CUE Circular - editor
I was the founder and editor of a regular professional publication for English teachers in my sector, CUE Circular, between 2016 and 2021.
Within JALT (Japan Association for Language Teaching) exists the Special Interest Group for College and University Educators (CUE SIG). In 2014 I proposed to the leadership of the SIG that there ought to be a regular publication featuring articles that are less formal, less scholarly, and less academic than what was coming out in their existing publication, OnCUE Journal. After some negotiating, I was given the green light to spearhead such a publication, and after more than two years of planning, organisation, and promotion, the first issue of CUE Circular was published in November 2016.
Within JALT (Japan Association for Language Teaching) exists the Special Interest Group for College and University Educators (CUE SIG). In 2014 I proposed to the leadership of the SIG that there ought to be a regular publication featuring articles that are less formal, less scholarly, and less academic than what was coming out in their existing publication, OnCUE Journal. After some negotiating, I was given the green light to spearhead such a publication, and after more than two years of planning, organisation, and promotion, the first issue of CUE Circular was published in November 2016.
"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."
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."
As editor, I was responsible for production, design, layout, and the procurement of suitable articles. I had the help of an excellent team of assistant editors and proof-readers.
We wrapped up production of the Circular at the end of 2021, after publishing twelve issues and more than 45 articles.
We wrapped up production of the Circular at the end of 2021, after publishing twelve issues and more than 45 articles.
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All issues of CUE Circular can be found and downloaded from here on the CUE Circular website.