2017 Quarterly
Volume 19 Issue 4 : December 2017 Quarterly Journal
Foreword by Custódio Martins
Research Articles
1. George Whitehead
Teachers’ Voices: Obstacles to Communicative Language Teaching in Korea
2. Rachel Kraut and Robert Poole
In Their Own Words: Chinese EFL Teachers’ Attitudes & Beliefs towards CLT
3. Samantha Hawkins
Cooperative Learning’s Role in in Enhancing Motivation through Autonomy: Possibilities and Limi-tations within a Japanese Context
4. I-Chen Chen
Implementing writing portfolios in a college writing course: Perceptions of EFL college students
5. Jiuhan Huang, Xiangdong Gu, Yujie Yao and Yujing Zheng
The Relationship between Self-Efficacy, Perceived Use of Listening Strategies, and Listening Profi-ciency: A Study of EFL Learners in China
6. Thi Huyen, VU and Van Trao, NGUYEN
The Implementation of an Extensive Reading Project: Perceptions of Pre-university Students at Hanoi University
Book Reviews
1. Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca: Rethinking Concepts and Goals in Intercultural Communication
Will Baker. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2015, pp xi + 284
Reviewed by Sibylle Ratz, Edinburgh Napier University. UK
2. Exploring EFL Fluency in Asia
Edited by Theron Muller, John Adamson, Philip Shigeo Brown, & Steven Herder, Palgrave Macmillan: London 2014. Pp. ix+331.
Reviewed by Yingli Yang & Yumo Li, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, P.R. China
Volume 19 Issue 3 : September 2017 Quarterly Journal
Foreword by Aradhna Malik
Research Articles
1. Stewart Gray
– Always the Other: Foreign teachers of English in Korea, and their experiences as speakers of KSL
2. Darío Luis Banegas
– Teacher-developed materials for CLIL: Frameworks, sources, and activities
3. Ming-yueh Shen
-A Study of Actual Behaviours of EFL Non-English Majors’ Lexical Inferencing
4. Ju Seong (John) Lee
– A Novice Native English Speaking Teacher in Korean Alternative School: Challenges and Negotiations in the First Years
5. Vedyanto
– Evaluation of the ELT Textbook: ‘English in Mind 1 (2nd Edition)’
6. Xuemei Li
– Genre and Rhetoric Awareness in Academic Writing Instruction: Personal Narrative and Comparative Analysis
Book Reviews
1. Resilient Teachers, Resilient Schools: Building and Sustaining Quality in Testing Times
Christopher Day & Qing Gu
Reviewed by Mehdi Haseli Songhori
2. Task-Based Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context
Ali Shehadeh & Christine A. Coombe
Reviewed by Qotboddin Jan-nesar M.& Khalil Motallebzadeh
Volume 19 Issue 2 : June 2017 Quarterly Journal
Foreword by Jun Scott Chen Hsieh
Research Articles
1. Sompatu Vungthong, Emilia Djonov, & Jane Torr
– Factors contributing to Thai teachers’ uptake of tablet technology in EFL primary classrooms
2. Salim Razı & Mustafa Tekin
– Role of Culture and Intercultural Competence in University Language Teacher Training Programmes
3. Seonmin Huh & Young-Mee Suh
– Translocal Literacy Practices with Korean Local Readers of English
4. Mehmet Sercan Uztosun & Ece Zehir Topkaya
– A Cross-national Study into Pre-service EFL Teachers’ Career Choice Motivations in Germany, Japan, and Turkey
5. David Coniam, Wen Zhao, Yangyu Xiao, & Peter Falvey
– Researching and Publishing in the English Departments of Chinese Tertiary Institutions: Status and Challenges
6. Gwendolyn M. Williams & Eleni Oikonomidoy
– Exploring the L2 Motivational Self System of Japanese Study Abroad Students
Book Reviews
1. Foreign Language Education in Japan: Exploring Qualitative Approaches
Sachiko Horiguchi, Yuki Imoto, and Gregory S. Poole (Eds.). Sense Publishers, Rotterdam 2015. Xi + 191 pp.
Reviewed by Carl Vollmer; Ritsumeikan Uji Junior and Senior High School; Uji, Japan
2. Discourse Analysis: Putting Our Worlds into Words
Susan Strauss and Parastou Feiz. New York: Routledge, 2014. Pp. vii + 424.
Reviewed by Colin Walker, Myongji University, South Korea
Volume 19 Issue 1 : March 2017 Quarterly Journal
Foreword by AEFLJ’s Assistant Copy Editors
Research Articles
1. Xuan Minh Ngo
– Diffusion of the CEFR among Vietnamese Teachers: A Mixed Methods Investigation
2. Rochelle Kyoko King and Jennie Roloff Rothman
– Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices Concerning Learner Autonomy in the Language Classroom
3. Joshua M. Paiz
– Uses of and Attitudes towards OWLs as L2 Writing Support Tools
4. Hitomi Abe
– Americans’ Evaluation of Japanese Refusals in English
5. Howard Brown
– Investigating the Implementation and Development of Undergraduate English-Medium Instruction Programs in Japan: Facilitating and Hindering Factors
6. Claire Rodway
– Opening up Dialogic Spaces: Rethinking the Prescriptive Paragraph Structure in L2 Writing Pedagogy
Book Reviews
1. Global Englishes (3rd Edition)
Jennifer Jenkins
Reviewed by Nooshan Ashtar
2. Assessment Myths: Applying Second Language Research to Classroom Teaching
Lia Plakans and Atta Gebril
Reviewed by Raveewan Viengsang