Spiri at Work
2007 Articles
Systematic Online Study of Frequency Word Vocabulary is here.*
Blackstone, Naganuma, Spiri. 2007. Blogs in English language teaching and learning: Pedagogical uses and student responses, Reflections on English Language Teaching (RELT), vol. 6, no. 2, December 2007, pp 1-19.
Loucky J.P. & Spiri J. 2007. Systematic Ways of Teaching, Studying and Testing High Frequency Vocabulary Online, Language Forum: A Journal of Language & Literature. Vol. 33, No. 2, Jul-Dec 2007, pp 101-114.
2006 Articles
The Word of the Week is here.
2005 Articles
Student Research in the University EAP Classroom, co-authored with Chris Hoskins, Brad Blackstone and Ingrid Johnson) is here (scroll down under Approaches to Insruction section).
2004 Articles
The Word of the Day is here.
A Content-Based Career Design Course for University Students is here (third from the top).
**2003 Articles
The Potential of Language Education: A Global Issues Perspective is here.
Combining Dictogloss and Cooperative Learning is here and here.
2002 Articles
Small, J. 2002. Shadow Talking Warm-ups. the language teacher: 26: 4.
2001 Articles
Small, J. 2001. Every Picture Tells a Story. Between the Keys (JALT’s Material Writer’s Special Interest Group’s Newsletter): 9: 1.
Small, J. 2001. Language Digestion: Student Self-Assessment. Developing Autonomy: Proceedings of the JALT CUE conference 2001 held at the Miho Kenshukan of Tokai University.
Small, J. Working for a Nuclear-Free World. Global Issues in Language Education newsletter #41, January 2001.
pre-2000 Articles
Small, J. 1998. Self-Instruction by Audio Cassette. The Journal of Nagasaki Junior College of Foreign Languages: 51 (retrievable at http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Small-SelfInstruction.html).
Teaching for Charity is here.
Small, J. 1999. The Vocabulary Notebook. TheJournal of Nagasaki Junior College of Foreign Languages: 53.
* Note: All articles linked to websites were also published on paper in academic journals.
** My name until 2002 was "John Small" ("Spiri" is my mother's maiden name)