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Editorial · Hu & Hashim · Ellis · Machida Reviews of Reviews · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Roundup What follows is a summary of what the series says about the state of language teaching. One point does not sit easily as a single item, because it is what holds the whole list together. Criticality
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Editorial · Hu & Hashim · Ellis · Machida Reviews of Reviews · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Roundup This is the eighth post in a series reading a single issue of JALT Journal, the May 2026 number, for what the field shows about itself when it speaks in its own pages. Review of a
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Editorial · Hu & Hashim · Ellis · Machida Reviews of Reviews · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Roundup This is the seventh post in a series reading a single issue of JALT Journal, the May 2026 number, for what the field shows about itself when it speaks in its own pages. Review of a
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Editorial · Hu & Hashim · Ellis · Machida Reviews of Reviews · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Roundup This is the sixth post in a series reading a single issue of JALT Journal, the May 2026 number, for what the field shows about itself when it speaks in its own pages. Review of a
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Editorial · Hu & Hashim · Ellis · Machida Reviews of Reviews · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Roundup This is the ninth post in a series reading a single issue of JALT Journal, the May 2026 number, for what the field shows about itself when it speaks in its own pages. Review of a
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Editorial · Hu & Hashim · Ellis · Machida Reviews of Reviews · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Roundup This is the fifth in a series reading a single issue of JALT Journal, the May 2026 number, for what the field shows about itself when it speaks in its own pages. This article explains how
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Editorial · Hu & Hashim · Ellis · Machida Reviews of Reviews · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Roundup This is the fourth in a series of posts in which I analyse the May 2026 issue of JALT Journal cover to cover, reading not so much for what each piece contributes but for what the
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Editorial · Hu & Hashim · Ellis · Machida Reviews of Reviews · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Roundup This is the third in a series of posts in which I analyse the May 2026 issue of JALT Journal cover to cover, reading not so much for what each piece contributes but for what the
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Editorial · Hu & Hashim · Ellis · Machida Reviews of Reviews · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Roundup This is the second in a series of posts in which I analyse the May 2026 issue of JALT Journal cover to cover, reading not so much for what each piece contributes but for what the
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In the early 1990s, I was giving a workshop for MA students at Columbia University, most of whom were practicing Japanese high school teachers of English. The worksheet I handed out contained a wide range of activities. One section offered five instructions, each followed by a blank line. The first
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I was sitting down for lunch with my mother-in-law. She is 93 and living with dementia. I brought two glasses of water to the table, one for her and one for me. Before I put them down, I gave her a choice: Would you like wet water or dry water?
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Glossary Post Multidimensionality is a term and design principle that helps us remember that any learning moment is active on more than one level at once. We are never only learning the declared content. We are also experiencing processes, inhabiting a role, forming a sense of ourselves, meeting or resisting