MATSDA Folio

Contents of Folio 10/2, January 2006

:: Editorial - Carlos Islam, Folio Editor

:: Greeting from the President - Brian Tomlinson

:: From the Chair- Dave Allan

PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVES
:: Discover Your City: An Integrated Skills Course
Rod Bolitho, Leeds Metropolitan University, England

INDIVIDUAL PERSPECTIVES
:: The Creative Spark in ELT: A Retrospective … Part Two
Alan Maley

:: Minding the Needs of the Argentine Learner: Global Textbooks and their Adapted Versions for the Local Context
Dr. Mario López Barrios, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina and
Elba Villanueva de Debat, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina

:: Four tips for writing a really good original reader
Sue Leather

:: Enticing Advanced Foreign Language Learners to Really Speak
Mª del Pilar Montijano Cabrera, University of Málaga, Spain

:: Towards A Framework for Authentic Business English Tea: Materials for Tunisian Intermediates
Soufiane Trabelsi, Tunisia

:: Colouring Outside the Lines: A Training Exercise in the Adaptation of Written Instruction in ELT Materials
Kris Bayne, International Christian University, Japan

:: That First Publishing Experience
Daniel Droukis and Kiyoshi Yukitoki, Kyushu Kyoritsu University

PUBLISHING PERSPECTIVES
:: Working with an Editor
Dorothy Zemach, Cambridge University Press, USA

:: The Template Conundrum
Chris Mares, University of Maine, USA

RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES
:: Personal Coding: The Varieties of Linguistic Experience
Pat Duffy, United Nations, New York, USA.

COMPUTER PERSPECTIVES
:: Start Blogging for yourself and for your Students
Barry Bakin, Los Angeles Unified School District, USA

REVIEWS
:: Carrie Steenburgh, Union County College, NJ, USA

SPOTLIGHT ON A MATERIALS WRITER
:: Barbara Foley, Union County College, NJ, USA

:: Freelance Register