SPLIS Newsletter - August 2012 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
Leadership Updates
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR-ELECT
•  LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
ARTICLES
•  INCORPORATING NONNATIVE AND WORLD ENGLISHES IN LISTENING MATERIALS
•  FIELD-TESTED STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING SMALL TALK TO GRADUATE STUDENTS
•  DON'T ASK FAKE QUESTIONS: PROMOTING AUTHENTIC COMMUNICATION THROUGH DRAMA
•  PRINCIPLES FOR TEACHING PRONUNCIATION TO INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ASSISTANTS
•  KOREAN ELL REPAIRS TO ENGLISH WORD-FINAL CONSONANTS
•  ON BECOMING A HURDLER: TEACHING PRONUNCIATION IN AN ENGLISH FOREIGN LANGUAGE CONTEXT
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY
•  WHAT IS THE SPLIS INTEREST SECTION?
•  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The SPLIS e-newsletter, As We Speak, is soliciting articles on any of the various aspects of teaching and tutoring pronunciation, oral skills, and listening that apply to and/or focus on ESL/EFL pedagogy, second language acquisition, accent addition/reduction, assessment of those skills, and other related research. We also solicit book reviews for both classroom and methodology texts. Teaching tips, tutoring tips, and classroom strategies are also acceptable submissions.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Articles should have the following characteristics:

• Be no longer than 1,500 words
• Include a 50-word (500 characters or less) abstract
• Contain no more than five citations
• Follow the style guidelines in Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition (APA)
• Be in MS Word or ASCII format
• Follow accepted conventions for online publishing (handout available upon request)

PUBLICATION SCHEDULE

As We Speak will be published two times per year: March 1 and September 1.

• Submission deadline for the March issue is January 1.
• Submission deadline for the September issue is July 20.

Note: You may contact the editors (Amanda Huensch and Carolyn Quarterman) at any time to discuss possible submissions.