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LEADERSHIP UPDATE
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR
Miguel Fernández, HEIS Chair
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ARTICLE
"LINGUISTIC SCHIZOPHRENIA" IN HONG KONG UNIVERSITY ELT CENTERS
Andy Curtis, Anaheim University, Anaheim, California, USA

In this article, the author reflects on some of the challenges of teaching in and being the director of an English language teaching center at a university in Hong Kong. The challenges are set in the context of the changing position and status of English there and in other postcolonial settings, but may also apply to other tertiary ELT contexts as well. Read More

BOOK REVIEW
A TEACHER'S GUIDE TO STUDENTS' NATIVE LANGUAGE INTERFERENCE
Melanie Jipping, Tokyo International University of America, Salem, Oregon, USA

Learner English: A Teacher’s Guide to Interference and Other Problems is a compilation of articles written by individual specialists on languages from Dutch to Thai and the influence of those native tongues on English learning. Each chapter outlines a language’s phonological and syntactical characteristics and explains how these play a role in interlanguage development. Read More

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
THE TABLET AND iANNOTATE: A GREAT WRITING COMBINATION
Alan D. Lytle, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

When correcting students’ writing, there are many tools that we, as teachers, can access. Some of them are “old school” (pens, markers, etc.), and some are “high-tech” (computers, programs, and apps). After using all of them over a career of more than two decades, I have come to rely upon one particular app for my tablet – iAnnotate. It provides me with all the features I want and some that I never dreamed I wanted but are perfect for the student! Read More

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TESOL ESL IN HIGHER EDUCATION INTEREST SECTION
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