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Each issue focuses on a theme of interest to ESOL professionals, such as the job market, technology, assessment, and teaching ESOL in the content areas. Articles cover a broad spectrum of ESOL instruction, including elementary,secondary, and higher education, intensive English programs, adult education, and teacher training. Besides theme-based articles, Idiom features the following regular columns: Book Reviews, Culture Notes and Promising Practices.

Fall 2014 Issue of Idiom online


Table of Contents Pages
President's Letter 1-2
Teaching ELLs Reading Through Writing 
by Hyonsuk Cho, SUNY Buffalo
3-6
Investigation of the “Critical Response” Domain in the CUNY Assessment Test in Writing (CATW)
by Hyun-Joo Kim, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY
7-9
Hands-On Pronunciation Tricks
by Kim Nau, The Trailer
10-11
Reflections: Standardizing Tests and Individuals
by Caroline Chamberlin Hellman, NYC College of Technology, CUNY 
12-13
Book Review :  Teaching Content Reading and Writing
by Martha Rapp Ruddell
reviewed by Lubie Grujicic-Alatriste, NYC College of Technology, CUNY
14-15
Promising Practices : Getting my ESL class started
by Ann C. Wintergerst, St. John's University
16-18
Tech Tools
by David Parker, University of Denver 
19-20
Adult and Higher Education ESOL-A Field in Crisis
by Fatiha Makloufi, Hostos Community College
21-23
Masthead 24-26

Book Review

Teaching Content Reading and Writing

by Martha Rapp Ruddell
Reviewed by Lubie Grujicic-Alatriste, NYC College of Technology, CUNY

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