SPLIS Newsletter - Volume 8 Number 1 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
Leadership Updates
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
•  LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
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
•  FROM DEMAND TO DELIGHT: USING DIALOGUE QUIZZES IN THE LISTENING/SPEAKING CLASSROOM
Books
•  BOOK REVIEW: MEDICALLY SPEAKING IDIOMS: IDIOMS AND AMERICAN SLANG
•  BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: TEACHING LISTENING: VOICES FROM THE FIELD
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
•  WHAT IS SPLIS-L?
•  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS

Amanda Huensch
Carolyn Quarterman

Dear Fellow SPLIS Members,

Happy New Year! We hope this new year finds you well and eager to learn and share new research and teaching ideas and techniques related to listening, speaking, and pronunciation.

We present to you the first As We Speak newsletter of 2011. We hope you find the topics in this issue useful and interesting. Along with two articles presenting teaching techniques, we have also included a book review and a book announcement relating to new publications from those in our field. As always, we encourage you to submit an article in the future if you have some research results or ideas to share. We’d love to hear from you!

We hope to see many of you at the 2011 TESOL Convention in New Orleans. If you are presenting, please consider writing an article about your topic for the next edition of the newsletter. Or, if you attend a session that you find particularly useful and pertinent to SPLIS members, consider e-mailing us the presenter’s name and presentation title, and we’ll contact them to see if they’ll consider a submission.

Thank you to all those who submit articles to our newsletter. We appreciate your taking time out in your busy lives and careers to share your experiences and knowledge with us.

Amanda, huensch@illinois.edu, & Carolyn, cquarter@earthlink.net