Bridget Schvarcz, Afeka Academic College of Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Khanh-Duc Kuttig, University of Siegen,Siegen, Germany |
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Bridget Schvarcz
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Khanh-Duc Kuttig
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Dear Colleagues,
Welcome once again to another issue of the Teacher Educator Interest Section Newsletter. In this issue, we focus on pronunciation in teacher education and training and have an exciting line-up of articles for you! Kate Reynolds asks whether pronunciation is forgotten, while Shira Koren explores if pronunciation teaching in schools is possible or rather impossible. Mara Haslam shares her experience from Sweden and last but not least, if you’re wondering whether (or not) to teach phonemic symbols, Mark Hancock’s article will explain why you should.
As with our previous issue, we would like to invite you to a Town Hall in January to discuss the ideas in the articles, share your own insights to the teaching of pronunciation in teacher education programs and perhaps suggest a book that has worked for you and your teacher candidates. Look out for the announcement through myTESOL and our social media channels.
In this issue also, we continue our ‘Meet our …’ series and we’ve interviewed Bridget Schvarcz, our newsletter editor for this installment! Our next newsletter will be out in March, just before the TESOL Convention in Portland. We’ll be sharing our convention stories. Would you like to write an article for this issue? Our Call for Submissions has all the information you need.
We hope you enjoy this issue as much as we have enjoyed putting it together.
Best wishes,
Bridget Schvarcz and Khanh-Duc Kuttig
Bridget Schvarcz is the head of the English Unit at Afeka Academic College of Engineering and a teacher educator for the Israeli Ministry of Education, Department of Professional Development of Teaching Staff. She currently serves as the Chair of the English Teachers’ Association of Israel – a proud TESOL affiliate – and as an editor of the TEIS Newsletter.
Khanh-Duc Kuttig teaches English language in the Department of English at the University of Siegen. She is Events Coordinator for ELTA-Rhine in Germany, former TESOL/NGL Teacher of the Year and Incoming Chair for TESOL’s Professional Development Professional Council. |
