TESL-EJ: Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language TESL-EJ is a fully-refereed academic journal for the English as a Second Language, English as a Foreign Language and Applied Linguistics professional community. http://tesl-ej.org EFL Listeners’ Task-based Strategies and Their Relationship with Listening Performance, by Anna Ching-Shyang Chang This study examines 75 Chinese EFL learners’ test-taking strategies and their relationship with listening performance. http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/past-issues/past-issues/volume13/ej50/ej50a1/ Practical Knowledge Growth in Communicative Language Teaching, by Mark Wyatt Using observations, interviews, and reflective writing, this study charts the practical knowledge growth in CLT of a lower secondary teacher in the Middle East while she was studying part-time on an in-service BA (TESOL) programme run by the University of Leeds in conjunction with the Ministry of Education in the Sultanate of Oman. http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/past-issues/past-issues/volume13/ej50/ej50a2/ On the Internet: Annotated Bibliography – Twitter, Social Networking, and Communities of Practice, by Kristi Newgarden In the case of Twitter, the needs and goals of users have transformed a simple status updating software into a versatile networking and learning tool used by an estimated three million people. http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/past-issues/past-issues/volume13/ej50/ej50int/ Media Review: EnglishAddicts.Com, reviewed by Jia-Shian Su English Addicts is a daily web service that focuses on improving learners’ ability to listen to and comprehend international English. http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/past-issues/past-issues/volume13/ej50/english-addicts/ Media Review: Twitter, reviewed by Kristi Newgarden The software service with its chirpy little bluebird logo has become a celebrity in its own right this year, a ubiquitous presence in news broadcasts, political campaigns, entertainment, sports, professional activities, and online sites of every sort. http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/past-issues/past-issues/volume13/ej50/twitter/ Review: Felicity O’Dell & Michael McCarthy (2008), English Collocations in Use Advanced Reviewed by Iman Tohidian http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/past-issues/volume13/ej50/ej50r1/ Review: Yvonne S. Freeman, David E. Freeman & Reynaldo Ramirez, Eds. (2008), Diverse Learners in the Mainstream Classroom: Strategies for Supporting All Students Across Content Areas Reviewed by Wolf Kozel/description> http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/past-issues/volume13/ej50/ej50r2/ Review: Linda New Levine & Mary Lou McCloskey (2008), Teaching Learners of English in Mainstream Classrooms (K-8): One Class, Many Paths Reviewed by Andrea Hellman http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/past-issues/volume13/ej50/ej50r3/ Review: Jason Ohler (2007), Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: New Media Pathways to Literacy, Learning and Creativity Reviewed by Yan Wang http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/past-issues/volume13/ej50/ej50r4/ Review: Don Snow (2006), More Than a Native Speaker: An Introduction for Volunteers Teaching English Abroad (Rev. Ed.) Reviewed by Brian Bielenberg http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/past-issues/volume13/ej50/ej50r5/ Review: Carol Taylor Torsello, Katherine Ackerley & Erik Castello, Eds. (2008), Corpora for University Language Teachers Reviewed by Laurel Smith Stvan http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/past-issues/volume13/ej50/ej50r6/ Review: Andrew D. Cohen & Ernesto Macaro, Eds. (2007), Language Learner Strategies: 30 Years of Research and Practice Reviewed by Antonio R. Roldán Tapia http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/past-issues/volume13/ej50/ej50r7/ Review: Richard F. Young (2009), Discursive Practice in Language Learning and Teaching Reviewed by Hayriye Kayi http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/past-issues/volume13/ej50/ej50r8/