Year | Issue | Author(s) | Title |
2024 | 32(3) | Rachel Patterson | Corporate Climb! The Business English Board Game |
2024 | 32(2) | Joel Neff | Letter from the Publication Chair |
John Carle | PanSIG Preview | ||
Timothy Ang | Musings on Marketing: Developing an ESL textbook... | ||
Joel Neff | Chatterbot: Writing Ethical Vignettes for Research Purposes with ChatGPT | ||
2024 | 32(1) | Joel Neff | Letter from the Publication Chair |
Andrew Lankshear | Making a Move with LoiLoNote | ||
Stephen Bridge | Conference Report: JALT2023 | ||
John Carle | Musings on Marketing: MW-SIG Table & Showcase | ||
2023 | 31(3) | Joel Neff | Letter from the Publication Chair |
Marcus Grandon | A New Look for Between the Keys | ||
Joshua Lee Solomon & Reik Jagno | From Zero to Textbook in Ten Months: Self-publishing Materials for a Self-Access Learning Center | ||
Kinsella Valies with Geoff Carr, Josh Kidd & Bethany Lucy | Conference Report: PanSIG 2023 | ||
Josh Kidd & Miklos Juhasz | Musings on Marketing: On Your Mark: From Conception to Publication | ||
Adam Murray | Chatterbot: Prompt Revising for CEFR Levels | ||
2023 | 31(2) | Joel Neff | Letter from the Publication Chair |
Makada McBean | Word Association and the L2 Mental Lexicon | ||
John Carle | Musings on Marketing: Creating a Digital Workbook | ||
Joel Neff | Key Lesson: Introduce Yourself | ||
2023 | 31(1) | Todd Jay Leonard & John Carle | Interview with Todd Jay Leonard: Three Decades of EFL Publication |
2022 | 30(1) | Joel Neff | From the Publication Chair |
Sean Anderson | Musings on Marketing | ||
R. Gregg McNabb | The Business Side of Self-Publishing | ||
2021 | 29(3) | Joel Neff | From the Publication Chair |
Brian Tomlinson | Bringing the Coursebook to Life | ||
Sam Keith & Brian Cullen | Basic Sound Engineering for Creating Listening Materials - Part 1 | ||
Fiona Wall Minami | The ELTons Part One: The Contender | ||
2021 | 29(2) | Paul Goldberg & Robert Dykes | Interview with Paul Goldberg: His Work with Xreading |
2021 | 29(1) | Andy Boon & Robert Dykes | Interview with Andy Boon: His Work with Graded Readers |
2020 | 28(2) | Robert Dykes | From the Publication Chair |
Brian Cullen & Sarah Mulvey | Balancing the Tortoise and the Hare of Creating Materials in the Time of Coronavirus | ||
Greg Goodmacher | The Materials Adaptation Column: Developing Supplementary Materials and Exercises for Teaching about Food Content | ||
David Kluge | Lessons Learned from Textbook Publishing Experiences Part 3: My Story | ||
2020 | 28(1) | Robert Dykes | From the Publication Chair |
Brian Cullen | Transitioning from Author to Publisher | ||
David Kluge | Lessons Learned from Textbook Publishing Experiences Part 2: My Story | ||
John Carle | A Guide to Independent Publishing for EFL in Japan | ||
2019 | 27(3) | Marcus Grandon & Adam Murray | Shift key_ |
Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto | Mandates, Myths, and the Bananarama Principle | ||
2019 | 27(2) | Robert Dykes | From the Publication Chair |
Adam Murray | From the Coordinator | ||
Marcus Grandon | From the Treasurer | ||
Lindsay Wells | From the Program Chair | ||
Forrest Nelson | From the Membership Chair | ||
Niall Walsh & Brian Cullen | Creating Effective Learning Activities for Returnee Students | ||
2019 | 27(1) | Matthew Keighley | From the Publication Chair |
Greg Goodmacher | The Materials Adaptation Column: Adapting Tourism Related Materials for ESL / EFL | ||
Forrest Nelson | Promoting Collaborative Learning with any Textbook Using a Teacher-Created Study Guide | ||
David Kluge | Lessons Learned from Textbook Publishing Experiences Part 1: My Story | ||
2018 | 26(2) | Matthew Keighley | From the Publication Chair |
Lindsay Wells | From the Program Chair | ||
Adam Murray | From the Coordinator | ||
Forrest Nelson | From the Membership Chair | ||
Marcus Grandon | From the Treasurer | ||
Brian Cullen | Writer's Point: Confusion, Agony and Ecstasy | ||
John Spiri | Putting it all together: Making your teaching materials into a textbook | ||
2018 | 26(1) | Kaunapawa Nangula | From the Publication Chair |
Lindsay Wells | From the Program Chair | ||
Greg Goodmacher | The Materials Adaptation Column: Adapting Songs for English Education | ||
Travis Holtzclaw | Local Notes: Interview with Chris Elvin | ||
Brian Cullen | Writer's Point: CLIL and the use of Content as a Context for Language Teaching | ||
Gregory Strong | Some Principles in Writing Fiction for Graded Readers | ||
Steve Paton | Self-Publishing a Textbook: Reflections and Advice | ||
2017 | 25(2) | Kaunapawa Nangula | From the Publication Chair |
Forrest Nelson | From the Membership Chair | ||
Lindsay Wells | From the Program Chair | ||
Adam Murray | From the Coordinator | ||
Greg Goodmacher | The Materials Adaptation Column | ||
BtK Staff | Local Notes: Interview with Travis Holtzclaw | ||
Brian Cullen | Writer’s Point: Uniting Multiple Perspectives in Material Writing | ||
Aileen Bowe | Task-based Speaking and Listening Assessment | ||
Richard Miles | A Systematic Approach to Oral Presentation Assessment | ||
Allan Goodwin | The Structure and Writing of Creative Advertising Media for the ELT Classroom | ||
2017 | 24(3) | Jim Smiley | From the Publication Chair |
Greg Goodmacher | From the Programs Chair | ||
Adam Murray | From the Coordinator | ||
Greg Goodmacher | The Materials Adaptation Column | ||
Travis Holtzclaw | Local Notes: Interview with Yukie Sato | ||
Hugh Graham-Marr | Approaching a Publisher: A publisher's perspective | ||
R. Gregg McNabb | Professional level self-publishing in Japan | ||
Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto | Designing ELT Materials for Young Learners | ||
Richard Miller | Materials Writing to Enhance Your Teaching Career | ||
2016 | 24(2) | James Essex | From the Publication Chair |
Adam Murray | From the Coordinator | ||
Greg Goodmacher | From the Program Chair | ||
MW-SIG | Local Notes: Interview with Yukari Kusuda | ||
Richard Walker | Confessions of a collaborator - Part 2 | ||
Kinsella Valies | Be our Guest: A midterm assessment project | ||
2016 | 24(1) | MW-SIG | From the Publications Team |
Adam Murray | From the Coordinator | ||
Greg Goodmacher | Report from the Program Chair | ||
Marcos Benevides | Text and Context: Innovating the Coursebook | ||
Geoffry D. Hinton | Neo-Liberal Arts Studies for EFL, and a general model for communication and self-expression | ||
2015 | 23(1) | James Essex | From the Publication Chair |
Jim Smiley | Co-ordinator's column | ||
Loran Edwards | Starting from scratch: A beginner's publishing tale | ||
Richard Walker | Confessions of a collaborator - Part 1 | ||
Jim Smiley | Differentiated instruction through tiered rubrics | ||
2015 | 23(2) | James Essex | From the Publication Chair |
Jim Smiley | Co-ordinator's column | ||
Greg Goodmacher | Material design presentation | ||
Daniel Jenks | Student-centred topic choice in reading materials | ||
Keith Ford | Making checklists material for maintaining academic tone in EFL student writing | ||
David Chapman | How to keep successful games for a long time | ||
John Campbell-Larsen | From research to classroom | ||
2015 | 23(3) | Jim Smiley | From the Publication Chair |
Adam Murray | Co-ordinator's column | ||
Melodie Cook | Gender Bias in ESL/EFL Textbooks: 10 years later | ||
Brien Datzman | Gender representation in a modern EFL textbook | ||
Jim Smiley | Applying the Bechdel Test to EFL textbooks in Japan | ||
James Essex | PanSIG: Past and Future | ||
MW-SIG | AGM Minutes | ||
2014 | 22(1) | Allan Goodwin | Using copywriting training in an EFL writing course |
Cameron Romney | Typeface recommendation | ||
Chie Kawashima | Pragmatic features in ELT textbooks for beginners | ||
Jim Smiley | From the Editor | ||
Jim Smiley | Word clouds and text revision | ||
Miles Craven | What type of writer are you? | ||
Nate French | Message from the Co-ordinator | ||
Travis Holtzclaw | Using Eiken vocabulary lists to ensure socially relevant materials | ||
2013 | 21(1) | Azusa Sato | Programme Chair Column |
Brian Cullen & Sarah Mulvey | Approaches to Material Writing | ||
Eric Lerstrom | From the Editor | ||
Eric Lerstrom | Taking a Trip | ||
Greggory Wroblewski | A Guest from Overseas | ||
Jim Smiley | Creating Classroom Audio using Online Sources | ||
Nate French | Co-ordinator’s column | ||
Nate French | Reward Probability and Uncertainty | ||
Nate French | Variable Sentence Response | ||
Noboru Sakai | Word Calculation Game | ||
2013 | 21(2) | Andrew Reimann | Teachers as Writers |
Eric Lerstrom | From the Editor | ||
Gregory Paul Glasgow & Daniel Leigh Paller | Language-in-Education Policies and MEXT-approved EFL Textbooks in the New Course of Study. | ||
Neil Hefferman & Michael Delve | A Learner-centered approach to curriculum design | ||
Richard Miles | Impromptu Presentations | ||
Todd Jay Leonard | So You Want to Publish an EFL Textbook? | ||
2013 | 21(3) | Jim Smiley | MW-SIG Programme for JALT 2014 |
MW-SIG | MW-SIG AGM Meeting Minutes | ||
Nate French | Message from the Co-ordinator | ||
Scott Petersen | Treasurer's Report | ||
Travis Holtzclaw | Membership Report | ||
2012 | 20(1) | Brian Cullen | Writer’s Point |
Cameron Romney | Co-ordinator's column | ||
Cameron Romney | Two Presentations | ||
Darrell Wilkinson | Student-centered activities in mixed-level classes | ||
Dave Dolan | Thoughts on Digital Publishing | ||
Jim Smiley | From the Editor | ||
Jim Smiley | Material Writers Development Project | ||
Jim Smiley | Publisher Profile: Fine Line Press | ||
Jim Smiley | The Anatomy of a Page in a Single Typeface | ||
Kazuyoshi Sato et al. | Focus-on-Form Instruction and Student Learning | ||
Matthew Coomber | Promoting interaction through materials design | ||
Michio Tajima et al. | On demand self-publishing | ||
2012 | 20(2) | Brian Cullen & Sarah Mulvey | Writer’s Point |
Cameron Romney | Co-ordinator’s column | ||
Greg Goodmacher | Educational materials and activities of the Asian Youth Forum | ||
Gregg McNabb | Self Publishing: My Story | ||
Jim Smiley | Education Value System | ||
Jim Smiley | From the Editor | ||
Jim Smiley | Publisher Profile: Perceptia Press | ||
Marc Helgesen et al. | Ode to Myriad Pro | ||
Richard Miles | Using News Stories in the Classroom | ||
Simon Capper | Quizlet--and how it helped my Bedside Manner | ||
Victoria Boobyer | #ELTpics | ||
2012 | 20(3) | Brian Cullen & Avril Haye-Matsui | NeuroELT: Incorporating the Findings of Neuroscience into EFL Materials |
Clive Langham | A MEXT-authorized Textbook | ||
Diane Nagatomo | Striving toward writing gender-balanced EFL textbooks | ||
Don Maybin | My Route to Publishing | ||
Gerald Muirhead | World News report from VOA | ||
Jim Smiley | From the Editor | ||
Mark Helgesen | Notes from the Apocrypha | ||
Nate French | Co-ordinator’s column | ||
Scott Petersen | Shopping Story Listening | ||
2011 | 19(1) | Asako Kajiura | Eco-friendly Cooperative Housing Activity |
2011 | 19(1) | Brian Cullen | Writer’s Point |
2011 | 19(1) | Curtis Kelly | Kelly's Rules of Thumb for Getting Published |
2011 | 19(1) | Curtis Kelly | Responses to Curtis Kelly's article |
2011 | 19(1) | Greg Goodmacher | From the outgoing coordinator |
2011 | 19(1) | John Honisz-Greens | How to Control Vocabulary Input to Aid Student Fluency and Vocabulary Acquisition, part 2 |
2011 | 19(1) | Roger Barnard | The Long and Twisting Road |
2011 | 19(1) | Sean Bermingham | Getting Work as a Freelance Materials Writer |
2011 | 19(2) | Brian Cullen | Writer's Point |
Jim Smiley | Making a class handout booklet | ||
John Spiri | Self-publishing | ||
Keith Barrs | Reconceptualising English in the Japanese Language as an L2 Lexical Resource for Teachers and Learners | ||
2010 | 18(1) | Bob Morrison | Writing for Writing: Implementing a Genre Approach in Materials Design |
Katherine Thorton | Materials for self-directed learning: getting students involved | ||
Thomas Lockley | How Global Issues made Compulsory Language Lessons Compulsive | ||
2010 | 18(2) | Brian Cullen | Writer’s Point |
Jared Baierschmidt | Materials Development Case Study: “Could” versus “Was Able To” Self-Study Worksheets | ||
John Honisz-Greens | How to Control Vocabulary Input to Aid Student Fluency and Vocabulary Acquisition | ||
Scott Petersen | Introducing Quia | ||
2009 | 17(1) | Ben Shearon | Collaborative Materials Generation: Class Profiles |
Damian J. Rivers | Communicative Vocabulary Building Through Culturally Appropriate Materials | ||
Dougherty, King, Lieb, Mano | Bill Balsamo's Legacy: A Quartet of Lessons from a Master | ||
2008 | 16(1) | Allan Murphy | Expressions |
Jamar A. Miller | Direct instructional model lesson plans part 2 | ||
Jim Smiley | Gentle inspiration: an interview with Kevin Cleary | ||
John Daly | Toot your own horn | ||
Miles Craven | Considerations in materials design and development | ||
2008 | 16(2) | Greg Goodmacher | A Review board game based on shinkeisuijaku |
Kristofer Bayne | New Tomlinson | ||
Richard Walker | Improving the worth of Criterion with corpus-informed materials | ||
Simon Cooke | Introducing writing to Japanese high-school students | ||
2008 | 16(3) | Greg Goodmacher | Students Becoming Writers of Teaching Materials |
Jim Smiley | The Missing Piece: A look at language modification | ||
Marc Helgesen | Working Together | ||
Simon Cooke | Toot Your Own Horn | ||
2007 | 15(1) | David Lisgo | Computer-generated Crosswords for Use in University False Beginner Classes |
Eric M. Skier & Miki Kohyama | Editing MAYA: Managing a Dialogic, Collaborative, and Humanistic Approach to an Anthology Project | ||
Kristofer Bayne | A Report on Publishing-Related Sessions at JALT2005, Part 3 of 3 | ||
Tim Newfields | An Interview with Allen Ascher | ||
2007 | 15(3) | Jamar A. Miller | Direct instructional model lesson plans part 1 |
Jane Nakagawa | Writers Conference report | ||
Kristofer Bayne | Toot your own horn | ||
Robert Long | The Writers' Cooperative | ||
2006 | 14(1) | Greg Goodmacher | Reflections on a Survey of Materials Writers in Japan |
Jim Smiley | Classroom Materials: One Teacher's Story | ||
Kristofer Bayne | Publishing-Related Sessions at JALT2005, Part 2 of 3 | ||
Marc Helgesen | Comprehension Questions | ||
2006 | 14(2) | Brian Cullen | Textbook Design for Scientific English |
Daniel Droukis | Preparing Materials for Athletes | ||
Jacoba Akazawa | Writing English Texts for the Japanese Market | ||
John Nevara | Getting Feedback: Having Materials Peer-Edited | ||
2006 | 14(3) | Gerry Lassche | Conceptualizing Authenticity: Discussion of 4 Case Studies |
Jim Smiley | Semantic Distance as a Predictor of Linguistic Difficulty | ||
Jim Smiley | Open Source Freebies | ||
John Nevara | Making your own Class CD | ||
Marc Helgesen | Notes from the Apocrypha | ||
Simon Cole | Reflection on Producing a Writing Textbook | ||
2005 | 13(1) | Brian Cullen & Kevin Quinn | Writing the Winning Entry |
Cameron Romney | With Serifs or Without? | ||
Daniel Droukis | An Interview with Steven Gershon | ||
Kristofer Bayne | Publishing-Related Sessions at JALT2005, Part 1 of 3 | ||
Marc Helgesen | Notes on the MW-SIG Contest | ||
Thompson Publishing | Tips for Getting Published | ||
Thompson, Cambridge, and Longman Asia ELT | Author Guidelines for Submitting Proposals | ||
2005 | 13(2) | Daniel Droukis & Kiyoshi Yukitoki | On Becoming a textbook writer |
Jim Smiley | Little Sentences, Big Meanings: Forwarding a Theory for Activity Instructions | ||
Kris Bayne | More for a Materials Writer's Bookshelf | ||
Michiyo Masui | Creating Telephone Conversation Templates | ||
Simon Cooke | An Appraisal of 'Home-Grown' Materials in the English Conversation Classroom | ||
2004 | 12(1) | Jim Smiley | My Share: Snappy Ideas! |
John Adamson | The Globalisation Debate in Business English: Exploiting the Literature | ||
Tim Newfields | People in Materials Writing: An Interview with Marc Helgesen | ||
Trudie Heiman | 4 Routes to Self-Publishing: From Finished Manuscript to Printed Book | ||
2004 | 12(2) | Daniel Droukis | A Partner in Materials Writing: MATSDA |
Daniel Droukis | Arguments in favour for the Adaptation of Published Pedagogic Materials | ||
Jim Smiley | Improving Document Readability | ||
2003 | 11(1) | Daragh Hayes | Problems, Problems |
Greg Goodmacher | Developing Web-Based Materials for English Study with Hot Potatoes | ||
Jim Porcaro | Housing | ||
Judith A. Johnson | Instructional Design--One Teacher's Method | ||
2003 | 11(3) | Daniel Droukis | People in Material Writing: Susan Iannuzzi and Deborah B. Gordon, TESOL Material Writers Co-chairs Elect |
Jim Smiley | Review: Many Faces of Love by Joseph Falout | ||
Kenneth Beigel | JALT2003 Conference Feature: What about Using Conversation Templates in Class? | ||
Melinda Kawahara | Using Storybooks | ||
Tracy Terrell Franz | JALT2003 Conference Feature: The Online Writing Class and F2F Classroom Applications | ||
2002 | 10(1) | Chris Elvin | Task Support for Aural Decoding of Large Numbers |
Daniel Droukis | American Signs in the Classroom | ||
P. Charles Brown | The Newspaper: A Materials Writer's Gold Mine | ||
Thia Jackson-Maki | Lesson Plan for Marvin Gaye's What's Going On? | ||
2002 | 10(2) | Christopher Weaver | Going to Press: Some Important Considerations When Putting Your Textbook into Print |
Joseph Cronin | Self-Publishing an English Language Textbook | ||
Kenneth Beigel | JALT2003 Conference Feature: What about Using Conversation Templates in Class? | ||
Kristofer Bayne | Hedging and Hoping: The Addressee in Textbook Rubrics | ||
Marc Helgesen & Brenda Hayashi | Student Learning Strategy Handout | ||
2002 | 10(3) | Daniel Droukis | Writing Material for the Airline Industry |
Simon Howell | The Beach: A Movie Lesson Plan | ||
2001 | 9(2) | Daniel Droukis | Using Books Which Emphasize Questions Over Dialogues |
Graham Bathgate & Allan Murphy | Write for Japanese Students | ||
John Small | Creating an Interactive Movie Review | ||
2001 | 9(3) | Joseph J. Falout | Helpful Non-L2 Classroom Material Web Sites |
Joseph J. Falout | Super Tic--Tac--Toe |