HEIS Newsletter - July 2011 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
Articles
•  BROADCAST YOURSELF: FOSTERING ORAL SKILLS THROUGH THE USE OF VOICE TOOLS
•  SHOULD OR MUST? RETEACHING MODAL VERBS FOR RESEARCH WRITING
Book Reviews
•  Note from the Editor:
•  GRAMMAR FOR EVERYONE: A REVIEW OF KEYS TO TEACHING GRAMMAR TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS: A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK
•  BUILDING SUCCESS IN THE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT
News from Community College Settings
•  DEVELOPING ESL STANDARDS FOR HIGHER ED GOVERNING BOARDS
News from EFL Settings
•  AVOIDING MOTIVATION PLATEAU
Computer Technology
•  APP-ELLS: DIGITAL APPLICATIONS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
About this community
•  TESOL ESL IN HIGHER EDUCATION INTEREST SECTION
•  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
•  CALL FOR BOOK REVIEW SUBMISSIONS
•  CALL FOR COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY SUBMISSIONS

 

CALL FOR BOOK REVIEW SUBMISSIONS

Book reviews are always a very popular feature of the newsletter. Book review guidelines are below. To request or suggest a book for review and for details, including submission deadlines, please contact Maria Ammar.

Submission Guidelines

HEIS News welcomes reviews of scholarly books and textbooks dealing with English teaching, applied linguistics, second language acquisition, language assessment, or other disciplines as they relate to ESL or TESL instruction in higher education settings. Anyone interested in writing a review for HEIS News may choose a recent book in the field and contact the editor for approval. Reviews will be considered for publication based on the quality of the reviewer’s evaluation and description of the book, and the book’s relevance and importance to the field.

Reviews should:

  • be 600-900 words in length
  • include a 50-word (500 character or fewer) abstract
  • include a 75- to 100-word bio of the reviewer
  • follow the style guidelines in the Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition (APA Manual)
  • be in MS Word (.doc) or rich-text (.rtf) format

A sample book review is available here.