[PN] Multilingual literary journal (31 Jan. 2004)

[Steve McCarty]

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* Seeking volunteer editors for multilingual literary arts journal

"Mind Fire literary arts journal is relaunching [and] expanding.  We
will now cover all things literary:  poetry, fiction, nonfiction, arts,
criticism, reviews, etc.  Included in the expansion is foreign-language
translations.  We currently have Spanish, Portuguese and Norwegian
editors, and are looking for other languages as well, specifically
Indian, Chinese, and Japanese.

Foreign language editors handle all submissions in their specific areas
[and] provide original mothertongue and English translation versions.
... [W]e are striving for the widest possible range of material and
diversity and quality are all that really matters.

Contact Thomas Fortenberry, the Editor-in-Chief, with CV/experience
at: mindfirejournal@aol.com [for further details, and check out the]
Mind Fire Journal: http://www.mindfirerenew.com

* Reference Websites

Arabian ESOL Journal (AEJ)
http://aej.owcp.net/
Online Writing Collabration Project
http://owcp.net

Seven Principles of Good Teaching Practice
(that Promote Effective Distance Education)
[They could apply just as well to the classroom - Ed.]
James W. King, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
http://www.agron.iastate.edu/nciss/kingsat2.html

ExamView: Test Generator for Computerized Testing
[Commercial product recommended by Larry Cisar - Ed.]
http://www.examview.com/

* Periodical articles

Beware the natives and their norms
"Speakers of English as an International Language
must claim it for themselves"
Jennifer Jenkins, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics,
King's College London
Guardian Weekly > TEFL news, January 22, 2004
[Thanks to EFL News: http://www.eltnews.com/news/ - Ed.]
http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl/story/0,5500,1128998,00.html

Only Distance Education can meet the emerging demand
[for higher education. Also, "IGNOU" in the article refers
to the Indira Gandhi National Open University -Ed.]
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=819

America stumbles into complexity
Janadas Devan, Straits Times, Singapore, January 30, 2004
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/commentary/story/0,4386,232513,00.html

Voice Technologies help turn the Computer into a Communication Device
Steve McCarty [yours truly]
Archive of CRN Home Page Topics for Discussion
Tokyo: Child Research Net, Jan. 30, 2004
http://www.childresearch.net/cgi-bin/topics/column.pl?no=00206&page=1

Collegially, Steve McCarty, Professor, Kagawa JC, Japan
Online library: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html
E-mail (including items for Papyrus News): steve_mc@kagawa-jc.ac.jp