a special interest group of the the Japan Association for Language Teaching

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Fall 2007 Download PDF format

Editor's Comment by Joanna Hosoya

Reports from the Gender and Beyond Conference, Oct. 6-7:

Upcoming Conference Information

GALE News

FEATURED ESSAYS

CRAYON OUTSIDE THE LINES By Jane Joritz-Nakagawa
Self, Language, Heart---the Textures of Identity: A Personal Essay By Ayano Fukui
"Women's Status, Men's States": Feminist lawmaker Catharine MacKinnon on the new international human rights law paradigm By Tina Ottman

Spring 2007 Download PDF format

Editor's Comment by Joanna Hosoya
Message from the Coordinator by Salem Hicks
GALE Forum Report by Kathy Riley
IGALA 4th International Conference Report by Robert Mochain and Andrea Simon-Maeda
"Honoring Diverse Voices: Gender and the Literary Avant-garde" by Jane Joritz-Nakagawa
An AIDS Poem by Penina Nafuye
"Producing Myself in English: A Personal Essay" by Ayano Fukui

Fall 2006 Download PDF format

Essays

"Tango 'Lessons' and Decision-Making in Teaching" by Louise Haynes
"Breakaway: A Personal Essay" byAyano Fukui

Articles

"Domestic Violence in Japan" by Tokie Takahashi
"The 'Double Surnames' Issue in Japan" by Keiko Watanabe
"Clothes Culture in Japan: hard body/soft body, distance/proximity and simulation/hyperreality" by Noriko Tada

Spring 2006 Download PDF format

Notes from the Editor　

Conference Reflections

Reflections on GALE Forum 2005, by Jane Nakagawa
Shoes, a poem by Linda K. Vandermeer-Kadota

Featured Essay

Undercover Observer: A Personal Essay, by Ayano Fukui

Notes from the GALE Panel at JALT: Inspiration from the Archives, by Kathy Riley

Fall 2005 Download PDF format

Message from the Coordinators
News and announcements

FEATURED ARTICLES:

Where the Twain Should Meet: Public Health Policy and... the Language Classroom?
by Louise Haynes
Pornoraphy
by Hiroyuki Koshiga
History of US Feminism Comparing Various Strands
by Hiroyuki Koshiga

Spring 2005 Download PDF format

Message from the Coordinators
News and announcements

FEATURED ARTICLES:

A Japanese Woman's Life
by Yoko Sabatini
Cynthia Nelson Seminar, Tokyo: Issues in Gender and Sexual Identity: What Educators Should Know
by Louise Haynes

Winter 2004 Download PDF format

Message from the Coordinators
News and announcements

FEATURED ARTICLES:

Japanese "boys-love" comics and heterosexual female identity
by Wakana Yokota
Gender, Sexuality and Culture: A Class Project
by Aya Murakami
Report of a course in progress: Gender and society
by Jane Joritz-Nakagawa

Fall 2004 Download PDF format

Message from the Coordinators
Summer and Fall Recap
JALT Conference - List of Gender-related Sessions!
Future Plans

FEATURED ARTICLES:

Sexual Identity Politics in the Classroom: The Case Against Monosexual Pedagogy by Roibeard O' Mochin

Spring 2004 Download PDF format

Editor's notepad
Meetings and announcements

FEATURED ARTICLES:

A spoonful of sugarﾉ by Jane Nakagawa
Junior College students' thoughts on Ryosai Kenbo-->
Language and Sexuality: A Book Review of Cameron and Kulick's Language and Sexuality by Andrea Simon- Maeda
A Look at Our Students' Future: A book review of Ogasawara's Office Ladies and Salaried Men by Steve Cornwell
Teaching Unit based on "Bend it like Beckham" By Roibeard O'Mochain
Gender-Related Internet Sites

Winter 2003 Download PDF format

Editor's notepad
SPECIAL FEATURE: POETS features seven poems reflecting on gender by four emerging and established poets
Bookshelf: Features an annotated poetry bibliography focusing on books of interest to teachers who wish to use literature to focus on gender issues in language courses
Out and About: Features the thoughts of a gay rights activist and TESOL professional
Schoolhouse: In this issue, a description of an Ecofeminism course
Gathering Place: Presents a list of some of the upcoming presentations at the national JALT conference in November, 2003, Shizuoka, Japan

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Editor's notepad
SPECIAL FEATURE: Student Voices . . . . . .

Ayami Ando: The reason why there is still sex discrimination

Sayaka Ando: Women and Eating Disorders

Remi Ito: Older people in Japan

Rieko Nakagawa: Japanese of Korean descent
Schoolhouse: In this issue, a description of Spencer Kagan's approach to cooperative learning
Gathering Place: Gender issues-related presentations at Peace as a Global Language 2003 in Tokyo

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(Click on the links below to access the articles in HTML format)
Featured articles:

Need a Laugh? by Kay Hammond
Alice Walker at Yokohama Women's Forum by Kris Mizutani -- NEW FEATURE: GALE goes out 'n about!
Gender and Contemporary Japan (Course Syllabus) by Tamah L. Nakamura
Teaching Gender For Our Lives by Tamah L. Nakamura
DVD/video resources for gender studies classes by Kathy Riley
Osaka Women's Clinic opens by Barbara Summerhawk

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Featured articles:

Making Feminism Meaningful: Organizing Opportunities for Student Involvement in Social Change by Debby Lunny
Whatﾕs Love Got to Do with It? Explorations into Masculine Identity by Kathy Riley
Some Reflections on Being a Gay Uncle by Alan McCornick
MacKinnon Speaks to Anti-porn Group by Barbara Sumerhawk
The Textbook Let's Talk about Womenﾕs Issues in English! by Reiko Yoshihara

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Featured articles:

Gender, human rights, peace, ecology: PGL Conference sparks interdisciplinary dialogs by Tina Ottman
GALE SIG Info
JALT Preview
EPA Association Formed
PGL Conference Reports:
Peace begins in the classroom
Life-link
Sexual Identity Positioning by Tina Ottman
Independence through English by Michael Lee Harper
WELL conference information

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Featured articles:

Reconstructing Social Identity: Two Scholars Reflect on Patterns and Process by Tamah Nakamura
Representations of Women: Some Criteria for Choosing an EFL Text by Jeff Hatter
Women and Trade Unions in Kazakhstan by Roza Kalenova
Story of Queer as a Second Language: A Journey from Sapporo to Salt Lake City, from theory to theatre by Cynthia Nelson
PGL Conference
Call for Contributions
PGL Conference Presentations
JALT Shizuoka Preview
How to join GALE

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Featured articles:

Teaching Peace - Kathy Riley, ed.
Kano examines women's roles in war at WELL/GALE Miniconference by Kathy Riley
What's happening at JALT/PAC Kitakyushu to deal with Gender by Simon Cole
Teacher-traveler reaches out to Asia by Kathy Riley

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Featured articles:

Student-Centered Reading and Discussion of Gender and Sexual Orientation Issues by Jane Joritz-Nakagawa
Students Write About Gender by Jane Joritz-Nakagawa
A Mannequin Called Anne by Yoshiko Sato
My SweEEeet Memory in Holland by Kaoru Fujita
Flexible Masculinity - masculinity with sociological approach by Yoshifumi Nakagawa
Hokkaido Conference 2001 Update by J. Sean Curtin

WORKSHOP: WRITING FOR PUBLICATION By Kimberly Fujioka & Barbara Geraghty

(Some) Articles catalogued by author's name

Fukui, Ayano: Breakaway: A Personal Essay

Fukui, Ayano: Producing Myself in English: A Personal Essay

Fukui, Ayano: Self, Language, Heart---the Textures of Identity: A Personal Essay

Fukui, Ayano: Undercover Observer: A Personal Essay

Harper, Michael Lee: Empowerment Through English, A Reflective Analysis

Haynes, Louise: Tango 'Lessons' and Decision-Making in Teaching

Haynes, Louise: Where the twain should meet: Public health policy and... the language classroom?

Jacobs, George M.: Asian Englishes -- Ripple Effects: The Case Of Gender-Inclusive Language

Joritz-Nakagawa, Jane: Crayon Outside the Lines

Joritz-Nakagawa, Jane: Gay identity in university EFL courses in Japan