Volume 14, Number 2 – September 2010

A Word from the Editors…

Feature Articles

Editor: Maggie Sokolik

James Whiting & Stuart Granoff, The Effects of Multimedia Input on Comprehension of a Short Story (pdf)

Abdallah Ahmad Baniabdelrahman, The Effect of the Use of Self-Assessment on EFL Students’ Performance in Reading Comprehension in English (pdf)

On the Internet

Editor: Vance Stevens

Carla Arena, Listening Plus – A Social Approach to Learning English Online (pdf)

Media Articles & Reviews

Editors: Thomas Delaney & Maja Grgurovic

Ruslan Suvorov, Using Moodle in ESOL Writing Classes (pdf)
Hayo Reinders & Min Young Cho, Extensive Listening Practice and Input Enhancement Using Mobile Phones: Encouraging Out-of-Class Learning with Mobile Phones (pdf)
Daniel J. Mills, Lyrics Training (pdf)

Reviews

Editors: Spencer Salas & Paul Fitchett

Classroom Texts

John Bitchener (2010), Writing an Applied Linguistics Thesis or Dissertation: A Guide to Presenting Empirical Research; Reviewed by Howard Menand (pdf)
Barbara H. Foley (2010), Listen to Me! Beginning Listening, Speaking & Pronunciation; Reviewed by John Eckert (pdf)
Mary E. Ward (2008), What I Believe 2: Listening and Speaking about What Really Matters; Reviewed by Dion Clingwall (pdf)

Teacher Education and Resources

Anne Burns & Jack C. Richards (Editors) (2009), The Cambridge Guide to Second Language Teacher Education; Reviewed by Sean Gomez (pdf)
Madalena Cruz-Ferreira (2010), Multilinguals are…?; Reviewed by Stacy Feldstein (pdf)
Bob Gaulke (2009) Embrace Your Insignificance: Lessons Learned Teaching English in Japan; Reviewed by Kevin Aycock, (pdf)
Ben Goldstein (2008), Working with Images; Reviewed by Patricia Kilroe (pdf)
Philip Kasinitz, John H. Mollenkopf, Mary C. Waters, & Jennifer Holdaway (2008), Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age; Reviewed by Mandy Reinig (pdf)