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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM THE CHAIRS |
Cate Showalter, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Joshua Gordon, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA |
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| LETTER FROM THE EDITORS |
Mara Haslam, Stockholm University, Sweden
Brandon Cooper, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA |
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| ARTICLES |
| EXPANDING THE TEXTBOOK: GETTING MORE COMMUNICATION FROM TEXTBOOK ACTIVITIES |
Brad Knieriem, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD, USA |
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Textbooks are a valuable tool for ESL instruction, but their activities often provide limited opportunities for oral production. Fortunately, teachers can expand textbook activities to make them more communicative with meaningful output and increased repetition. Read More |
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| USING AND CHOOSING ONLINE RESOURCES FOR PRONUNCIATION |
Lynn Henrichsen, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA |
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Many apps and websites offer to help English language learners with their pronunciation, but they do so in many ways with varying degrees of success. This article (a) directs readers to reviews of online resources for pronunciation, (b) offers a typology for categorizing them, and (c) shares an analytical instrument for evaluating CAPT software, websites, and mobile apps. Read More |
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| LISTENING: THE OFTEN NEGLECTED BUT ALWAYS ESSENTIAL INTEGRATED SKILL |
Marnie Reed, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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Marnie Reed explains listening’s importance and how we can teach it better. Read More |
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| ENCOURAGING EXTENSIVE LISTENING THROUGH SHARING MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF ENGLISH SONGS |
John Rucynski, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan |
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Using music in our classes is an exciting and motivating way to help our learners develop their English listening skills. How can we make music a sustained component of our courses? The author shares one technique for encouraging extensive listening with music. Read More |
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| INTERVIEWS |
| AN INTERVIEW WITH OKIM KANG AND DONALD RUBIN |
Brandon Cooper, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA |
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The following is a selected excerpt from the interview. To hear more from Okim Kang and Donald Rubin, please watch the accompanying video. Read More |
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| ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY |
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