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| LEADERSHIP UPDATE |
| MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR |
| Miguel Fernandez, HEIS Chair |
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| ARTICLES |
| A SPELLING COMPETITION FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (OR HOW TO PREVENT CREATING WRITHING [SIC]) |
| Ginessa Lawson Payne, Catherine McIntyre, and Sue Ellen Davis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA |
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Doo you’re studints mispel werds? When ESL writers make
frequent and severe misspellings, their writing is difficult to
decipher. A semester-long, program-wide focus on spelling, culminating
in an exciting spelling bee, raised students’ awareness of its
importance. Students reported gains in orthography, word analysis,
pronunciation, listening, and vocabulary. Read More |
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| BRAIN-BASED TEACHING AND LEARNING: IMPLICATIONS AND REFLECTIONS |
| Adreon Hubbard, William Paca Elementary School, Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
Looking for ways to increase your students’ engagement and retention of what they learn in class? Brain-based teaching draws on current findings in neuroscience about how the brain works to inform teaching practices. Knowledge of brain-based teaching principles can help ESL teachers at all levels meet the needs of our diverse learners.
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| BOOK REVIEWS |
| A MODULAR COURSE IN BUSINESS ENGLISH |
| Maria Angelica M. da Costa, ORTESOL Board Member |
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Communicating in Business is a short course
for intermediate-level students in business communication. It aims to
develop practice and fluency in five communication contexts:
telephoning, socializing, making presentations, taking part in meetings,
and negotiations. Initially designed for 45 hours of classroom work,
its modular and flexible approach allows instructors to customize the
course to students’ needs. Read More |
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| GRAMMAR MEETS CORPUS |
| Melinda Sayavedra, Oregon State University |
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The authors of Grammar and Beyond, a
four-book grammar series for English language learners, use research
from corpus linguistics studies of North American English speakers in
designing grammar texts and support materials that reflect authentic
language use, differentiate between written and spoken discourse, and
build academic skills in writing and vocabulary. Read More |
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| COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY |
| FLIPPING THE CLASSROOM |
| Dr. Alan D. Lytle, University of Arkansas-Little Rock, Arkansas, USA |
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Have you ever wondered what a “flipped classroom” is, or why it is so successful, or how to make better usage of technology and your classroom time with students? In this article, the author discusses just those things, along with advantages to the technique, challenges, and some suggested resources. Read More |
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