MATSDA Folio

Index to Articles

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:: Vol. 10/1September 2005
:: Vol. 9/2 & 9/2 Supplement January 2005
:: Vol. 9/1 April 2004
:: Vol. 8/1 & 8/2 (Joint Issue) November 2003
:: Vol. 7/1 & 7/2 (Joint Issue) March 2003
:: Vol. 6/2 December 2001
:: Vol. 6/1 Autumn 2000
:: Vol. 5/2 Autumn 1999
:: Vol. 5/1 Autumn 1998
:: Vol. 4/2 December 1997
:: Multimedia supplement July 1997
:: Vol. 4/1 July 1997
:: Vol. 3/2 January 1997
:: Vol. 3/1 July 1996
:: Vol. 2/2 November 1995
:: Vol. 2/1 May 1995
:: Vol. 1.2 November 1994
:: Vol. 1.1 March 1994

:: Contents of Folio 10/1
:: September 2005

Editorial - Carlos Islam, Folio Editor

Greeting from the President - Brian Tomlinson

From the Chair- Dave Allan

PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVES
EAP Skills Development Materials: News material on the war in Iraq
Dominic Hammond, Leeds Metropolitan University, England

INDIVIDUAL PERSPECTIVES
The Creative Spark In ELT: A Retrospective - Part One
Alan Maley

Personal Coding: The Varieties of Linguistic Experience - Part One
Patricia L. Duffy, United Nations, USA

Publishing Your First Book: Easier than you think?
Andy Curtis, Queen's University, Canada

Communicative competence among Malaysian learners
Hafriza Burhanudeen, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia

How the Cambridge Learner Corpus Helps with Materials Writing
Felicity O'Dell, Cambridge, England

High Rollers: English for the casino industry
Andrew Sewell, MPI-Bell Centre of English, Macau, China

RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES
Using Web-based Language Teaching Materials in Higher Education
Abigail Bartoshesky, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, USA

PUBLISHING PERSPECTIVES
Elementary ELT Publishing: Notes from the field
Judy MacDonald, McGraw-Hill, Australia

One Writer's Dream: What I would be writing if they'd only let me
Chris Mares, University of Maine, USA

COMPUTER PERSPECTIVES
Two Computer-Based Projects Which Encourage Beginning Level Students to Write!
Barry Bakin, Los Angeles Unified School District, USA

REVIEWS
Carrie Steenburgh, The University of Maine, USA

SPOTLIGHT ON A MATERIALS WRITER
Featured Writer: David Nunan

Freelance Register

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:: Contents of Folio 9/2 & 9/2 Supplement
:: January 2005

Main issue

Editorial - Carlos Islam, Folio Editor

Greeting from the President - Brian Tomlinson

PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVES
The Dinner Conversation
Marc Hegelsen, Miyagi Gakuin Women's University, Sendai, Japan

RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES
Speaking Test Materials: Let's give them something to talk about!
Julie Norton, The University of Leicester

COMPUTER PERSPECTIVES
Making computer assisted language learning (CALL) a regular part of the ESL curriculum: Moving from hesitancy to fluency
Barry Bakin, Los Angeles Unified School District, USA

PUBLISHING PERSPECTIVES
Confessions of a listening scriptwriter: Towards a principled approach
Chris Mares, University of Maine, USA

Writing a publishing proposal
Dorothy E. Zemach, Cambridge University Press, USA

INDIVIDUAL PERSPECTIVES
Education with Impact: Developing Lessons for Language and Global Issues Education with Photojournalism Sites
Greg Goodmacher

The Rubrics Reloaded: Raising options for how we frame learning Tasks
Kristofer Bayne, International Christian University, Japan

Police Materials and Teacher Development Project Estonia 2003
Robert A. Buckmaster, Peacekeeping English Project in Estonia

REVIEWS
Carrie Steenburgh, The University of Maine, USA

SPOTLIGHT ON A MATERIALS WRITER
Featured Writer: Steven Gershon

Freelance Register

Supplement

Editorial - Carlos Islam, Folio Editor

CONFERENCE PERSPECTIVES
Dogme: Dancing in the dark?
Scott Thornbury, Freelance Teacher and Trainer, Spain

Helping Learners to Achieve Multi-dimensional Mental Representation in L2 Reading
Hitomi Masuhara, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

Nicenet: An internet classroom assistant
James Thomas, Masaryk University, Czech Republic.

Practice makes perfect: English in Primary School. How to help the children to remember and retain what they have learnt
Lenora Fröhlich-Ward, Munich, Germany

Designing online training materials for German-British intercultural encounters
Gill Woodman, Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany

The matter of selecting and evaluating materials
Carlos Rico Troncoso

Creatively proGRAMMARed
Alexander Sokol, University of Latvia, Latvia

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:: Contents of Folio 9/1
:: April 2004

Practical Perspectives
The Pig Conundrum
Carlos Islam and Chris Mares, The University of Maine, USA

Research Perspectives
‘JUNGLE FEVER’ - Visualisation and the Implications for Writing Extensive Readers
Rod Bolitho, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

Individual Perspectives
Giving it your Best Shots is Never Easy
Andreas Baernthaler, Höhere Technische Bundeslehranstalt, Austria

Materials Design: Principled Compromise or Compromised Principles?
Ivor Timmis, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

Designing ESL Materials to Enhance Self-Directed Learning: an ELC Intervention
Leila Kajee, Durban Institute of Technology, South Africa

Activities for Cultural Awareness
Brian Tomlinson and Hitomi Masuhara, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

Publishing Perspectives
Getting into Publishing
Dorothy E. Zemach, Cambridge University Press, USA

Working with Editors
Chris Mares, The University of Maine, USA

USA Reviews
Reviews
Carrie Blouin, The University of Maine, USA

Spotlight on a materials writer
Featured Writer: Marc Helgesen

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:: Contents of Folio 8/1 and 8/2 (Joint Issue)
:: November 2003

Ways to Change
Brian Tomlinson

Inputs, Processes and Outcomes in Materials Development
Alan Maley

Let There Be You, Let There be Me
Tessa Woodward

The Notion of Difficulty in Task Design
Akira Tajino

Creativity in Materials Design - Anything New?
Mario Rinvolucri

Humanistic Criteria in Materials Design and Exploitation
Mario Rinvolucri

Learning Processes and Teaching Strategies
Dave Willis

Download at your Peril
Martin Eayrs

Language of Diplomacy
Hafriza Burhanudeen

Teacher Involvement in Textbook Preparation in India
Ranganayaki Srinivas

D. I. Y. Listening for ESP
Peter G. Jones

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:: Contents of Folio 7/1 and 7/2 (Joint Issue)
:: March 2003

Developing Materials for Brazilians in Brazil
Virginia Garcia, Carla Chaves and Ricardo Sili

What's the use of a book without stories or conversation? Making a case for Story Based Instruction
Irma-Kaarina Ghosn

Stories to tell - storybooks as coursebooks
Brian Tomlinson

Hyper-reading: facing the challenge of electronic literature
Claudia Ferradas Moi

Reading as the Construction of Cognitive Webs: the use of electronic hypertexts in the literature class
Verónica Storni Fricke

Forwarded Email Messages; Affective Language Learning Material
Carlos Islam

"Only when you've felt what it's like...": personalising the experience of language and learning through creative writing
Martin Bates

The Intra-personal Intelligence - Did we forget it?
Mario Rinvolucri

Cultural artefact and the postmodern approach to content: A reply to Adrian Holliday
David Baca

Alternatives in Language Learning
Brian Tomlinson and Hitomi Masuhara

The Design & Development of Materials for Effective Testing & Assessment
Carel Burghout

Global Issues and ELT Materials
John Kullman

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:: Contents of Folio 6/2
:: December 2001

Appropriate methodology in using materials: ideology and artefact
Adrian Holliday , Canterbury Christ Church University, UK

EAP as the hidden agenda: materials and methodologies to motivate Japanese learners
Jim Coleman & Valerie Ainscough, University of Kent, UK

A different beginner textbook
Carlos Islam, University of Maine, USA

Talk, learnability and materials development
Peter Grundy, University of Durham, UK

Literaturing – the fifth skill
Miruna & Veronica Focseneanu, Romania

Writing for language learning multimedia: an introduction
Charles Shields, LFB Media, UK

Cultural inclusiveness or insensitivity? A reply to Scott Thornbury
Neil McBeath, Armour School-MSO, Sultanate of Oman

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:: Contents of Folio 6/1
:: Autumn 2000

Take the bull in the china shop by the horns: teaching culture through language
Dorottya Holló and Ildikó Lázár, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

Tradition and innovation in the Romanian textbook project
Rodica Vulcanescu, member of the Romanian textbook team

Lessening constraints: a case for in-house production
Ana Souza, teacher trainer and language consultant, Brazil

Taking account of culture, or "It's communicative, so why doesn't it work?"
Sue Leather, freelance consultant, UK

Teaching language through storytelling using Irish myths and legends
Susan Kennedy, Republic of Ireland

Being more creative the second time around: preparing materials for military purposes
John Peake, Armour School, Royal Army of Oman

A golden business opportunity: an open letter to Vicki Hollet
Rob Burrows, freelance teacher, Germany

Quenching the thirst for narrative
Antoinette Moses, freelance writer, UK

Beyond a naive reading: what we can do with news
Ruth Breeze, Instituto de Idiomas, Universidad de Navarra

Language learning in the year 2026
Martin Eayrs, freelance editor and trainer, UK

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:: Contents of Folio 5.2
:: Autumn 1999

What do you think? Issues in materials development
Brian Tomlinson

Context or pretext? Cultural content and the course book
Alan Pulverness

The UK, EFLese sub-culture and dialect
Mario Rinvolucri

Window-dressing vs cross-dressing in the EFL sub-culture
Scott Thornbury

Spatial prepositions in three UK-published general English courses
Seth Lindstromberg

What makes a good activity
Peter Grundy

Literature in the language classroom: a case study
Christiane Freeman

Integrating language and literature
Ian Butler

Business objections
Rob Burrows

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:: Contents of Folio 5.1
:: Autumn 1998

Exploring the Internet for language teaching and learning
Ros Potapov

Mind the gap! A new framework for information-gap activities
Rob Burrows

Question marks over question tags
Alan Battersby

How writers write: testimony from authors
Alan Pulverness

Reading matter(s): reading preferences of advanced students
Jane Arnold & Javier Avila

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:: Contents of Folio 4.2
:: December 1997

Fields that feed EFL methodology
Mario Rinvolucri

Portfolio assessment in a materials development course
Ma Rong & George Jacobs

The evolution of group activities in ELT coursebooks
George Jacobs with David Crookall & Rosy Thiyagarajali

A typology and framework for task design and use
Jane Willis

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:: Contents of Folio Multimedia
:: July 1997

Computers in language teaching
Charles Shields

The TELL consortium: a response to learners' needs
Jenny Parsons

The ABC of multimedia development for language learning
Miriam Schcolnik & Roberta Stock

Designing Business English courses on computer
Mike Nelson

Multimedia in the ELT classroom
Charles Shields & Tuula Sutela

Investigating style with the computer
Brian Robinson

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:: Contents of Folio 4.1
:: July 1997

The future perfect
Brian Tomlinson

Seeing double: MATSDA and MWIS
Alison Rice

Options in form-focussed instruction
Rod Ellis

From teaching to writing - principles and process
Roger Gower & Jan Bell

Piloting course materials for publication
Peter Donovan

Procedures for the evaluation of in-house EAP textbooks
Joanne Roxburgh

Can AGE meet the needs
Baimei Shu

Getting started in video materials
Susan Stempleski

What's in a word ? Some thoughts on writing vocabulary exercises
Felicity O'Dell

Project work to integrate Business English skills
Emily Lites

Reading Rock poetry in the EFL classroom
Claudia Moi

How to write readers
Philip Prowse

Classrooms in my mind
Jeremy Harmer

Beleive it ot not - interdisciplinary project work
Cristina Grondona White, Graciela Zabaleta & Inés Cambiasso

Teaching Spanish in Argentina - an ironically difficult subject
Bibiana Christensen & Laura Renart

A strong cultural component in EFL materials
Weiyou Zhang

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:: Contents of Folio 3.2
:: January 1997

Reviews
Miles Craven

A question of grammar
Brian Tomlinson

Thinking about an apology
Annie Talling

Several hundred FCE interviews later
Alan Battersby

English for university studies: an evaluation of reading materials
Evelyn Ford Robertson

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:: Contents of Folio 3.1
:: July 1996

Pepurposing authentic media objects for language learning
Charles Shields & Pekka Lehtio

The wonderful world of the World Wide Web and its EFL/ESL application
Cristina Banfi & Ray Day

Choices
Brian Tomlinson

Supplementary video materials: what's the added value?
Rhiannon Williams

Review: materials writers on materials writing
Alison Sharpe

Dialogues for ESP
N McBeath

Draft guidelines for producing in-house self-access materials
Felicity O'Dell

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:: Contents of Folio 2.2
:: November 1995

Materials prouced at Fifth Matsda conference
Various

Business English in China: needs analysis and materials development
Jimei Xi

Work in progress: textbook projects
Brian Tomlinson

Natural English? Meet the user-friendly natives!
Jean Wilson

Materials development in the post cold war period in CIS (a case study for Ukraine)
Anton Barbariga & Alexander Zbarski

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:: Contents of Folio 2.1
:: May 1995

Multimedia and language learning
Julian Parrish

Thoughts of a materials writer
Sue Parker

Teaching English to Japanese students: developing oral fluency
Catherine Pickles, Grace McMillan & Cleo Nicolaaidou-Wright

Graded idiomaticity as the leading principle in teaching ESP
Anna Komarova & Andrey Lipgart

Revolution in Europe: UK cut off
Melanie Butler

The four aims model
Clive Lovelock

Does it work? Evaluating tasks
Rod Ellis

How to be the ideal editor
Felicity O'Dell

Dialogues - what are they for?
Brian Tomlinson

Who needs another cousrebook?
Jill Johnson

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:: Contents of Folio 1.2
:: November 1994

Play it again, Sam: a role for repetition
Alan Maley

How to be a coursebook author. A 12 point guide to becoming a publisher's paragon
Liz Walters

Materials for TPR
Brian Tomlinson

Revolutions in ELT materials
Andy Hopkins

Distance authoring: a UK-Russia experience
Mark Fletcher

Material Needs
David Rosewarne

Materials development in pre-service teacher training
Gabriela Matei

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:: Contents of Folio 1.1
:: March 1994

Spoken Grammar
Ron Carter

Teaching Conversation
Tom Hinton

Self-Access Materials
Brian Tomlinson

Out of Africa - Reflections on materials writing
Andy Hopkins

But that's what the teachers want
Hitomi Masuhara

Cottage Industry and Beyond - a case study for Materials Development
Mark Fletcher

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