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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR |
| Kevin Martin, HEIS Chair, Fairfax, Virginia, USA |
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| ARTICLES |
| MAKING LECTURES COMPREHENSIBLE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS |
| Daniel Clausen, Coco Juku, Tokyo, Japan |
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English language learners frequently struggle with the speed
and complexity of classroom lectures. What can be done to make lectures
more comprehensible? Instructors can use a number of different
approaches, including outlines and visuals, reducing teacher talk time,
small pauses during lectures, extensive examples, and constant review of
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| A HOLISTIC BILINGUAL UNDERGRADUATE COURSE TO BUILD ACADEMIC CONTENT AND ENGLISH PROFICIENCY |
| Bernadette M. López-Fitzsimmons, Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York, USA |
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This article discusses using a holistic bilingual method in an
undergraduate course for Spanish speakers. Teaching English across
academic disciplines, supported with Spanish-language scaffolds,
facilitates oral communication when bilinguals use presentation
software. As they share educational and professional content, learners
build and learn new knowledge, increasing their own self-efficacy and
self-esteem as well as their English language skills. Read More |
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| A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE SUPPORT COURSES IN AN ART AND DESIGN CURRICULUM |
| Joseph Carr & Sukyun Weaver, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
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This article explores the authors’ evaluation of English
language learning support courses in an art and design curriculum.
Currently, they are using three tools to assess graduate student
satisfaction: an augmented course evaluation, an open-ended survey, and
individual interviews. Read More |
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| PEER LANGUAGE SUPPORT AT A SMALL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE: CREATING AN ACADEMIC ENGLISH LAB |
| Lynn Ishikawa, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, USA |
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Many schools seek ways to maximize peer tutoring and one-on-one
language, writing, and speaking support for multilingual students.
Challenges include lacking the funds to sustain programs targeting a
specific student population. This article describes one solution: a lab
that offers credit for tutors attached to a first-year academic English
course. Read More |
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| BOOK REVIEWS |
| BOOK REVIEW: PEARSON'S UNIVERSITY SUCCESS: AN "ACADEMIC ONRAMP" FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS |
| Mary Kay Seales, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA |
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Pearson’s University Success series for English for academic
purposes students brings together and skillfully breaks down the complex
skills needed by English language learners at the university
level. Read More |
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| BOOK REVIEW: REFLECT ON YOUR TEACHING PRACTICE |
| Maha Hassan, Arab Academy for Training Technology, Cairo, Egypt |
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Practice Teaching: Reflective Approach presents a reflective approach for student teachers who
practice teaching as part of their teacher-education studies. It helps
them to understand the nature of teacher training practice, what the
necessary elements and relationships to pay attention to are and how to
get the best possible benefit out of it. Read More |
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