Includes bibliographical references.

Launching a career at a Japanese university / Ann Chenoweth, Eloise Pearson -- Making a career of university teaching in Japan / Richard Evanoff -- The Japanese student and the foreign teacher / Kyoko Norma Nozaki -- Dismantling a wall of silence: the "English conversation" class / Marc Helgesen -- Real-world listening in the Japanese classroom / Jack C. Richards -- Beyond grammar translation: teaching students to really read / Julian Bamford -- Breaking the writing barrier: approaches to the composition class / Stewart Wachs -- What is the moral of the story? Teaching literature to English majors / Mark Willis -- The enigma of the college classroom: nails that don't stick up / Fred E. Anderson -- A user's guide to classroom management / Paul Wadden, Sean McGovern -- Homework: how to get students to do it / Thomas N. Robb -- ABC's of evaluating your students: options to consider / Thomas Clayton -- Exploring your teaching / Richard R. Day -- Politics and human relations in the Japanese university / Charles Wordell -- the chrysanthemum maze: your Japanese colleagues / Curtis Kelly, Nobuhiro Adachi -- The hidden role of the university / Curtis Kelly.