Opinion and Perspective
Putting Things in Perspective: A Callfor Papers
As I write this call to encourage submissions to the Opinion and Perspective
section of the journal, I am glancing through back issues of OnCUE/OnCUE
Journal, and it strikes me that there has been a wonderful range of publishedarticles in the last ten years or so. While the column’s requirements should
not be overly prescriptive, for the purpose of providing some guidelines andcriteria for submissions I would like to draw attention to the following types ofarticles that readers might like to submit to the column in the future.

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teaching life that has brought about change, for example, in terms ofpedagogical approach or how they view their classrooms and the students init. These are primarily non-referenced articles told in a story-like manner that
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Interviews
Another type of article which is welcomed is the interview format whereby
an OCJ reader conducts an interview with a professional in the TEFL/7(6/ÀHOGHQFRXUDJLQJWKHLQWHUYLHZHHWRFRPPXQLFDWHWKHLUYLHZVDERXWD
particular issue. The role of the interviewer is to transform notes/recordings
into a coherent exchange that allows that particular issue or viewpoint to comeacross to readers.

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Proposition or critique
In any OP column there will always be a demand for articles that put
forward a proposition for change to the status quo, or that read as a critique ofthe present situation. There have been a number of articles like this that havefocused on the Japanese context in terms of educational goals, the nature ofteaching and learning, or working conditions at Japanese universities.

Advice and guidance
Advice pieces based on personal experience can offer invaluable guidance
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past articles have offered advice about the trials and tribulations involved ingetting work published in a refereed journal, or about how to approach theGLIÀFXOWVLWXDWLRQRI GHDOLQJZLWKVWXGHQWV·PHQWDOKHDOWKLVVXHV

Response/Reply
Inevitably, debate and disagreement are an essential component of offeringa variety of opinions and perspectives, and there have been some engaging
exchanges over the years following the response/reply format. Here, typically,
one writer responds to a view put forward by another writer in a previous issue.
The response is given to the original writer for reply, so that both response andreply appear in the same issue.

OthersFinally, the column by no means wishes to limit articles to a short length,
and there have been a number of longer articles that have been particularly wellreferenced. These have tended to be by authors that have specialist knowledge
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or study interest in that area. It should be noted that the revised guideline at
the back of this issue approximates submissions at 1000-3000 words.
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