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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM THE EDITORS |
| Ben White, Natalia Dolgova, & Monika Ekiert |
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| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
| David Olsher, San Francisco State University, California, USA |
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| LETTER FROM THE INCOMING CHAIR |
| Olga Griswold, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, California, USA |
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| ARTICLES |
| SHOULD WE BE TEACHING TABOO LANGUAGE IN THE ESL CLASSROOM? |
| Hillary Gale & Julieta Fernandez, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA |
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Taboo language has a deeply social construction and can thus be
difficult for ESL learners to navigate in interactions with other
English speakers. The authors argue that ESL teachers need to address
taboo language in adult classrooms in order to adequately prepare
learners for successful communication with other English speakers. Read More |
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| LEARNING TO PERCEIVE ENGLISH SOUNDS USING COMPUTER-ASSISTED PRONUNCIATION TRAINING |
| Ron I. Thomson, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada |
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For a variety of reasons, pronunciation training is often
neglected in English language classrooms. In this article, Thomson
highlights how computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) can
provide one possible solution. He then introduces an online CAPT tool
and summarizes recent research detailing its efficacy as a complement to
classroom instruction. Read More |
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| USING FREE RECALL AND IDEA UNITS FOR EVALUATING SECOND LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION: METHODOLOGICAL CHOICES AND ISSUES |
| Paula Winke & Susan Gass, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA |
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The use of idea-unit scoring to measure reading comprehension
has a long tradition in educational measurement. In this article, the
authors discuss free recall and idea-unit scoring for research and
classroom language-teaching purposes as well as its recent expansion
into being used for measuring learners’ comprehension of audio and
video. Read More |
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| ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY |
| APPLIED LINGUISTICS INTEREST SECTION (ALIS) |
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| MONIKA SAYS GOODBYE |
| Monika Ekiert, LaGuardia Community College-City University of New York, New York, USA |
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