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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
| Larisa Olesova, ALC Chair 2015-2016 Arlington, Virginia USA |
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| LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT |
| Andy Curtis, 50th President, TESOL International Association |
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| SUMMARIES FROM 2015 TESOL CONVENTION |
| 2015 AFFILIATE EDITORS' WORKSHOP |
| Janet Pierce & Ana María Rocca, TESOL Affiliate Leadership Council |
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This year, the TESOL Affiliate Leadership Council decided to organize
the Editors; Workshop, held at TESOL 2015, focusing on topics of
interest that had arisen in past workshops and were discussed in an
online activity prior to the meeting. Considering this prior discussion,
MEXTESOL and Three Rivers TESOL presented their perspectives. Read More |
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| REFLECTIONS: TESOL SESSIONS STRENGTHEN AFFILIATES |
| Roberta Morgan, Vice President, MID-America TESOL |
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A Mid-America TESOL leader reflects on her convention experience. Read More |
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| ARTICLES |
| REPETITION AND MASTERY |
| Alex Monceaux, Newsletter and Journal Editor, TexTESOL IV |
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Would you like to have student’s repeat material, but are
concerned with such a strategies effectiveness to improve the student’s
content knowledge base? Read about how one teacher utilized repetition
in formative assessments to increase student autonomous learning and
content knowledge. Read More |
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| DEVELOPING CULTURAL AWARENESS AND ACCEPTANCE IN THE CULTURALLY-DIVERSE CLASSROOM |
| Cynthia McCartney, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA |
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Perspectives from an instructor in Texas Intensive English Program. Read More |
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| NEWS FROM TEXTESOL V |
| Contributed by Marco Shappeck, University of North Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA |
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TexTESOL V reports on the association's unique initiatives. Read More |
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| WINDS OF CHANGE IN ELT |
| Ana María Rocca, Vice President, Argentina TESOL |
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This year, Buenos Aires was the site of ARTESOL 2015 - XI
Southern Cone TESOL Conference, “Winds of Change in
ELT.” This 2-day academic event allowed EFL professionals
from all over Argentina and visiting countries to share their expertise
and ideas with prestigious teachers and researchers. Read More |
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| CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY...INFORMING OUR FUTURE! |
| Elizabeth (BJ) Franks, Advocacy Chair and Past President, NJTESOL |
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The Socio-political Concerns Representative from NJTESOL/NJBE shares the background behind the association's position paper, "Position Statement on Protecting the Rights of English Language Learners." Read More |
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| INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE |
| J.K. Moore, Director of TIEP, Lamar University, Texas, USA |
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Research has shown repeatedly that motivation is an important
variable in second language learning and that teachers influence
learners’ intrinsic motivation through their actions in the classroom.
This article will present practitioners with a simple praxis approach
for teacher intervention that should enhance learner intrinsic
motivation and achievement. Read More |
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| DEVELOPING A CAN-DO CULTURE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS |
| JoAnne Negrin, Ed.D. Supervisor of ESL, Bilingual Education, World Languages, Performing Arts, and NCLB. New Jersey, USA |
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Learn how a linguistically and culturally diverse, economically
challenged school district is building partnerships among staff,
changing the conversation about linguistically diverse students, and
creating a Can-Do culture to help ELLs succeed. Read More |
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| SMALL SCHOOL FOR BIG PROJECTS: THE MONTH OF ENGLISH CULTURE IN NIKOLA TESLA PRIMARY SCHOOL |
| Davorka Nekic, Croatian Association of Teachers of English (HUPE), Rijeka, Croatia |
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Learn how a small village school in Moravice, Croatia, immersed
its students in the culture of four English-speaking countries for a
full month. Read More |
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| IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME: BRINGING THE CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE IN-HOUSE |
| Phil Bridges, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, USA (MIDTESOL) |
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If you build it, they will come—at least in America’s Midwest. At the
English Language Institute (ELI) at Missouri State University in
Springfield, Missouri, USA we began with a plan to build an in-house
workshop to address our professional development needs. Read More |
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| TESOL ARABIA FEATURED IN THE PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM AT THE ABU DHABI INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR |
| Melanie Gobert, Past President, TESOL Arabia, United Arab Emirates |
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Three members of TESOL Arabia gave presentations for
the Professional Development Program at the 25th Annual Abu Dhabi
International Book Fair held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center
from 8–13 May 2015. Read More |
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| THE FIRST ANNUAL MEXTESOL SPELLING BEE 2015 |
| Ulrich Schrader, MEXTESOL, Mexico City, Mexico |
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MEXTESOL organized two spelling bees as part of its effort to broaden
its programs and services to the ELT community in Mexico. With the
sponsorship of Merriam-Webster, one spelling bee was for 5th- and
6th-grade elementary school students, and the other for 1st- and
2nd-year secondary school students. Read More |
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| MATSOL PRESIDENT'S FALL LETTER |
| Kathy Lobo, President, MATSOL, Massachusetts, USA |
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The following was taken from the publication Currents, published twice a year by MATSOL, TESOL’s
Massachusetts affiliate. This was the MATSOL President’s fall letter.
Many teachers share feelings like the ones expressed in this letter when
Fall comes and the academic year begins. Read More |
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| TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES: SOCIAL MEDIA FOR WAESOL AND TRITESOL |
| Kimberly Russell, President, WAESOL, Washington, USA |
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Add value to your conferences and extend learning opportunities
beyond your conference dates by using social media. Improve your
communication with your conference attendees as well as your membership
that may not be able to attend your conference. Read More |
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| LESSON IDEA: THE MAGIC OF THINGLINK |
| Sheri Henderson, Executive Secretary, TESOL Arabia, United Arab Emirates |
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ThingLink is an application that lets users easily add digital content to digital
images and effortlessly share via email or social media. With ThingLink,
images come alive. Read More |
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| PERMACULTURE AS PEDAGOGY: SUSTAINABLE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN THE ESL/SIFE CLASSROOM |
| Christina Zawerucha, Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA |
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Can permaculture principles empower ELLs to spearhead social change? The
“Growing Experiences: Victory Garden” curriculum showcases structures
such as “Participatory Publishing” and “Community Garden Design.” These
structures engage struggling ELLs and SIFE to apply high-order thinking
skills while cultivating beginner-level literacy and numeracy through
socially impactful problem solving. Read More |
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