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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM CURRENT CO-CHAIRS |
| Chris Sauer , Associate Provost for International Education, MCPHS International, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
Chris Sauer, the current CALL-IS
cochair, with Roger Drury, highlights some of the more recent
accomplishments of the IS. Read More |
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| LETTER FROM PAST CHAIR |
| Justin Shewell, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA |
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Justin Shewell, CALL-IS Past Chair, highlights the Dallas
convention, some recent accomplishments of the IS, and previews the
upcoming convention in Portland, Oregon, USA. Read More |
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| LETTER FROM THE EDITOR |
| Larry Udry, Divine Word College, Epworth, Iowa, USA |
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Larry Udry, CALL-IS Newsletter
Editor, promotes the Electronic Village Online and discusses the poll
that is available in every issue of On CALL. Read More |
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| ARTICLES |
| CALL-IS "ACROSS THE POND" REPORT ON LTSIG IATEFL CONFERENCE |
| Deborah Healey, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA |
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In a mutual exchange between TESOL’s
CALL-IS and IATEFL’s Learning Technologies Special Interest Group,
Deborah Healey was sent to Liverpool to represent CALL-IS and hopefully
to foster a mutual exchange between these two organizations. This is the
first of a pair of reports. Read More |
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| LTSIG "ACROSS THE POND" REPORT ON TESOL's CALL-IS CONFERENCE |
| Paul Sweeney, IATEFL rep to TESOL, Founder of Eduworlds Knowledge, London, UK |
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In a mutual exchange between TESOL’s CALL-IS and IATEFL’s
Learning Technologies Special Interest Group (LT SIG), Paul Sweeney was
sent to TESOL in Dallas to represent LT SIG and hopefully to foster a
mutual exchange between these two organizations. This is the second of a
pair of reports. Read More |
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| WIKIS: CREATING COLLABORATIVE LEARNING SPACES |
| Sandy Wagner, California, USA & Christine Bauer-Ramazani, Vermont, USA |
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Sandy Wagner and Christine Bauer-Ramazani report on a
Preconvention Institute on wikis that promoted best practices and fostered collaborative
learning. Read More |
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| ENHANCED ESP LEARNING THROUGH INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD AND YOUTUBE |
| Dr. Christine Sabieh, Professor, Notre Dame University, Lebanon |
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By studying two groups of students, Dr. Christine Sabieh
shows how whiteboard and YouTube enhanced instruction and learning. Read More |
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| BOOK REVIEW: CALL ESSENTIALS: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE IN CALL CLASSROOMS |
| Anne Hernandez, Arkansas State University, Arkansas, USA |
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CALL Essentials: Principles and Practice in CALL
Classrooms by Joy Egbert (2005) equips the ESL instructor with
a background in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and its
associated terms. Egbert provides practical applications for an
instructor just beginning to integrate technology in the ESL classroom. Read More |
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| REPORT ON CALL-IS WIKI |
| Jack Watson, Senior Administrator/Facilitator at the University of New Brunswick English Language Programme, Fredericton, NB, Canada |
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Jack Watson highlights some of the more recent developments in
the TESOL CALL-IS 2013 wiki, which has become a "one-stop shopping"
locale for all things related to the IS. Read More |
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| SHARING A WAY TO COMBAT PLAGIARISM IN AN EFL CLASS |
| Dr. Christine Sabieh, Professor, Notre Dame University, Lebanon |
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Dr. Christine Sabieh shows how, by choosing topics and guiding
the process, plagiarism can be reduced in written assignments in an EFL
context. Read More |
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| MAKING CONNECTIONS COLUMN |
| Suzan Stamper, Centre for Language in Education at The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong |
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In her yearly column, Suzan Stamper introduces three members of
the CALL-IS: This issue of the "Making Connections" column introduces
three members: Claire Bradin Siskin, Claudio Fleury, and Luke
Coffelt. Read More |
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| INTRODUCING LISTENING SKILLS IN BASIC ENGLISH ONLINE COURSES (BEOC) |
| Dafne Gonzalez & Rubena St. Louis Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela |
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Gonzalez and St. Louis explain the importance of listening
in learning a language and provide web tools to help basic English
teachers include listening resources and activities in their online
lessons. Read More |
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| ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY |
| CALL FOR ARTICLES |
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Deadline for Spring 2014 newsletter submissions is December 2013. Send your newsletter submissions to Larry Udry. Read More |
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