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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM THE EDITORS |
| Monika Ekiert, Jana Moore, & Ben White |
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| LETTER FROM THE INCOMING CHAIR |
| Nihat Polat, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| ARTICLES |
| WORKING WITH CORPORA: INPUT FOR THE TEACHING OF PRAGMATIC ROUTINES |
| Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA & Sabrina Mossman, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA |
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In their presentation, the authors demonstrate how teachers can use a free online corpus (and corpora of various types) to develop pragmatically appropriate teaching materials and illustrate the principles of working with pragmatic routines. They discuss how to select a corpus, identify routines, prepare extracts for teaching, and develop noticing and production activities. Read More |
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| DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF SARCASM THROUGH CONCEPT-BASED INSTRUCTION |
| Jiyun Kim, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea |
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Can sarcasm be taught? This linguistics scholar is showing that it can—through a groundbreaking model for introducing sarcasm into the L2 English classroom. Read More |
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| COLLOCATIONS: CRACKING THE CODE |
| Olga Makinina, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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In her TESOL presentation, Olga Makinina discusses ESL learner-related
factors influencing recognition and choice of collocations and argues
that teaching activities targeted at these factors might lie at the core
of effective collocation instruction in the ESL classroom. Read More |
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| CROSSING BORDERS: HYBRID IDENTITIES AMONG A NEW GENERATION OF ENGLISH TEACHERS |
| Irasema Mora Pablo, M. Martha Lengeling, & Troy Crawford |
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This presentation explores the identity formation of 11 Mexican English
teachers who had lived in the United States since childhood and now have
returned to Mexico. In order to survive, they have started to teach
English. However, they are perceived as a different type of teacher. Read More |
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| THE VOCABULARY DEMANDS OF AMERICAN AND BRITISH POPULAR SONGS |
| Rick Romanko, Wayo Women's University, Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan |
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Popular English songs have the power to cross borders and build bridges between people from different cultures. This article previews an upcoming presentation on a vocabulary study that utilizes lexical profiling to investigate the vocabulary demands of a large corpus of popular American and British songs. Read More |
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| TASK-BASED INSTRUCTION: BUILDING BRIDGES FROM CLASSROOM TO REAL LIFE |
| Shawna Williams, Language Instruction Support & Training Network, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Many second language curricula are built around the notion of task-based
instruction (TBI). In this practice-oriented presentation, participants
will review the features of TBI, explore the task cycle, and discuss
key concepts for designing and adapting classroom tasks with the aim of
bridging the classroom to real life. Read More |
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| ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY |
| JANA SAYS GOODBYE |
| Jana Moore, Temple University, Japan Pearl City, Hawaii, USA |
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