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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| FROM THE EDITORS: A SPOTLIGHT ON ESP PRESENTATIONS AT TESOL |
| David Kertzner, ProActive English & Robert Connor, PhD, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
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| HOMING FOR HARMONY: A LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
| Najma Janjua, PhD, Kagawa Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Takamatsu, Japan |
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| FROM THE INCOMING CHAIR: AN INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME |
| Yinghuei Chen, PhD, International College, Asia University, Taichung |
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| ARTICLES |
| USING COPYLEFT MATERIALS IN A CHALLENGING ESP ENVIRONMENT |
| Melanie Rockenhaus, Scuola Normale Superiore |
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Melanie Rockenhaus writes about her experience with Copyleft,
which refers to materials freely available to all, to be used as they
are or modified, providing the materials remain freely
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| TBLT MODULES PROMOTING NURSES' AUTOMATIC L2 WORKPLACE FLUENCY AND ACCURACY |
| Ioana Nicolae, Leif French, and Elizabeth Gatbonton |
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Ioana Nicolae, presenting
with Leif French and Elizabeth Gatbonton, writes about their workshop in
which they describe and illustrate an utterance-focused task-based language teaching methodology designed to promote
automatic fluency and accuracy, featuring the language learning
experience of nurses. Read More |
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| THE SELF-EMPLOYED TEACHER: TIPS ON STARTING AND OPERATING A BUSINESS |
| Blythe Musteric, Ovient, Inc. |
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Blythe Musteric writes about her workshop in which she will
share her knowledge and experience of starting and operating a
teaching/tutoring business, offering steps that any teacher can take to
turn their passion into a paycheck. Read More |
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| INTERNATIONALLY EDUCATED NURSES: DEVELOPING THEIR PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE FOR WORKPLACE SUCCESS |
| Julie Kerekes, PhD, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto, Canada & Antonella Valeo, PhD, York University, Toronto, Canada |
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Dr Julie Kerekes and Dr Antonella Valeo, presenting with Lillie Lum and Pat Bradley, write about the initial phases of a project that aims to enhance the oral language proficiency and pragmatic competence of internationally educated nurses in order to facilitate their professional integration. Read More |
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| HARMONIZING LANGUAGE, HERITAGE, AND CULTURE IN HEALTHCARE |
| Najma Janjua, PhD, Kagawa Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Takamatsu, Japan |
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Dr Najma Janjua, along with Dr Margaret van Naerssen and Dr Mei-Ling
Tsai, will be leading a discussion group that focuses on developments
aimed at helping healthcare providers from different ethnic backgrounds
overcome the sociolinguistic barriers they face in delivering effective
and safe medical care. Najma identifies the critical issues that their
discussion will address. Read More |
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| ESPIS HIGHLIGHTS AT TESOL |
| ESPIS INTERSECTIONS AND PRESENTATIONS AT TESOL 2013 |
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS |
| Recent Awards Won by ESPIS Community Members |
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| ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY |
| English for Specific Purposes Interest Section |
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