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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
| Claudio Fleury, Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasilia, Brazil |
Claudio Fleury, CALL-IS Chair, talks about changes to the
CALL-IS and highlights upcoming events in the CALL community and at the
annual convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Read More |
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| LETTER FROM THE PAST CHAIR |
| Jack Watson, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada |
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2018 TESOL CALL-IS Immediate Past Chair Jack Watson discusses
changes to the Electronic Village Fairs and Technology Showcase at the
upcoming TESOL International Association Convention in
Chicago. Read More |
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| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR-ELECT |
| Christine Sabieh, Notre Dame University, Beirut, Lebanon |
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Christine Sabieh, 2017 CALL-IS Chair-Elect discusses the
Technology Showcase IS Panels, Academic Session and Hot Topic Panel as
well as the CALL-IS Social dinner gathering at the upcoming TESOL
International Association Convention in Chicago. Read More |
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| LETTER FROM THE EDITORS |
| Larry Udry, Divine Word College, Epworth, Iowa, USA & Suzanne Bardasz, UC Davis Extension, Davis, California, USA |
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In this letter, Larry Udry thanks all the contributors to the
newsletter and highlights some of the features of this newsletter and
the upcoming TESOL convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA. In addition, we
meet the incoming editor, Suzanne Bardasz, from the University of
California- Davis. Read More |
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| ARTICLES |
| LEARNING ENGLISH AND INCREASING SELF-EFFICACY WITH EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN A SPANISH-LANGUAGE ASSISTED UNDERGRADUATE COURSE |
| Bernadette M. López-Fitzsimmons, Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York, USA |
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This article speaks to the positive impact of educational
technologies, library digital resources, and internet websites on
Spanish speakers’ English language acquisition in an undergraduate
course taught with Spanish-language assistance. As students learn
academic content and acquire English fluidity, their self-efficacy and
self-esteem increase with regard to academic, professional, and personal
endeavors. Read More |
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| MULTIMODAL APPROACHES WITH AUGMENTED REALITY |
| Lucas Kohnke, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China & Adam Leskis, Independent Researcher, Oxford, United Kingdom |
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In this article, the authors discuss how mobile devices can be
used to enhance or alter reality in ways that have the potential to
stimulate engaging and effective learning. Specifically, they look into
how augmented reality can transform the way educators are teaching, by
creating immersive and collaborative environments that both support
multimodal input and situate the learner as the central figure in the
learning process. Read More |
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| ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY |
| MAKING CONNECTIONS |
| Suzan Stamper, Yew Chung Community College, Hong Kong, China |
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In each Making Connections column, a few of our members are
asked a set of questions in order to share our experiences and
inspirations. In this issue, the column looks at members' answers to
another set of questions about 10 years ago. Read More |
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