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CUE Circular

About the CUE Circular

In addition to news, updates, and information for members, CUE Circular aims to publish concise, well-written articles of practical and professional interest to English language teachers in Japan’s tertiary sector.

CUE SIG is a collection of teachers with common concerns, motivations, and challenges. In the spirit of Reflective Practice, CUE Circular will be a forum for discussing what really matters to us in a practical sense. We’re more concerned with publishing short, accessible, interesting articles concerned with the day-to-day realities of teaching and learning in our sector, than with the kind of rigorous, formal, investigative research that might be more at home in a scholarly peer-reviewed journal.

Share your success stories (and failures!), teaching ideas, opinions, reflections, responses, and reports of less-formal action research projects either completed or in progress.

  • What’s happening in your teaching?
  • What’s influencing your decisions?
  • What obstacles have you overcome, and how?
  • What ideas or opinions do you have that others might be interested to read?
  • What have you read, heard, or seen recently that’s changed your approach to teaching, either in or out of the classroom?

NOTE: Previously, CUE SIG published similar pedagogically related articles under the journal section of From The Chalkface. These are listed now at the bottom of this link.

New columns for the CUE Circular (beginning 2023)

Articles written by students or by students and their teachers. These should be pedagogical reflections about the students' language learning or their research related to language learning or experiences as a teaching assistant.

Veteran Teacher Voices (VTV). Interviews with retiring teachers who have valuable knowledge to share. This section aims to draw out the wisdom gained from years of experience that long-term teachers in Japan have, reflect on their journeys, and elicit their advice on current and future teaching situations before their insight disappears with them into retirement.

Formatting and Length of Articles

All articles: Submit short articles of around 1,000 words: Submissions should be .doc , .docx , or .pages files, with as little formatting as possible.

Attach figures in color or grayscale. Use JPG or PNG files. Do not embed these into your submission.

References, if any are included, should follow APA formatting guidelines.

CUE Circular Submissions


Please send your submissions and inquiries to Joseph Oliver (editor): cuesigcc@gmail.com

(Online) ISSN: 2432-5570

List of Published Volumes

CUE Circular Issue 13 (2023)

CUE Circular Issue 12 (2021)

CUE Circular Issue 11 (2021)

CUE Circular Issue 10 (2020)

CUE Circular Issue 9 (2019)

CUE Circular Issue 8 (2019)

CUE Circular Issue 7 (2018)

CUE Circular Issue 6 (2018)

CUE Circular Issue 5 (2018)

CUE Circular Issue 4 (2017)

CUE Circular Issue 3 (2017)

CUE Circular Issue 2 (2017)

CUE Circular Issue 1 (2016)

 

 

 

 

Issue 13: January 2023

 

Articles by Chiyuki Yanase, John Rucynski, Julia Kimura, Theron Muller, Jerry Talandis, Jr., Ian Willey, Steve Paydon, & Robert Dilenschneider.

Issue 12: September 2021

 

Articles by Kristie Collins, Jason Morgan, Richard Thomas Ingham, Glen Hill, Meredith Stephens, Chris Colpitts and Dion Clingwall.

Issue 11: January 2021

 

Articles by Mary Hillis, Jonathan Isaacson, and Christopher Ott.

Issue 10: September 2020

 

Articles by Glen Hill, Jamie Taylor, James Porcaro, Michael Parrish, and Richard Miller.

Issue 9: November 2019

 

Articles by Akiko Tsuda, Daniel Velasco, Michael Parrish, and Richard Miller.

Issue 8: June 2019

 

Articles by Bill Pellowe, Adam Taylor Smith, Michael Parrish, and Richard Miller.

Issue 7: November 2018

 

Articles by Guy Smith, Justin Pool, Daniel Velasco, Michael Parrish, and Richard Miller.

Issue 6: August 2018

 

Articles by James Porcaro, Daniel Newbury, and Rab Paterson.

Issue 5: April 2018

 

Articles by Gota Hayashi, Julyan Nutt, Cynthia Quinn, Michael Parrish, and Richard Miller.

Issue 4: November 2017

 

Articles by Wendy Gough, Guy Smith, Greg Rouault, Michael Parrish, and Richard Miller.

Issue 3: July 2017

 

Articles by Emiko Hirasawa, Tim Murphey, Mike Guest, Anderson Passos, Michael Parrish, and Richard Miller.

Issue 2: February 2017

 

Articles by Rebecca Arthur, Jonathan Isaacson, Mathew Porter, and Michael Parrish, and Richard Miller.

Issue 1: November 2016

 

Articles by Sara Hendricks, Glen Hill, Sylvain Bergeron & Richard Sampson, Keiichiro Kobayashi, Michael Parrish, and Richard Miller.

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