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Author Bio
Juanita Heigham has taught at Sugiyama Jogakuen University in Nagoya
for ten years and is the former director of the Communicative English
Program there. Her research interests include independent learning,
curriculum design, and teacher development. Email: jheigham@sugiyama-u.ac.jp.

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