SPLIS Newsletter - October 2014 (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
•  LEARNERS CAN TEACH PRONUNCIATION, TOO: BUILDING AUTONOMY THROUGH PEER INSTRUCTION
•  PROMOTING VOWEL FLUENCY WITH NATIVE SPEAKER UTTERANCES
•  USING LITERARY DEVICES TO TEACH SPEECH AND PRONUNCIATION IN AN ESL CREATIVE WRITING CLASS
•  THE INTERACTIONAL SYLLABUS: TEACHING CONVERSATION
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
•  ABOUT SPLIS STEERING COMMITTEE ROLES
•  A SHORT (FIERCE) HISTORY OF HOW SPLIS CAME TO BE
•  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 the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition (APA)
• Be in MS Word (.doc(x)) or rich text (.rtf)

PUBLICATION SCHEDULE
As We Speak will be published two times per year.

• Submission deadline for the intent to submit for the Spring issue is December 1.
• Submission deadline for the intent to submit for the Fall issue is July 15.

Note: You may contact the editors at any time to discuss possible submissions.