Melbourne Papers in Language Testing (MPLT)

Melbourne Papers in Language Testing (MPLT) are a set of peer-reviewed papers published annually by the LTRC (or biennially depending on the number of submissions). MPLT is one of only four journals dedicated exclusively to language testing and assessment and offers an opportunity for both new and more experienced researchers to publish papers, commentaries or reviews of tests or books on language testing and assessment issues. As of 2006, MPLT is published exclusively online and papers are freely downloadable as pdf files. 

Volume 13 of TESL-EJ: Special Issue on English Education in Iran

Editor: A. Mehdi Riazi


Overview

Hossein Farhady, Fattaneh Sajadi Hezaveh, and Hora Hedayati,Reflections on Foreign Language Education in Iran,  (pdf)

Teachers and Teaching
Ramin Akbari and Nabi Karimi Allvar, L2 Teacher Characteristics as Predictors of Students’ Academic Achievement,  (pdf)
Sepideh Fotovatian, Surviving as an English Teacher in the West: A Case Study of Iranian English Teachers in Australia,  (pdf)
Bahman Gorjian, Seyyed Rahim Moosavinia, and Azadeh Jabripour, Dramatic Performance in Teaching Drama in EFL Contexts,  (pdf)

Instructional Materials
A. Mehdi Riazi and Narjes Mosalanejad, Evaluation of Learning Objectives in Iranian High-school and Pre-university English Textbooks Using Bloom’s Taxonomy,  (pdf)

Learners
F. Behjat and F. Sadighi, Iranian English Majors’ L2 Grammar Development: Linguistic Threshold Hypothesis,  (pdf)
Hossein Shokouhi and Gholam-Ali Mirsalari., Collocational Knowledge versus General Linguistic Knowledge among Iranian EFL Learners,  (pdf)

Context
P. Maftoon, M. Yazdani Moghaddam, H. Gholebostan, and S. R. Beh-Afarin, Privatization of English Education in Iran: A Feasibility Study,  (pdf)

Writing and Written Texts
Vahid Aryadoust, Investigating Writing Sub-skills in Testing English as a Foreign Language: A Structural Equation Modeling Study,  (pdf)
Nasser Rashidi and Marzieh Souzandehfar, Text-Organizing Metatext in Research Articles: An English-Persian Contrastive Analysis,  (pdf)

The April 2010 issue of the English Language Gazette Digital

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In the April issue (IATEFL conference special, with 12 extra pages!):

NEWS: UK schools in visa meltdown, 'profitable' Geos Australia schools collapse, EFL boom on Pacific island of Vanuatu, Arizona 'English Language Learner' parents in revolt

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS: EFL teachers owed £87 million by Italian universities - David Petrie of the Italian foreign lecturers' union on their 30-year struggle for justice

ACCREDITATION: Centres of excellence - the British Council inspectors' top institutions revealed

PROSPECTS: Our 'secret shopper' investigates summer school Director of Studies jobs.

MANAGEMENT: A school manager's guide to marketing exam courses, how to make teachers more productive, Central American boom in EFL for call centre training

EAP: 'Streamline' author Peter Viney says students from 'non-Roman' alphabet cultures aren't getting enough help to master written English, EAP flourishes in Australia, 'mysterious' new rules hit UK private sector

IATEFL CONFERENCE SPECIAL: Interviews with chairs of IATEFL affiliates in five very different countries. (IATEFL conference, 7-11 April, Harrogate, UK)

TEACHING MATTERS: Being bilingual keeps dementia at bay, common misunderstandings by Arabic-speakers learning English, teacher training in Central America and Australia.

REVIEWS: 'Ready for Ielts', 'English for Legal Professionals', 'Networking in English'.

The March 2010 issue of the English Language Gazette Digital

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In the March issue:

NEWS: Are New York’s ‘charter schools’ failing English language learners? Dog learns English; chaos as UK Borders Agency suspends over 100 schools; recession bites in Thai EFL sector, national shame at Miss Singapore’s poor English; SAT test fraudsters cross time zones 

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS: English-medium university courses boom in Israel

ASSOCIATION NEWS: UK Esol teacher’s association Natecla on training and lobbying

PROSPECTS: Thailand: Tefl training hotspot.

MANAGEMENT: Cooperate with your competition to provide free teacher training? Yes, that’s what Sussex Director of Studies Association have successfully done.   

As governments insist would-be migrants gain English before they arrive, could local language schools cash in by preparing emigrating students?   

EAP: US university foundation courses special – UK-style foundation courses are on the rise in the US, but are they suited to American higher education? And why are some American universities so upset by this development?

TEACHING MATTERS: We look at the theory of multiple intelligences in EFL, and ask whether the evidence supports this and other new teaching methods.

REVIEWS: Must-have books for teachers and learners 

The January 2010 issue of the English Language Gazette Digital

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In the January issue:

NEWS: Geos Japan denies bankruptcy rumours; Wall street closes in Valencia, UK suspends visa applications from students in some Chinese provinces as backlog on visas in Britain builds up ;  Ontario clamps down on private colleges.   

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS: European universities use English medium degrees to target international market

EL  MARKET REPORT: Thailand rolls out EFL reforms, South Africa waits on World Cup boom.

ACCREDITATION: UK foundation year programmes - the hole in the UK accrediation system?

MANAGEMENT: The value of diversification    

TEACHING MATTERS: The most comprehensive guide to Masters in the UK and Ireland

REVIEWS: Must have DVDs for teacher trainers and trainees  

ESL Magazine

ESL Magazine is the leading magazine for teachers of American English and ESL/EFL professionals worldwide. Each issue contains relevant and timely  features and department articles relating to the K-12, college and adult levels.


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IJFLT:Vol.5 No.2, Winter 2009-2010 (Released February 10, 2010)

The International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching (IJFLT) is a free, on-line quarterly journal dedicated to communicating research, articles and helpful information regarding language acquisition to support teachers as they endeavor to create fluent, multilingual students.


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Mary Glasgow Magazines

Mary Glasgow Magazines provides a range of topical and motivating magazines for learners of English, French, German, and Spanish.

They also publish a wide range of photocopiable resource books for ELT Teachers and media-tie in ELT Readers. All publishing is aimed at the 8-18 year old age group.

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Individual Journals and Newsletters (Part Two)

http://agoralang.com/index.html?agora/agoranews.html
Agora Newsletter
**Newsletter that features announcements and information about publications and web sites, information about on-line resources, etc.

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http://www.languagemagazine.com/internetedition/frame.html
Language Magazine
The Journal of Communication & Education

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http://www.apacall.org/members/members.html
APACALL Newsletter
news from members (conference presentations, publications, grants & awards, or appointments & movements); links to forthcoming conferences; CALL materials & Web sites of interest; any articles, book reviews or conference reports; or others.

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http://leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu/pub/apexj/
APPEX-J
APEX-J, a refereed journal, is an outgrowth of the electronic forum, APEX-L. Its purpose is to promote international and multicultural education on college campuses, with a special focus on Asian and Pacific curricula, instructional strategies, educational resources, and campus/community activities.

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http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ajelt/
The Asian Journal of English Language Teaching (AJELT)
(formerly the Occasional Papers in English Language Teaching) encourages submission of previously unpublished articles on theory, research, and pedagogy relating to teaching English at the university level in Asia. Book reviews and reports of ongoing projects are welcome.

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http://iteslj.org/indexPrevious.html
Selected materials from the IATEFL Newsletter

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http://www.clec.ritsumei.ac.jp/english/callejonline/index.html
CALL-EJ Online 
CALL EJ merged with On-CALL(The Australian Journal of Computers and Language Education) and became CALL-EJ Online (ISSN 1442-438X) in May 1999.

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http://www.paddocks64.freeserve.co.uk/CompSIG2/callsig.htm
CALL Review (The Journal of the IATEFL Computer Special Interest Group )
**From spring 1995, the web version is available.

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http://www.catesol.org/
CATESOL Journal 
**Information about the journal, ordering back issues, and guidelines for submission

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http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/chorus/call/
Computer Assisted Language Learning
Sponsored by the college writing program, University of California, Berkley

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http://www.szp.swets.nl/szp/journals/ca.htm
Computer Assisted Language Learning An International Journal
Distance learning and learning by computers are prevalent these days. The Computer Assisted Language Learning journal puts you in touch with the increasingly interdisciplinary and international research community.

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http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/
Computers and Composition WWW Journal 
**The Computers and Composition homepage has links to the web edition of Computers and Composition as well as information about the print version, including submission and subscription information and an archives with some numbers from the print version. There is also a bibliography, compiled from bibliographies of back numbers.

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http://kapis.www.wkap.nl/kapis/CGI-BIN/WORLD/journalhome.htm?0010-4817
Computers and the Humanities
The Official Journal of The Association for Computers and the Humanities

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http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) Magazine
Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine (ISSN 1076-027X) reports about people, events, technology, public policy, culture, practices, study, and applications related to human communication and interaction in online environments.
**Current and back issues of the magazine, plus information about it.

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http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/current/toc.html
Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine
This page links to content from past issues and current headlines from information technology news sources.

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http://www.elgazette.com/
EL Gazette
The EL Gazette is the international trade newspaper of the English Language Industry. News and great resources for ELTeachers.

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http://www3.oup.co.uk/eltj/
ELT Journal 
A journal on English language teaching published by Oxford University Press

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http://www.eltnews.com/
ELT News
**Daily newsletter related to ELT, which also includes information about jobs and books

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http://www.eayrs.com/ELT/publications/ELTNewsandViews/index.html
ELT News & Views
ELT News & Views was a printed magazine for teachers of English in southern South America. It was published between March 1994 and May 2000 and complete copies are held in the BIELT Archive.

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http://www.eltnewsletter.com/
ELT Newsletter
Here at the ELT Newsletter teachers of English can
read weekly articles on topics of interest to ELT professionals - updated every Friday
gather teaching tips from the weekly articles
discuss their thoughts on anything to do with English Language Teaching in our ELT Forum
find links to other sites of interest to English teachers (and learners)
submit articles to us for publication here in our weekly column

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http://members.aol.com/linguapres/spectrum.htm
ELT Spectrum Oxford University Press
Founded in 1980, SPECTRUM is a colourful, up-to-date and informed news magazine for teachers and students of English as a foreign language, at advanced level.

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http://www.u-net.com/eflweb/home.htm
English as a Foreign Language Magazine
**Includes on-line articles and links related to a virtual bookshop, information about conferences, product reviews, a web page on which you can post your resume, learning materials for students, etc.

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http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/journal/
English Teaching Forum Electronic Journals 
The Office of English Language Programs is pleased to offer the electronic journals Language and Civil Society and Language and Life Science to teachers of English as a foreign language. These journals contain ready-to-use lesson plans and are suitable for students at the intermediate level. Each chapter contains background information, classroom-ready activities, and related resources and references.Teachers are encouraged to download and use the lessons, adapting them to suit the need of their students.
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/journal/intro.htm
English Teaching Forum electronic Journal 

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http://www.eltas.de/journal.html
English Teaching Matters
English Teaching Matters is the official quarterly newsletter of our association. ETM is available in print form and includes information about ELTAS activities and workshops together with a variety of articles of interest to the profession.

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http://elt.au.edu/
The English Teacher: An international journal
**The on-line edition contains selections from back issues of the paper edition.

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http://www.edufind.com/ls/client_detail.cfm?UserID=951&DENClient=1
English Teaching Professional 
http://www.edunet.com/etp/
ENGLISH TEACHING professional is an independent, quarterly magazine for teachers of English to speakers of other languages. The magazine aims to provide a mix of practical skills, professional development and personal support - plus a great deal more besides! Launched in September 1996 ENGLISH TEACHING professional now has subscribers in more than 100 countries worldwide.

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http://www.eslfocus.com/index.html
ESL Focus
**A web magazine with articles about English language teaching throughout the world, as well as job listings, a student resource center, etc.

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http://www.eslmag.com
ESL Magazine
Welcome to the award-winning service of ESL Magazine, the print magazine for English as a second or foreign language educators!

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http://www.eslminiconf.net/index.html
ESL MiniConference Online
The ESL MiniConference Online provides an efficient way for new as well as seasoned ESL professionals to make a difference in the trends and issues of our rapidly developing field. The ESL MiniConference newsletter gives a voice to busy teachers and administrators who otherwise might not find time to get the word out regarding a great lesson plan, team project or local workshop. There is so much new knowledge being produced every day in ESL that traditional conferences--while crucial--are not enough.

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http://www.tesol.org/pubs/magz/et.html
Essential Teacher
Essential Teacher inspires and informs teachers with practical articles that are theoretically sound. It also provides second and foreign language teachers of English with a forum for teaching practices, reflections, and perspectives.

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http://www.etni.org.il/etninews.htm
ETNI News
**The newsletter of the English Teachers Network of Israel.

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http://www.eurocall-languages.org/newsletter/index.htm
EuroCALL Newsletter
**Includes reports on EuroCALL Special Interest Groups and information about their activities, reviews of websites, books, etc., related to CALL, an events calendar, and so on.


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