ITAIS Newsletter - December 2021 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
•  CHAIR ELECT LETTER
•  LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
ARTICLES
•  BENEFITS OF ITA COLLABORATION WITH SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
•  ITAIS MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS
•  NAVIGATING ONGOING CHANGE: THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON AN ITA PROGRAM
EVENTS
•  COMMUNITY EVENTS UPDATE
•  ITAIS EVENTS AT TESOL 2022
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
•  HISTORY OF ITA INTEREST SECTION
•  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR ITAIS NEWSLETTER
•  TESOL ITA-IS NEW MEMBERS

EVENTS

COMMUNITY EVENTS UPDATE

Kayla Landers, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA

It is hard to believe that another semester has come and gone. As a community, we have continued to find ways to connect and learn from each other. One way that we have done this is through webinars. In October, we had an informative session “Evaluating Outcomes of ITA Assessments” by Dr. Jonathan Schmidgall. At the end of November, we had two more: “[Not] Lost in Translation: Practical Suggestions for Thriving in the Classroom as an ITA” by Dr. Tosin Adebayo and “Real-World Listening for ITAs” by Dr. Elvis Wagner. The recordings of these presentations are available on the ITA IS TESOL YouTube page in case you missed them.

I am planning on at least one more webinar in the new year with Dr. Greta Gorsuch. Want to present too? Please reach out (kml314@lehigh.edu), and I can add you to our schedule! Looking forward to connecting and continuing the conversations about recent research and best practices.