ITAIS Newsletter - February 2021 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
•  LETTER FROM CHAIR-ELECT
•  LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
ARTICLES
•  TOWARDS AN ITA VIDEO CLIP REPOSITORY: INSPIRATION FROM A WEBSITE FOR ARABIC LEARNING
•  FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE FOR CLASSROOM TEACHING
•  PANDEMIC PEDAGOGY: MY EXPERIMENTS IN ENGAGING INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ASSISTANTS ON ZOOM
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
•  ITAIS COMMUNITY EVENTS UPDATE
•  HISTORY OF ITA INTEREST SECTION
•  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR ITAIS NEWSLETTER

 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR ITAIS NEWSLETTER


The ITAIS newsletter encourages submission of articles and reviews on topics of significance to ITA professionals. The following are especially encouraged:

  • Program and course descriptions
  • Best practices and teaching techniques
  • Editorials on any topic of interest to ITA practitioners
  • Collaborative authorship among ITA professionals and/or ITAs themselves
  • Reviews of books, articles, resources, technologies, websites, or conferences that provide analysis relevant to the practice and theory of ITA education
  • Summaries of presentations, round table discussions, meetings, or conferences that focus on ITA issues

Format

  • Submissions should begin with a brief abstract (approximately 50 words).
  • Submissions should conclude with a one- or two-sentence bio about the author(s).
  • Length can vary depending on the type of submission. Articles should be no more than 1,750 words, but other types of submissions will be shorter.
  • For citations (max. of 5), please use the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition (APA).
  • Use Times New Roman, 12-pt font.
  • Use a space between paragraphs instead of indenting.
  • Clearly distinguish the different level headings and use bold:
  • This Is a Level 1 Head (title case, bold)
  • This Is a Level 2 Head (title case, italics)
  • This is a level 3 head. (sentence case, italics)

How to Submit

Submit articles in Microsoft Word (as a .doc or .docx file) as an email attachment in a message to the editors: James Edward Coda and Ekaterina (Katya) Arshavskaya.

Please include a picture of yourself as a separate .jpg file (120x160 pixels) and indicate in the email body that you give permission to publish your photo.