Greetings SPLIS Members and Readers,

Welcome to the March 2019 issue of the Speaking, Pronunciation, and Listening Interest Section (SPLIS) newsletter! I am excited to have this edition of As We Speak…[aez wiy spiyk] to you before we meet at TESOL in Atlanta! The first article, “Creating Projects for Engaging Pronunciation Practice,” by Marla Tritch Yoshida, suggests several tools for making pronunciation assignments more creative, authentic, and motivating for students. To gather some additional pronunciation ideas for your classes, read her article. The second article, “Motivating Active Note-Taking in the Classroom,” by Sarah E. Lowen and Nicole Metzger, provides four practical ideas to make the critical skill of note-taking an active part of the ESL class. The third article, “Designing Podcast Activities to Achieve GOSLOs,” by Dawn E. McCormick and Heather McNaught, explains a number of considerations teachers should make when selecting podcasts for listening comprehension activities so that students can successfully achieve GOSLOS (i.e., goals, objectives, and student learning outcomes). The final article, “Supporting English Language Development Through Digital Storytelling Activities,” by Kelly Torres and Aubrey Statti, describes engaging activities that can support English language development through digital storytelling for English language learners. These four articles contain valuable information that will directly impact student success. I hope that you enjoy reading them and can implement the ideas immediately!

We invite you to join the conversation. Have you had the opportunity to try out something new or tweak a long-time practice in English language courses you teach? Perhaps you have redesigned a task, tried out a new high-tech or low-tech tool, or modified a technique to fit your teaching context? Through this newsletter, you have the opportunity to share your research and experiences with the SPLIS community. We accept articles that are research based and theoretical as well as those that are practice oriented. Submission guidelines are here. We are listening. Let your voice be heard.

We look forward to hearing from you!

All the best,
Shantaya