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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| MESSAGE FROM THE COEDITOR |
| Kenneth Chyi, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan |
TESOL Video News Coeditor Kenneth Chyi introduces articles appearing in this issue. Read More |
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| MESSAGE FROM THE COEDITOR |
| Joyce Cunningham, Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan |
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TESOL Video News Coeditor Joyce Cunningham bids you all a fond farewell. Read More |
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| Elke Stappert, The New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA & Suzi Lee, The Georgia Tech Language Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
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| ARTICLES |
| MODELING AND ENCOURAGING AUTONOMY WITH PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORKS |
| Kurtis Foster, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, USA |
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Personal learning networks (PLNs) are well known as teacher
resources for professional development; their collaborative and
ever-evolving nature make them fantastic places for collecting,
interacting with, and learning from diverse up-to-date content. This is
essentially the same kind of input and interaction that language
learners should be getting as they endeavor to keep up their studies and
motivation to take in more language and improve their skills. PLNs,
then, can offer immense benefits to language students if they are made
aware of how to create and utilize them. The question then becomes how
to best train students to use them. Kumaravadivelu’s
(2003) tripartite
concept of pedagogy as possibility, practicality, and particularity
provides a model for teachers to aid students in setting up their own
PLNs. Read More |
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| DIGITAL INFOGRAPHICS: TEACHING AND LEARNING TOOLS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY |
| Suzanne Bardasz, University of California, Davis, Extension, Davis, California, USA |
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In this report, Suzanne Bardasz
describes different digital infographic tools that can be incorporated
into ESL and EFL reading, writing, and content classes. Read More |
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