IEPIS Newsletter - September 2013 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
•  LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
ARTICLES
•  CREATIVE WRITING IN THE ESL CLASSROOM: EXPLORING EMOTIONS AND CRITICAL THINKING THROUGH FICTION
•  ESL URBAN LEGENDS
•  FACULTY FORUM: OPENING UP SPACE FOR FACULTY PARTICIPATION
•  PUTTING FUNCTION BEFORE GRAMMAR: CONTEXT-BASED CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR BEGINNING ESL
•  SAUDI WOMEN IN ESL CLASSROOMS IN THE UNITED STATES: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
•  RE-VISIONING YOUR FACULTY HANDBOOK
COMMUNITY NEWS
•  ABOUT THIS MEMBER COMMUNITY
•  NEWSLETTER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

LEADERSHIP UPDATES

LETTER FROM THE CHAIR

Caralyn Bushey, The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

Dear Fellow IEP-IS Members,

It’s hard to believe that right on the heels of the 2013 TESOL convention in Dallas we started working on the 2014 convention. To that end, I want to extend a sincere thank-you to everyone who submitted or reviewed proposals. The IEP-IS has a reputation for being one of the most robust interest sections in terms of submitting convention proposals, and this year was no different; we had 436 proposals for concurrent sessions to adjudicate. Needless to say, had it not been for the time and careful consideration that each of the reviewers devoted to their assigned proposals, the process would not have been as seamless. We could not have done it without you so again, thank you for the time you spent helping to make our interest section one to be reckoned with at TESOL 2014.

See you in Portland!

Caralyn Bushey has been an ESL/EFL Instructor for more than 15 years. In addition to teaching in the United States, she has also lived and worked in France, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and most recently Russia, where she was a Senior English Language Fellow in Moscow.