December 2012
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Kim Kenyon, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY , USA

TESOL 2013 is coming up fast! We have an awesome academic session and two InterSections planned (as well as a great ITA dinner!).

Member-at-large Elena Stetsenko is organizing our ITA dinner and has reserved space for us at Sonny Bryans Smokehouse. We will have a private room, and vegetarian options will be available.

The academic session that Liz Wittner organized brings together a great group of researchers to share their recent research.

Presentation Title

Recent Research Regarding ITAs: The Dynamics of Interaction

Session Summary

Two decades of ITA research firmly established the need for ITAs’ communicative competence. Recent research focuses on their undergraduate interlocutors as well. Presenters discuss ITA-undergraduate interaction, communicatively significant aspects of discourse intonation, and a framework of spoken language interaction. Implications for programs, practitioners, and researchers will be considered.

Presenters

Greta Gorsuch, Okim Kang, Lucy Pickering, Shelley Staples

Room Number

D222

 

The InterSection with CALL and Video will explore technology uses from a variety of perspectives.

Presentation Title

New Technology Horizons for International Teaching Assistants

Session Summary

This InterSection explores creative uses of computer-mediated instruction for teaching international teaching assistants. The presenters showcase research, online and video tools, mobile technologies, web-based pronunciation software, electronic portfolios, and rubric creators that expand opportunities for students to reflect on and assess their communication.

Presenter

Dawn Bikowski, Robert Elliott, Janet Goodwin, Barbara Schroeder Jensen, Mary Jetter, Jeff Kuhn

Room Number

D224

 

The InterSection with the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language and TESOL’s English for Specific Purposes Interest Section was organized by Ron Clason, member-at-large.

Presentation Title

Crucial Variables for Harmony in the ESP Classroom

Session Summary

Successful delivery of ESP lessons normally depends on a subtle and judicious mix of appropriate materials, a conducive learning environment, bringing out the best in learners themselves, and the teacher’s skills. This IATEFL-TESOL InterSection explores the crucial variables contributing to creation of a harmonious ESP classroom with best synergies.

Presenter

Najma Janjua, Mark Krzanowski, Kevin Knight, Shahid Abrar-ul-Hassan, Evan Frendo, Yinghuei Chen, Margaret van Naerssen, Anne Lomperis, David Kertzner, Zeynep Altinsel, Ron Clason, Emalia Iragiliati

Room Number

A310

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