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| Leadership Updates |
| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
| Heather Robertson, HEIS Chair 2010-11, University of Southern California |
| HEIS Chair Heather Robertson updates members on IS election
results and Convention sessions of particular interest to HEIS
members. Read More |
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| Articles |
| LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND ANXIETY: BREATHING TECHNIQUES FOR SELF-CALMING |
| Carole Allen Poppleton |
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For many students the idea of taking a test, especially one as
demanding as the TOEFL, can cause waves of panic and fear. These fears
manifest themselves both psychologically and physically and negatively
impact the student’s experience and thus results. Though students can
try various concrete activities to alleviate some test-taking anxieties,
the most simple and readily available to them at all times is a basic
understanding of yogic breathing techniques. Read More |
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| WORLD CITIZENS: EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL ADVOCACY IN THE ESL CLASSROOM |
| Jose A. Carmona |
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As the world becomes smaller, we, as educators, need to address
environmental, social, and political issues in our classrooms. Our
English language learners are now “citizens of the world” and their
concerns should be redirected to the many issues we confront or will
tackle in the near future that affect everyone worldwide. How can we
address these sometimes controversial issues in the classroom? Read More |
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| Reviews |
| READING LEADS THE WAY TO WRITING IN ESL CLASSROOMS |
| Meryem D. Kennedy |
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From Reading to Writing is structured in
such a way that the mentor texts and the explanations that follow help
ESL students to create their own texts. The reading passages provide
focused examples for students to compose authentic texts. For instance,
after reading a text titled “Divided Sleep,” students are encouraged to
write their own paragraphs regarding the correlation between sleep and
health. Read More |
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| GRAMMAR TEXT MEETS CORPUS NETWORK |
| Dennis Bricault |
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Real Grammar uses corpus research as the
basis for identifying 50 common trouble spots in the grammar of both
written and spoken English. Advanced students of English will find this
text handy as they strive to fine-tune their speaking and writing on
both the formal and informal level. Read More |
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| News from ESL Settings |
| NEWS FROM EFL SETTINGS: VIETNAM |
| Rosemary Orlando |
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Rosemary Orlando describes meeting the challenge of enabling
Vietnamese English teachers to think about making course content
relevant and interesting to their students while remaining within
Ministry of Education guidelines. Read More |
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| Computer Technology |
| FILTERING TECHNOLOGY, PART 2: TAKING TECH BEYOND THE FOUR WALLS |
| Alan D. Lytle |
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In the current technology-rich environment, where access to
almost any type of knowledge is virtually instantaneous, language
teachers, more than ever before, can bring more-authentic materials into
their classrooms and provide additional opportunities for language
students to experience the target language and culture outside of the
classroom.
With e-mail exchanges, computer conferencing, blogs, and, more
recently, wikis, a variety of user-friendly interactive environments
have emerged that enable students to communicate directly with other
learners and native English speakers in a range of authentic contexts
that cross national boundaries. Such transnational collaboration has the
potential to build not only English language communication skills but
also the intercultural awareness and curiosity increasingly required in
our modern, interconnected world (Lawrence, Compton, Young, &
Owen, 2009). Read More |
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| ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY |
| TESOL ESL IN HIGHER EDUCATION INTEREST SECTION |
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A brief description of HEIS, its purpose, and its membership. Read More |
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| CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS |
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Get involved—consider contributing to our newsletter! Read More |
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| CALL FOR BOOK REVIEW SUBMISSIONS |
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Get involved—write a book review! Not sure how to write a
review? Read a sample at www.tesol.org/s_tesol/seccss.asp?CID=174&DID=1644. Read More |
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| CALL FOR COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY SUBMISSIONS |
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Get involved - tell us how you use technology! Read More |
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