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Sakui, K., & Cowie, N. (forthcoming). Language teacher learning in Japan: Joining a digital technology community of practice. In Y. Kimura, L. Yang & T-Y Kim (Eds.) Teacher Motivation, Autonomy, Development in the Far East. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Sakui, K., & Cowie, N. (2017). Bridges between SLA research and classroom teaching: Implications from foreign language teaching in New Zealand primary and secondary schools. Proceedings of the Asian Conference on Education. October 19th-22nd, 2017. Art Centre Kobe, Kobe, Japan.
Cowie, N., & Sakui, K. (2016). The use of rubrics for the assessment of digital products in language learning. In M. Iguchi & L. Yoffe (Eds.) Mobile learning in and out of the classroom: Balancing blended language learner training (pp. 12-17). Proceedings of The 42nd (2015) JACET Summer Seminar. The Japan Association of College English Teachers.
Cowie, N., & Sakui, K. (2015). Assessment and e-learning: Current issues and future trends. The JALT CALL Journal, 11, 3, 271-281.
Cowie, N., & Uchida, C. (2015). Claire’s case: Introducing e-learning into a Japanese university EFL class. rEFLections (King Mongkut’s University of Technology, Thonburi, Thailand: KMUTT Journal of Language Education) 19, 1-16.
Cowie, N., & Sakui, K. (2014). Take your pick: Out-of-class, blended language and Web 2.0 projects, and online. The JALT CALL Journal, 10, 3, 273-286.
Cowie, N., & Sakui, K. (2013). It’s never too late: An overview of e-learning. ELT Journal, 67, 4, 459-467.
Cowie, N., & Sakui, K. (2012). Three tales of language teacher identity and student motivation. JALT Journal, 34, 127-150.
Sakui, K., & Cowie, N. (2012). The dark side of motivation: Teachers’ perspectives on ‘unmotivation’. ELT Journal, 66, 2, 205-213.
Cowie, N. (2011). Emotions that experienced English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers feel about their students, their colleagues and their work. Teaching and Teacher Education, 27, 235-242.
Cowie, N., & Sakui, K. (2011). Critical but neglected: EFL teachers’ perspectives on learner motivation. In G. Murray, A. Gao & T. Lamb (Eds.) Identity, Motivation, and Autonomy: Exploring the Links, pp. 212-228 Bristol: Multilingual Matters,.
Cowie, N. (2009). Observation. In J. Heigham & R. Croker (Eds.) Qualitative Research in Applied Linguistics: A Practical Introduction, pp. 165-181. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Sakui, K., & Cowie, N. (2008). “To speak English is tedious”: Student resistance in Japanese university classrooms. In P. Kalaja, V. Menezes & A. M. Barcelos (Eds.) Narratives of EFL Teaching and Learning, pp. 98-112. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.