauf (The University of Queensland, Austrailia) Roger Barnard (University of Waikato, New Zealand) Ronald Carter (University of Nottingham, UK) Saran Kaur Gill (University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia) Shahid Siddiqui (Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan) Stephen Andrews (Hong Kong University, Hong Kong) Thomas Farrell (Brock University, Canada) William Littlewood (Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong) Won-Key Lee (Seoul National University of Education, Korea) Yasuo Nakatni (Japan, Tokyo University of Science, Japan) Yuko Butler (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Editorial Board (Editors)
Arifa Rahman (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh) Christine Coombe (Dubai Men's College, UAE) Chul Joo Uhm (Chonnam Univ., Korea) David C.S. Li (Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong) Dongwan Cho (Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea) Elinor Saiegh Haddad (Bar Ilan University, Israel) Fuad Abdul Hamied (Indonesia University of Education, Indonesia) He Lianzhen (Zhejiang University, China) Heyoung Kim (Chung Ang University, Korea) Hee-Kyung Lee (Yonsei University, Korea) Jungmin Ko (Sungshin University, Korea) Kazem Lotfipour-Saedi (Akita International University, Japan) Leslie Barratt (Indiana State University, USA) Mardziah Hayati Abdullah (Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia) Marianne Perfecto (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines) Mei Lin Caroline Ho (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Nobuo Okada (Osaka University, Japan) Olga Sichyova (Amur State University, Russia) Pragasit Sitthitikul (Walailak University, Thailand) Punchalee Wasanasomsithi (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) RS Gupta (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) Samina Qadir (Fatima Jinnah University, Pakistan) Soyoung Lee (Inha Univ., Korea) Sung-Mook Choi (Dong-A Univ., Korea) Toshihiko Suzuki (Waseda University, Japan) Yonglin Yang (Tsinghua University, China) Young-Sook Shim (Catholic Univ. Of Korea, Korea) Yusun Kang (Korea University, Korea) Zoya Profshina (Far Eastern University, Russia)
Editorial Board (Readers)
Duqin Wang (Beijing Institute of Petro-chemical Technology, China) Zhichang Xu (The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong) Tomohito Ishikawa (Soka Women's College, Japan) Wataru Suzuki (University of Toronto, Canada) Honggang Liu (Peking University, China) Lixin Xiao (Tianjin Polytechnic University, P. R. China) Marie J. Guilloteaux (Gyeongsang National University, Korea) Natalia Prosh'yants (Far Eastern National University, Russia) Bee Hoon Tan (Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia) Ju Zhan (Jilin University, China) Dil Afroze Quader (Dhaka University, Bangladesh) Tae-Young Kim (Chung-Ang University, Korea) Saovapa Wichadee (Bangkok University, Thailand) Hongjun Fu (Xinjiang University, China) Faizah A Majid (Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia) Rieko Matsuoka (National College of Nursing, Japan) Phuc Cao Nguyen (Khanh Hoa Department of Education and Training, Vietnam) An E He (Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong) Xuesong Gao (Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong SAR, China) Ed Nicholson (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China) Meihua Liu (Tsinghua University, China) Eunice Tang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) Masdinah Alauyah Md. Yusof (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia) Nematullah Shomoossi (Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Iran) Kamisah Ariffin (University Teknologi MARA, Malaysia) Justin Shewell (United Arab Emirates University, UAE) Hua Chen (Nanjing University, China) Deron Walker (California Baptist University, USA) Younghwa Lee (Sun Moon University, Korea) Junju Wang (Shandong University, China) Li Li (Queen's University, Belfast, UK) Thu Dinh Nguyen (HochiMinh City University of Technical Education, Vietnam) Helena Agustien (SEAMEO-RELC, Singapore) Sayeedur Rahman (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh) Md. Maniruzzaman (Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh) Svetlana Suchkova (Samara State Aerospace University, Russia) Chayanika Hazarika (The English and Foreign Languages University, India) SungSoo Jang (Inje University, Korea) Hasan Ansary (Islamic Azad University, Iran) Nasrin Shokrpour (Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran) Yan Yan Zhang (Wuhan University, China) Arna Peretz (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel) Abbas Zare-ee (University of Kashan, Iran) Awad Ahmed (An-Najah National University, Palestine) Esmat Babaii (University for Teacher Education, Iran) Francis Xavier (Universiti Teknologi MARA Kedah, Malaysia) Trudy Zuckermann (Hebrew University, Israel; Achva Academic College of Education, Israel) Kishwar Khan (Haraganga college, Bangladesh) Mohammed Jasim Betti (University of Thi-Qar, Iraq) Tzu-chia Chao (Ming Hsin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan) N.D.R. Chandra (Nagaland University, India) Huw Jarvis (University of Salford, UK) Tan Bee Tin (The University of Auckland, New Zealand) Abdorreza Tahriri (Shiraz University, Iran)
