ALC Newsletter - 09/08/2014 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
Leadership Updates
•  MESSAGE FROM THE PAST CHAIR
•  MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR
Articles
•  A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TESOL AFFILIATES
•  A FRIEND IN YOUR POCKET: USING VOICE RECORDERS AS LEARNING TOOLS IN THE L2 CLASSROOM
NEWS FROM THE AFFILIATES
•  FROM THE PARTICULAR TO THE GENERAL
•  A TOP 10 LIST FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE
•  MEXTESOL, EMBARKING ON THE FIFTH DECADE
•  CA&CB TESOL REGIONAL GROUP'S 12TH CONFERENCE IN PANAMA
•  SEARCHING FOR YOUR TRUE NORTH IN ELT
TESOL 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXPO: BEST OF AFFILIATES SESSIONS
•  ESL CONVERSATION ACTIVITIES: THESE ARE A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE THEMES
•  G.A.M.E.S. FOR THE COMMON CORE
•  TAKING DIGITAL STORIES TO THE NEXT LEVEL: MAKING DOCUMENTARIES
•  PROGRESS-MONITORING MADE SIMPLE WITH CBM3D (CURRICULUM BASED MEASURES THREE DOMAINS)
•  WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM AN ONLINE SITE: READING EXAMS
•  DEMOCRATIZING DIDACTIC TRANSPOSITION IN SECONDARY EDUCATION
•  HOTS, LOTS, AND MOTS: THINKING SKILLS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING
2014 AFFILIATE COLLOQUIUM
•  CHALLENGES OF COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
•  TexTESOL V AND YAKUT TESOL PARTNERSHIP: 2008-2014
•  LEADING A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS: NEGOTIATION, MANAGING PEOPLE'S STRENGTHS, AND COORDINATING A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS
2014 Affiliate Workshop
•  2014 AFFILIATE WORKSHOP: MORNING SESSION
•  2014 AFFILIATE WORKSHOP: AFTERNOON SESSION
•  CASE STUDIES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
•  MEMBERS ENGAGEMENT - TESOL ARABIA
2014 AFFILIATE EDITORS WORKSHOP
•  EDITORS' WORKSHOP
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
•  TESOL INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION AFFILIATE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

 

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM AN ONLINE SITE: READING EXAMS

Maria Teresa Mallén, ANUPI

“With a Little Help From an Online Site: Reading Exams” presented the characteristics and aims of a new resource designed by three teacher-researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in order to help undergraduate students prepare for a required reading comprehension exam. Besides practicing with sample tests, at this site, students can also reflect on different strategies used in reading comprehension and on the skills needed to answer exams successfully (how to manage time, use a dictionary, and solve different types of exercises such as cloze, multiple choice, and true or false).The site has a playful touch, since it was designed as if it were a trip on which students can choose from four different routes (vocabulary, linguistic knowledge, strategies, and types of exams) to get to their final destination: passing the exam. Some interesting information on the design process, the piloting phase, and its results was shared in the presentation.

María Teresa Mallén holds a BA in literature and a master´s degree in applied linguistics. She has worked as an English teacher and researcher at the Foreign Language Center at-UNAM, México, since 1987. She has been involved in several research projects on evaluation, distance learning, and culture and language teaching.