In a collaborative letter to the readership, Chair Dawn Bikowski of Ohio University, Past Chair Suzan Stamper of Indiana University of Purdue University at Indianapolis, and Chair-Elect Justin Shewell of Arizona State University highlight the 2012 convention in Philadelphia as well as some accomplishments of the past year. Read More

Larry Udry of Divine Word College describes the CALLIS for the newcomer and also highlights the 2012 conference in Philadelphia. Read More

The British Council sent Gary Motteram of the LT SIG to our TESOL New Orleans conference. In exchange, Phil Hubbard represented our IS at the IATEFL conference in Brighton, England. What follows is Phil’s report of his visit. Read More

The British Council sent Gary Motteram of the LT SIG to our TESOL New Orleans conference. (In exchange, Phil Hubbard represented our IS and attended the IATEFL conference in Brighton, England.) What follows is Gary’s report of his visit. Read More

Thomas Robb of Kyoto Sangyo University describes the use of a plug-in for MoodleReader as part of an Extensive Reading program at his university. Read More

Timothy Healy of the English Language Institute at Seattle Pacific University briefly describes how and why an intensive English language institute uses a wiki in its training programs for nonnative speaker teachers of English. The wiki unifies the program and facilitates collaboration by allowing users to edit a shared web space. Read More