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| Leadership Updates |
| LETTER FROM THE INCOMING CHAIR |
| Judy Dillon, ELS Language Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA |
Read on to get to know IEPIS’s next chair.
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| LETTER FROM THE EDITORS |
| Krista Bittenbender Royal, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, & Christina Quartararo, St. John's University, Queens, New York |
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| Articles |
| ETHICS AND IEPs: THEN AND NOW |
| Andy Curtis, Anaheim University, Anaheim, California, USA |
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There are many challenges involved in running an IEP, including some ethical dilemmas that challenge us to maintain our professional ethics while at the same time balancing many competing priorities. This article looks at some of those dilemmas in light of what has and has not changed in IEPs over the last 20 years. Read More |
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| EMPLOYING WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRESENTATION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, OR HOW TO OVERCOME THE FEAR OF DEATH |
| Iona Sarieva, Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, Florida, USA |
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Let students converse in the cloud! This article shares pedagogical practices related to Web 2.0 technology-enhanced language learning in IEP settings and development of academic presentation skills. Read More |
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| EFL IN THE UNITED STATES |
| Kenneth Cranker, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA |
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The United Sates is an English-speaking country. How can EFL occur there? It is possible for English learners to create an EFL micro-environment which inhibits their own language acquisition, causing difficulties for themselves and the institutions trying to teach them. How can this issue be addressed? Read More |
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SHAME BASED TEACHING |
| Steven Robert Dunham, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA |
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Interacting with students and self in the context of shame leaves teachers and students feeling relationally disconnected, unequal, and emotionally spent. The alternative is separating human value from academic performance, placing responsibility of performance on the student and responsibility of the teacher’s emotional well-being on the teacher. The result is a teacher-student environment of equality, affection, and safety. Read More |
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| GREEN, EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE: iCALENDARS FOR PROGRAM DATES AND DEADLINES |
| Ashlea Green, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA |
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Do your students miss important program deadlines? Feel overwhelmed by multiple lists of important dates? Read on to see how one IEP addressed these concerns. Read More |
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| REVIEW OF PATHWAYS 2: LISTENING, SPEAKING, AND CRITICAL THINKING FOR AN IEP OR EAP CLASSROOM |
| Amber Kantner & Alan Orr, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, & Haley Winters, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA |
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Choosing a listening and speaking text that engages learners and develops the targeted skills can be a difficult feat. This review of Pathways 2: Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking explores the text’s appropriateness for use in intensive English programs or English for academic purposes. Read More |
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| NEW NEWSLETTER FEATURE: MEMBER INTERVIEWS |
| Ilka Kostka, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
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We are happy to introduce a new section of the newsletter called "Meet
the Member." In each issue, we'll feature two members of our Interest
Section and discuss their interests. If you are interested in being
interviewed for the next issue, please contact Ilka Kostka. Read More |
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| Community News |
| ABOUT THIS MEMBER COMMUNITY |
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| NEWSLETTER SUMBISSION GUIDELINES |
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