Bridget Schvarcz, Afeka Academic College of Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Khanh-Duc Kuttig, University of Siegen,Siegen, Germany

Since the last newsletter, there have been a few changes at the TEIS helm. While the newsletter team has remained the same, we have had elections for the positions of Chair-elect and Chair-elect-elect. We welcome Heather Linville and Polina Vinograda to the leadership team. They’ll be working closely with James Whiting, our Chair for this year before taking over in 2023 (Heather) and 2024 (Polina). Abdulsamad Humaidan is now our community manager, and he’s been doing an amazing job of sharing all that we do in TEIS on social media.

This issue is exciting, not simply because of the contributions we’ve received but because we’ll be having a Town Hall in mid-August to share our thoughts on the articles. Many of our authors will be with us, so do join us for a lively discussion! Save the date - 13th August, 10am ET on Zoom. Our community manager will be advertising the event nearer the date, so you’ll know where to register. We continue with our ‘Meet the Committee’ series and in this issue, Heather Linville shares her teaching journey with us. Do read the article to find out a little more about our new Chair-elect and her goals for TEIS this year.

This newsletter focuses on teacher knowledge, and is led by David Nunan’s article which discusses TESOLers lack of knowledge of language, how language teaching has changed and recommends that the fundamentals of language find its way back into our classrooms. Scott Thornbury, who has written numerous books on teaching English grammar, explores teacher language awareness by attempting to answer three questions: where this knowledge comes from, how much of it is sufficient, and what a teacher does with this knowledge. Frances Sokel writes about how coherence between courses focusing on language knowledge, and the practice of teaching can be achieved. Last but not least, a teacher candidate shares their musings on the knowledge being dumped on students in their teacher education program.

Many of us met in person for the first time at the TESOL Annual Convention in Pittsburgh this year and it has been wonderful getting to know many of you during the convention, at the Business Meeting and over one dinner or another. Let’s keep the momentum going - write for us, write to us, or join us at our post-newsletter Town Hall!

Bridget Schvarcz and Khanh-Duc Kuttig