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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM THE EDITORS |
| Ben White, Saint Michael's College, Colchester, Vermont, USA & Monika Ekiert, LaGuardia Community College-CUNY, New York, New York, USA |
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| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
| Nihat Polat, Duquesne University, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| LETTER FROM THE INCOMING CHAIR |
| David Olsher, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USA |
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| ARTICLES |
| A NEW ACADEMIC VOCABULARY LIST |
| Dee Gardner, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA |
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This article describes the characteristics of the Academic
Vocabulary List (AVL)—derived from 120 million words of academic
material covering nine major disciplines—and introduces a dynamic web
tool based on the AVL. Read More |
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| PLAY AND COGNITION IN THE EAP CLASSROOM |
| Snezhana S. Harizanova, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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The benefits of play for learning have been recognized in child
education. Play is also used in communicative language classrooms to
provide opportunities for collaboration and practice. This article,
which focuses on one aspect of the author’s doctoral research, discusses
the benefits of play that could also apply in adult EAP learning. Read More |
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| LEARNING GRAMMAR BY EAR |
| Elizabeth O'Dowd, Saint Michael's College, Colchester, Vermont, USA |
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English language learners in school generally acquire grammar
through unstructured exposure to everyday speech. As a result, their
development falls short of the linguistic complexity required for
academic literacy. This article demonstrates a strategy for helping them
discover how grammar makes meaning in an academic informational
text. Read More |
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| MAKING HUMOR TEACHABLE: A FOCUS ON MICROSKILLS DEVELOPMENT |
| Anne Pomerantz, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA & Nancy D. Bell, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA |
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Humor merits more attention in language instruction, owing
first to its central role within social interaction and second to
learners’ requests for additional support in navigating humorous
exchanges. Here, we describe key microskills related to the
identification, comprehension, production, and appreciation of
conversational humor and provide examples of instructional activities. Read More |
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| ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY |
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