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| Leadership Updates |
| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
| Hong Wang, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada |
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| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR-ELECT |
| Denise De Felice, Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasilia, Brazil |
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| PREPARING PROPOSALS PROJECT |
| Toni Hull, English Language Fellow Program, Russia |
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| ARTICLES FROM THE 2011 CONVENTION |
| RESEARCH ON EFL CLASSROOM INTERACTION: CONVERSATION ANALYSIS |
| Donna Fujimoto, Jean Wong, Noël Houck, and David Olsher |
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EFL teachers who attend the TESOL
convention often find that the presentations are relevant for ESL but
not for EFL. While there are many overlapping areas, EFL participants
still have to pick and choose from what is offered. The aim of the 2011
Academic Session was to showcase conversation analysis―a research
methodology that can clearly display the relevance of the foreign
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| INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH REVISITED |
| C. Jeremy Sykes, Angel Lin, Jane Hoelker, Dorothy Zemach |
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The primary forces shaping International
English are no longer primarily those exerted by academicians,
grammarians, or applied linguists―they are the forces exerted by the
business world, employers, and publishers. This has profound
implications for EFL and ELF instruction, for the content and design of
textbooks, for the issue of how English pronunciation should be taught,
and for course content. Read More |
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| 2012 CONVENTION PREVIEW |
| PURSUING EXCELLENCE IN EFL: INSIGHTS FROM BRAIN RESEARCH |
| Dr. Arturo Hernandez, Dr. Alison Gabriele and Dr. Janet Zadina |
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How does the brain learn best? How does the brain
acquire a second language? What are the neural underpinnings of
bilingual language and second language acquisition? This session aims to
present data from brain research that can inform and orient theory and
practice in second language acquisition. Read More |
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| PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING ACROSS CULTURES IN THE EFL CLASSROOM THROUGH CALL |
| Carla Arena, Claudio Fleury, Eric Roth, Nellie Deutsch, and Claire Bradin |
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How can technology foster cultural
awareness among EFL students and enhance language intelligibility across
cultures and language varieties? This session addresses the supportive
role of CALL in bridging the gap between language and culture to promote
excellence in the EFL classroom. Read More |
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| WHOSE CULTURE? TEACHING CULTURE IN THE EFL CLASSROOM |
| Nellie Deutsch, Evelyn Urbina , Nahida Al Assi, Ke Xu, Hong Wang |
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Culture plays a central role in
communicative behavior. Yet, as English is being used in increasingly
diverse cultures, whose culture is this? In this InterSection ESOL
educators from around the world discuss the techniques and strategies
they use to teach culture to students who will use English in
international settings. Read More |
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| CREATING MATERIALS: GO GLOBAL, OR GO LOCAL? |
| Jane Hoelker, Jeremy Sykes, Antoinette Meehan, Dorothy Zemach, Rosa Vasquez |
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