In this letter, Claudio Fleury, CALL-IS Chair, redefines CALL and explains some recent initiatives both by TESOL and the CALL-IS. Read More

In this letter, Jack Watson, CALL-IS Past Chair, highlights the importance of volunteerism in creating and sustaining an interest section. Read More

The authors demonstrate how teachers have been sharing their expertise with technological tools in both online and face-to-face conferences through the years. Read More

This article discusses FLAX’s British Academic Written English Collections, which are rich resources with powerful built-in tools for developing academic English. Students can navigate these collections independently to learn academic words, collocations, and lexical bundles. Teachers can make use of these resources to develop language materials and exercises. Read More

This article summarizes a TESOL 2017 presentation showcasing how Microsoft PowerPoint scaffolds students in describing charts and graphs in a standardized test preparation class. PowerPoint features such as animations, layout, Shapes, SmartArt, Chart, and annotations lend themselves to visualizing significant features of the chart as well as relationships between various categories. Read More

Do your students suffer from anxiety yet admit that they didn’t practice enough before their oral presentations? This article examines one presentation approach that compels more practice, thereby reducing anxiety, and promotes student motivation. Patterson examines WeVideo, a smartphone application, and highlights some of its features and benefits. Read More

This article describes a 3-day workshop designed to enhance awareness, confidence, and good practices with technology integration in a second language teaching environment. Instructors deliver three mini-lessons based on their subject area while considering issues related to education technology models, bring your own technology (BYOT), gamification, social media, and blended learning. Read More

YouGlish is an online trove of authentic language videos developed to “provide pronunciation in context.” At the TESOL 2017 Electronic Village, the authors shared how they use this tool. Read More

In this column, we interview three TESOLers who have all participated in the Electronic Village (EV): as presenters, webcast team members, or EV coordinators. If you are looking for a way to get involved, the EV is a good place to begin. Look for a call for volunteers in the next few months. Read More