Michael Guest
（Mike Guest）

Profile
Mike (Michael) Guest is originally from Vancouver, Canada but has lived in Japan for 20 years, 12 of these the medical faculty of Miyazaki University where he is currently Junkyouju (Associate Professor). Guest writes a regular language teaching column (“Indirectly Speaking”) in the Daily Yomiuri newspaper and on the ELTnews website (“The Uni-Files”). He has made over 100 presentations all over Asia, in the Middle East, and in North America on various subjects related to EFL/ESL.
He is married with one 13-year old son and a baby daughter.
Education
B.A. (Philosophy)- Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
M.Div.. (Theology)- Regent College (University of British Columbia), Vancouver, Canada
Teaching English as a Second Language Certification- University of British Columbia
MSc (Applied Linguistics)- Aston University, Birmingham, U.K.
Books
Getting There- Resource textbook for the Ministry of Home Affairs, (1996).
Common Problems in Speaking- with Chitose Asaoka (朝岡千歳), Nan'undo, 1998
通じる英語５５のヒント- with Mitsuko Takahashi　（高橋 美津子）2003, Yell Publishing, Nagoya.
Contiributor- Communication Across the Board (Narron, et al eds. Seibido, 2004)
Academic specialties and interests
Lexis, Culture and Cognition, Spoken Grammar, Testing, English for Specific Purposes.
Papers
  1. Questioning some sacred cows of cultural training. p. 31-61. JIAM Journal of Language and Internationalization, No. 3, May 1997.
  2. Spoken Grammar: Easing the transitions. p.21-24. The Language Teacher. Vol. 22, no.6, June, 1998.
  3. “Bad Language”- The vagaries of English Spoken Grammar and its pedagogical implications for the Japanese learner. p. 21-32. JACET Journal. No. 29, 1998.
  4. Pre- and post-task vocabulary teaching. p. 7-9. On Cue. Vol. 7, No. 2, Summer 1999.
  5. “But I have to teach grammar!”. p. 23-29. The Language Teacher, Vol. 24, No.11, Nov. 2000.
  6. Which Words? A comparison of learner and teacher choices for lexical study. p. 165-182. JALT Journal, Vol. 22, No. 1. May, 2000.
  7. Which Words? Proceedings of the 1999 AILA Conference in Tokyo, Japan. CD-ROM. June, 2000.
  8. Time for a Revolution in Culture Teaching and Learning? p. 15-16. The Language Teacher, March, 2002. Vol. 26/3.
  9. A critical ‘checkbook’ for culture teaching and learning. P.154-161. ELT Journal. Vol. 56/2. April, 2002
  10. Culture Teaching: A hotbed of myths, folk wisdom, and stereotypes? The Proceedings of PAC 3 (JALT 2001). CD-ROM. June, 2002.
  11. Creating an International Mindset in the Classroom. Proceedings of the PAC 5 Conference CD-ROM, Nov. 2002.
  12. Flaws, Fallacies, and Infelicities: A critical look at culture in ELT research. P. 2-9. On Cue. Vol. 11/1. Spring 2003.
  13. My Share: Using crosswords to teach explanation strategies. P. 23. The Language Teacher, Vol. 23, No. 10. Oct. 1999.
  14. Right to Reply: A Response to Debra Pappler. p. 30-31. On Cue. Spring, 2000. Vol. 8, No. 1.
  15. What’s wrong with Japanese English teachers? p. 30-32. The Language Teacher. Vol. 24, No. 1. January, 2000.
  16. 書評Teaching Culture; Perspectives in Practice by Patrick R. Moran. p. 477-478. The English Teacher: An International Journal. Vol. 5, No. 4. November, 2002.
  17. Indirectly Speakingコロムスト. May, 2002 〜現在. The Daily Yomiuriー読売新聞の定期の月間記事多数(Currently a total of 90 articles)
  18. Creating a Sense of Language Ownership in the Learner (2004) in the Proceedings of the PAC4 Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.
  19. ETJ Journal 6(1) (Editor): What are the three most important qualities for language teachers? p.23-24
  20. Thai TESOL Bulletin 18 (1): Language Ownership: A New Approach to Lesson Planning p. 14-24
  21. PAC5 at FEELTA Conference Proceedings: Language Ownership: A New Approach to Acquisition p. 184-186
  22. The Proceedings of JALT 2004 (CD-ROM): Ideas for Creating and Using Dialogues p. 500-508
  23. On Cue 13(2): The Teacher as Missionary: Is This Really Global Education? p. 38-42
  24. Guest, M. Collaborating on Shadowing Activities- A Critical Response (招待論文) 2006年06月 in More Autonomy You Ask Eric Skier (Ed.)　p.61
  25. Guest, M. Teaching For Those (Expleted) Entrance Exams 2006年06月 ETJ Journal ETJ Journal 5巻 2号 23P〜24P
  26. Guest, M. Culture Research in Foreign Language Teaching: Dichotomizing, stereotyping and exoticizing cultural realities? 2006年08月 Zeithschrift fur Interkulturellen Fremdssprachenunterricht (ZIF) [Online], 11: 3, 14 S.
  27. Guest, M. Student-Made Tests: A motivating alternative to standard testing 2006The Language Teacher, 30/8, p.28-29
  28. Guest, M. Teaching Progressively…For the Center Shiken! 2006. Proceedings of the 2005 JALT Conference, K. Bradford-Watts, C. Ikeguchi, & M. Swanson (Eds), p. 1182-1191 (CD-ROM)
  29. Guest, M. A Response to Yoko Ichige’s ‘Validity of Center Examinations for Assessment of Communication Ability’ 2007 OnCue ： 15 （1） 28 ? 32
  30. Guest, M. Some new proposals and responses in ascertaining the reliability and validity of Japanese university entrance exams (part 1) 2008 Shiken 12(1)p. 7 - 14
  31. Guest, M. The Criticism and Analysis of University Entrance Exams 　2008年01月 　Ask about Seoul Kotesol 10(1) p.8 - 14 (招待論文)
  32. Guest, M. Japanese University Entrance Exams; What Teachers Should Know 　2008年02月 　The Language Teacher 32 (2p.15 - 19
  33. Guest, M. A comparative analysis of the Japanese University Entrance “Senta Shiken” based on a 25-year gap. 2008 JALT Journal 35/1 p.85-104
  34. Guest, M. “Perfect” vs. Positive Writing. MacMillan Language House (Online) 2008 http://mlh.co.jp/news/detail.php?id=295 (招待論文)
  35. Guest, M. Grammar Gambling The Language Teacher p.19-20. Vol. 32/10
　　　　　　　　　　
　　　

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