As race continues to intersect with our work as ESOL educators, what are the challenges and possibilities for a reading group on race for staff members? In this article, the authors share their experiences with a practitioner-inspired and -led reading group on race and ESOL at a major public university in the United States. Read More

This article addresses the identity and educational crisis of hundreds of thousands of children who have grown up in the United States and now attend school in Mexico as a result of deportation and repatriation. The author draws connections between these Otros Dreamers’ realities and the potential realities of hundreds of thousands more students still living in the United States and makes the case for incorporating massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) in schools for providing an interest-based identity and educational sanctuary for these students. Read More

International collaboration is a challenge. International collaboration in Cuba is one of the biggest challenges, but it also provides the sweetest rewards. In this article, the author discusses the impact of the American bloqueo of Cuba, outlines the difficulties of traveling to collaborate with Cuban colleagues, and describes how these scholars continue to press on despite the obstacles. Read More

The successful Cuban TESOL affiliate conference held in Havana, Cuba in December 2017 highlights the fact that the U.S. embargo on Cuba and new restrictions imposed by the current administration have not impeded the power of international collaboration and friendship between Cuban, Canadian and U.S. English Language educators. The author attended and came away inspired by the Cuban English teachers and professors—from graduate students and new teachers to senior scholars-- who shared deep insights on keys to professional success in TESOL. Read More

For Turkey to overcome its English language teaching challenges and reach its potential in the global arena, it will need to change its ELT policies, overhaul its educational infrastructure, and provide its English teachers with better nationwide preservice and in-service professional development opportunities. Read More

Through English language drama activities and communicative games, The Hands Up Project exploits simple technology to connect classrooms that are effectively cut off from the outside world. Read More

This article discusses Out of My Great Sorrows: The Armenian Genocide and Artist Mary Zakarian, a biography of the author’s great aunt, which addresses the legacy of the trauma passed down through the generations following the 1915 Armenian Genocide. McHugh, an English teacher herself, believes that the many issues this book raises—about identity, ethnicity, immigration, and social justice, to name a few—are relevant to teachers and students who wish to understand not only history and the artistic process, but also the complexities of our world today. Read More