Online Journals

Keeping current in the field used to mean heading to the library and reading stacks of professional journals or magazines. Now many of these journals can be found for free online. Below is an old article which lists several of these online journals. Some of the links may be broken, but by searching for the magazines name on the internet, you probably will be able to find a new link. Browse through several of the online magazines below. Since this article is a few years old, also search the Internet for other online scholarly publications related to our field. You will be asked to report your findings later. Now start surfing.

Web Wanderer
(English Teaching professional, Issue 40, Sept 2005, pg 61) Dave Sperling continues his journey through cyberspace in search of the seemingly limitless riches of the internet. Here he selects some sites to stimulate teachers. Running out of teaching ideas? Burned out in the classroom? If so, I have some good news for you: the internet is a magnificent source of free online journals, magazines and newsletters. In this article I will review some of my favourites. Asian EFL Journal www.asian-efl-journal.com This excellent online journal examines issues within the Asian EFL linguistic scene, and youll find archived articles from 2002 to 2005. Their most recent issue includes such diverse features as A tale of two mainland Chinese English learners, Frequency effects on Japanese learners perceptions of morphologically complex words and In the case of L2 learning v cultural awareness. www.eltnewsletter.com This newsletter is updated every Friday. and you can read weekly articles on topics of interest to ELT professionals. This is an excellent source for teaching tips. ESL Magazine www.eslmag.com The magazine for American-English language teachers youll find an archive of practical articles online. Internet TESL Journal http://iteslj.org Brought to you by Charles and Larry Kelly, this is a top-notch collection of monthly journal articles, research papers, lesson plans, classroom handouts, teaching ideas and links. Their current issue has articles on Adapting the L2 classroom for age -related vision impairments, Using authentic business transcripts in the ESL classroom and Tips for teaching conversation in the multilingual ESL classroom.

Bilingual Research Journal http://brj.asu.edu This journal deals with bilingual education, bilingualism and JALT Journal language policies in education, and has a vast collection of articles http://jalt-publications.org/ dating back to 1992. A very good resource for bilingual educators. JALT Journal is the research journal of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, and youll find a comprehensive collection of CALICO Journal http://ealico.org/calicopubs.html articles from 1994 to 2004. Journal of CALICO, the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium, is a professional organization that serves a Language and Linguistics www.shakespeare.uk.net/journali membership involved in both education and technology. Many of jlling_home.html their journal articles are available online, including ones dating A journal for language and linguistic studies with articles such as back to 1983. Optimal 1.2 speech perception: native speakers of English and Japanese consonant length contrasts and On measuring ESP proficiency at university. English Teaching Professional www.etprofessional.com Our own title! The leading practical magazine for teachers Language Learning and Technology http://llt.msu.edu around the world with online archives and a great Started in 1997, Language Learning and Technology is a refereed e-newsletter of practical tips and ideas. journal that seeks to disseminate research to foreign and second language educators in the US and around the world on issues related to technology and language education. It has archives from ELT Journal http://eltj.oxfordjournals.org/archive/index.dtl 1997 to 2005. This quarterly publication is aimed at those involved in the field of teaching English as a second or foreign language. Includes Modern English Digest archived articles from 1946! www.niodernenglishdigest.com A popular magazine for students packed with classroom resources; download a free sampler from the website! ELT Newsletter

Modern English Teacher www.onlineMET.com Established over 3oyears, this journal covers teaching development and methods with a selected archive online. Reading in a Foreign Language http://ntlrc.hawaii.edu/rfl Reading in a Foreign Language is a scholarly international refereed journal founded in 1983 at the University of Aston, Birmingham, England. The current issue features articles on Understanding the role of text length, sample size and vocabulary size in determining text coverage and A framework for developing EFL reading vocabulary. The Reading Matrix www.readingmatrix.com/current.html The Reading Matrix is a peer-reviewed professional journal with an editorial board of scholars in the fields of second language acquisition and applied linguistics. Youll find a large collection of articles dating back to 2001. Teaching English with Technology [ http://www.iatefl.org.pl/call/callnl5.htm ] This online journal is brought to you by IATEFL Polands Computer Special Interest Group, and has archived issues dating

from 2001 to 2005. Youll find articles, Internet lesson plans, and website reviews. TechKnowLogia www.techknowlogia.org TechKnowLogia is an international online journal that provides policy makers, strategists, practitioners and technologists with a strategic forum to explore, share, exchange and review. There are online issues from 1999 to 2003. TESL-EJ www.writing.berkeley.edu/tesl-ej An internationally-recognized source of ESL and EFL information for teachers throughout the world with archived issues from 1995 to 2005. Sections include Articles, Reviews, Classroom Texts, Teacher Resource Books, Applied Linguistics, History and Research, Technology in Education, Media Reviews, Forum and On the Internet. Dont miss this outstanding resource!
Dave Sperling is the creator of the popular website Daves ESL Caf (www.eslcafe.com).

Some other Journals are: Call-EJ http://callej.org/ TESL Reporter http://chd.byuh.edu/tesol/reporter English Teaching Forum http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/forum-journal.html What journals did you look at? What did you find out?

Answer:
Asian EFL Journal provides insightful materials for teachers to seek solutions and read the journal to help teachers who are working in Asia, or working with Asian. In addition, the English teaching professional is a helpful tool for us to learn other
teaching in different part of the world.

What new online journals did you find and what key words did you use in your search to find them (include links)?

Answer:
The internet TESOL Journal

http://iteslj.org/
This online journal is so helpful that they have useful lesson ideas for students. The lesson plan really gives us more idea to teach. The Tesol quarterly http://www.tesol.org/read-and-publish/journals/tesol-quarterly is a professional journal for the field. They publish helpful researches and helpful solution for people.

Explain why you think these online sources would be helpful.

Answer:
As a teacher, we want to different helpful information to help us to improve teaching. Ideas from different people help us to be a better teacher each year. Also the website also has a lot of updates for different places. Sometimes, looking at other peoples perspectives and idea will help us stay out of our own box.

Finishing Touches
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