Top TESOL Content 2022: The Year's Most Read Articles, Blogs, and Books
Here is some of the most-read content from TESOL
for 2022. Find out what your colleagues have been reading and learning. What
great ideas or research might you have missed that you can use in your
classroom, your teaching, or your professional development in 2023?
TESOL
Press
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English language teaching through a full range of publications. TESOL authors are leading
experts in the field and include experienced researchers, classroom teachers,
and students.
TESOL Connections publishes
useful, practical articles for classroom teachers, resources for English
language educators, and news affecting the association.
The TESOL
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information, and updates on the latest research, effective classroom practices,
and peer-to-peer advice on classroom technology, lesson plans, and other
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TESOL
Journal (TJ) is a double-blind peer-reviewed,
practitioner-oriented electronic journal that publishes articles based on
current theory and research in the field of English language teaching.TJ is a forum for second and foreign language
educators at all levels to engage in the ways that research and theory can
inform, shape, and ground teaching practices and perspectives.TJ is free for TESOL members.
TESOL
Quarterly, a refereed professional journal, fosters
inquiry into English language teaching and learning by providing a forum for
TESOL professionals to share their research findings and explore ideas and
relationships in the field. Members of TESOL may subscribe to TESOL Quarterly.
Welcome Guest Bloggers Wayne Malcolm and Dawn Lucovich! For the next few months, I will be inviting voices from a variety of contexts to share their work and thinking on professional development (PD). As we know, the best PD comes from our colleagues!
There is an adage that says, “if you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” Through our work together on the board of directors for The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), and subsequently being invited to coauthor a book chapter, we have gone from being mere professional acquaintances to intentionally building a productive and professionally rewarding critical friendship over the course of two years. Based on our experience, research on critical friendships, and our own forthcoming phenomenological study, we would like to propose a four-step process to find and build your own critical friendships in the new year. Read more.
The winter holidays often bring with them greeting cards from friends and relatives living near and far. One of the things I like the most about these cards is the letters some people include, telling about their family activities over the past year. These letters relate stories of travel, major achievements, and anecdotes about children’s favorite pastimes. I think I enjoy receiving these letters because it is often the only time in the year when I actually get written letters from my friends. The rest of the time, we share our news via social media or email, neither of which has the physical presence of a real written letter.
In some sense, letter writing is a “lost art” in the era of email and instant messaging. Not only are these high tech forms much more ephemeral, but they are also usually quite short and serve a primarily functional purpose of conveying one point or asking one question. I feel like longer letters are a way to share experiences and reflect on issues that matter. Read more.
Imagine a school located somewhere in the world where English is the medium of instruction, but is not widely spoken in the society. Two teachers—let’s call them Kate and Kamala—have applied for the position of English teacher in this school. They highlight the following reasons for why they should be hired: Read more.
Teaching listening means more than just giving students listening activities and checking for understanding—it means teaching them how to listen. Listening in the Classroom takes promising research findings and theory and turns them into practical teaching ideas that help develop listening proficiency.
While engaging and motivating students in the classroom has always been critical for student success, it is even more important and challenging in the online learning environment. This practical guide will provide English language educators with a number of strategies and ready-to-use activities to help them engage and motivate their students for improved learner outcomes. It also covers trends in online learning, engagement and motivation principles and competencies, as well as ways administrators can support teachers' professional development. As an additional resource, the book comes with a companion website. **This title also includes a companion website with online resources.
While SEL is becoming increasing critical for learners’ success, teachers often feel unprepared to incorporate or address it in their classrooms. This book serves as a practical, concise, and easy-to-follow reference that English language teachers in K-12 and adult education and English language teacher educators can use in their classrooms. It is one of the limited emerging SEL resources available that is tailored to the English language teaching field and contributes to filling the existing gap of SEL in English language education. Teachers will be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to practice self-care and be confident in implementing SEL in their learning spaces to support and benefit their learners.
Active TESOL members may read current and recent issues of TESOL Connections online at http://www.tesol.org/tc. Inclusion in TESOL Connections does not constitute an endorsement by TESOL.
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