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VolumeAuthorTitle
Access the web version for Vol. 16[2]
Vol 16 no.2 Simon CookeIntroducing writing to Japanese high-school students
Richard WalkerImproving the worth of Criterion with corpus-informed materials
Kristofer BayneNew Tomlinson
Greg GoodmacherA Review board game based on shinkeisuijaku

Access the web version for Vol. 16[1]
Vol 16 no.1 Jamar A. MillerDirect instructional model lesson plans part 2
Allan MurphyExpressions
Jim SmileyGentle inspiration: an interview with Kevin Cleary
John DalyToot you own horn
Miles CravenConsiderations in materials design and development

Access the web version for Vol. 15[3]
Vol 15 no.3
Jamar A. MillerDirect instructional model lesson plans part 1
Jane NakagawaWriters Conference report
Kristofer BayneToot your own horn
Robert LongThe Writers' Cooperative

Vol 15 no.1 Tim NewfieldsAn Interview with Allen Ascher
Eric M. Skier and Miki KohyamaEditing MAYA: Managing a Dialogic, Collaborative, and Humanistic Approach to an Anthology Project
David LisgoComputer-generated Crosswords for Use in University False Beginner Classes
Kristofer BayneA Report on Publishing-Related Sessions at JALT2005, Part 3 of 3

Vol 14 no.3 John Nevara Making your own Class CD
Gerry LasscheConceptualizing Authenticity: Discussion of 4 Case Studies
Jim SmileySemantic Distance as a Predictor of Linguistic Difficulty
Simon ColeReflection on Producing a Writing Textbook
Marc HelgesenNotes from the Apocrypha
Jim Smiley Open Source Freebies

Vol 14 no.2 John Nevara Getting Feedback: Having Materials Peer-Edited
Daniel DroukisPreparing Materials for Athletes
Jacoba AkazawaWriting English Texts for the Japanese Market
Brian CullenTextbook Design for Scientific English

Vol 14 no.1 Kristofer BaynePublishing-Related Sessions at JALT2005, Part 2 of 3
Jim SmileyClassroom Materials: One Teacher's Story
Greg GoodmacherReflections on a Survey of Materials Writers in Japan
Marc Helgesen Comprehension Questions

Vol 13 no.2 Simon CookeAn Appraisal of 'Home-Grown' Materials in the English Conversation Classroom
Daniel Droukis and Kiyoshi YukitokiOn Becoming a textbook writer
Michiyo Masui Creating Telephone Conversation Templates
Kris Bayne More for a Materials Writer's Bookshelf
Jim SmileyLittle Sentences, Big Meanings: Forwarding a Theory for Activity Instructions

Vol 13 no.1 Cameron Romney With Serifs or Without?
Daniel DroukisAn Interview with Steven Gershon
Brian Cullen and Kevin QuinnWriting the Winning Entry
Marc HelgesenNotes on the MW-SIG Contest
Kristofer BaynePublishing-Related Sessions at JALT2005, Part 1 of 3
Thompson PublishingTips for Getting Published
Thompson, Cambridge, and Longman Asia ELTAuthor Guidelines for Submitting Proposals

Vol 12 no.2 Daniel Droukis Arguments in favour for the Adaptation of Published Pedagogic Materials
Jim SmileyImproving Document Readability
Daniel Droukis A Partner in Materials Writing: MATSDA

Vol 12 no.1 Trudie Heiman 4 Routes to Self-Publishing: From Finished Manuscript to Printed Book
John AdamsonThe Globalisation Debate in Business English: Exploiting the Literature
Tim NewfieldsPeople in Materials Writing: An Interview with Marc Helgesen
Jim SmileyMy Share: Snappy Ideas!

Vol 11 no.3 Daniel Droukis People in Material Writing: Susan Iannuzzi and Deborah B. Gordon, TESOL Material Writers Co-chairs Elect
Tracy Terrell FranzJALT2003 Conference Feature: The Online Writing Class and F2F Classroom Applications
Melinda KawaharaUsing Storybooks
Kenneth BeigelJALT2003 Conference Feature: What about Using Conversation Templates in Class?
Jim SmileyReview: Many Faces of Love by Joseph Falout

Vol 11 no.1 Judith A. JohnsonInstructional Design--One Teacher's Method
Jim PorcaroHousing
Greg GoodmacherDeveloping Web-Based Materials for English Study with Hot Potatoes
Daragh HayesProblems, Problems

Vol 10 no.3 Daniel Droukis Writing Material for the Airline Industry
Simon HowellThe Beach: A Movie Lesson Plan

Vol 10 no.2 Joseph CroninSelf-Publishing an English Language Textbook
Christopher WeaverGoing to Press: Some Important Considerations When Putting Your Textbook into Print
Kristofer BayneHedging and Hoping: The Addressee in Textbook Rubrics
Kenneth BeigelJALT2003 Conference Feature: What about Using Conversation Templates in Class?
Marc Helgesen and Brenda HayashiStudent Learning Strategy Handout

Vol 10 no.1 P. Charles Brown The Newspaper: A Materials Writer's Gold Mine
Thia Jackson-Maki Lesson Plan for Marvin Gaye's What's Going On?
Chris ElvinTask Support for Aural Decoding of Large Numbers
Daniel Droukis American Signs in the Classroom

Vol 9 no.3 Joseph J. FaloutHelpful Non-L2 Classroom Material Web Sites
Joseph J. FaloutSuper Tic--Tac--Toe

Vol 9 no.2 John SmallCreating an Interactive Movie Review
Daniel Droukis Using Books Which Emphasize Questions Over Dialogues
Graham Bathgate and Allan MurphyWrite for Japanese Students