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| Leadership Updates |
| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
| Holly Gray, SPLIS Chair, 2010-2011 |
| Message from SPLIS chair, Holly Gray, Curriculum Coordinator, Global Village Hawaii Read More |
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| LETTER FROM THE EDITORS |
Amanda Huensch
Carolyn Quarterman |
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Letter from SPLIS editors Amanda Huensch, graduate student in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Carolyn Quarterman, ESL lecturer at North Carolina State University. Read More |
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| Articles |
| THE CAT HAS MY TONGUE: A FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING IN NORWEGIAN HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH STUDENTS AND ACTIVITIES TO HELP THEM OVERCOME THAT FEAR |
| Heidi Håvan Grosch, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway |
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High
school students are often afraid of making mistakes when they speak in
front of the class. Improvisation exercises can help eliminate that
fear, opening up doors for more effective language learning. Read More |
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| FROM DEMAND TO DELIGHT: USING DIALOGUE QUIZZES IN THE LISTENING/SPEAKING CLASSROOM |
| Cheng-hao Weng, Foreign Language Substitute Civilian Serviceman, Kaohsiung City Marine Bureau, Taiwan |
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Oral assessments are often touted as an authentic way of
evaluating students. When implementing them, however, teachers are often
faced with issues such as the amount of time required and what to do
with other students during the assessment. This article addresses some
of these problems and proposes classroom-tested solutions. Read More |
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| Books |
| BOOK REVIEW: MEDICALLY SPEAKING IDIOMS: IDIOMS AND AMERICAN SLANG |
| Tracy Marvin, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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This article reviews Medically Speaking Idioms: Idioms and American
Slang, which was published in 2010 by Successfully Speaking in Owings
Mills, MD. This newly released book is designed to help advanced
nonnative English speakers with idioms in the medical field by giving
clear definitions of 101 idioms with example sentences, dialogues, and
quizzes that use the target idioms. In addition, 235 extra idiomatic
expressions are presented in the dialogues. Read More |
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| BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: TEACHING LISTENING: VOICES FROM THE FIELD |
| Nikki Ashcraft, PhD, Shenandoah University, Virginia Anh Tran, PhD, Wichita State University, Kansas |
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Listening is the foundation for the development of
all other language skills, yet it is often neglected in the language
classroom. This article announces a new teacher resource book for the
teaching of listening entitled Teaching Listening: Voices From
the Field, published by TESOL Publications in 2010. The 13
chapters in this volume showcase the innovative practices of instructors
at all levels of education in both ESL and EFL contexts. Read More |
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| ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY |
| WHAT IS SPLIS-L? |
| Nancy Hilty |
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A brief description of SPLIS-L. Read More |
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| CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS |
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Call for submissions to e-newsletter and submission guidelines. Read More |
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