Last weekend was the JACET/JALT First Joint conference in Nagoya at Chukyo University and I was fortunate enough to introduce the presentation put on by Mark, Steve, Jo-Jo, Philip and Colin on Collaborative learning...and it was GREAT! I have seen many many presentations and this one ranks among the best I have seen. It was a multi-media presentation well organized and with a very professional delivery. The topic/content fit the conference theme like...uh...a glove, the theme was collaboration and synergism in English Education.

Hell Everyone, I just did a short book review but my computer did not allow me to type in the author or publisher information so I will include that here.
Title: The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition
Authors/Editors: Catherine J. Doughty and Michael H. Long
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing; Malden, MA USA/ Oxford, UK
Year: 2003 First edition, 2005 Second edition
Paperback ISBN: ISBN-13:978-1-4051-3281-7

I am wondering if anyone can recommend some books about writing research. I am only now realizing the extensive process of what it will take to write a dissertation proposal. Two books are recommended in the Guide to Independent Study to help with doing research and writing it up. I was wondering if anyone has other recommendations for writing about research as "Writing Up Research" written by Weissberg, R and Buker, S. was published in 1990 and is difficult to purchase. Are there any other helpful books which other students have used to write their dissertation?

Hi there,
I'm currently doing my module 3 assignment on word-association and the mental lexicon, comparing NNS with NS. I've already tested 50 Japanese students and am now looking for 50 native speakers. This now seems quite ambitious as I don't have that many friends. So, if you would like to give me a hand that would be great!

I just had a look and noticed you fellows got the advert up on your page...great and thanks a lot!