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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.

Summer 2015 Issue of Idiom online
(Volume 45, issue 3)


Table of Contents Pages
President's Letter
by Robin Finnan-Jones, Ed.D., Retired NYCDOE; President of NYS TESOL
1-2
Infusing the SIOP Model into the ESL Classroom
by Scott Freiberger, John Bowne Elementary School
3-4
Tech Tools - Engrade
by Ravneet Parmar, Manhattan Educational Opportunity Center
5
Implementing Literature Circles as an Effective Close Reading Tool for ELLs
by Aramina Vega Ferrer, Mercy College, New York
6-8
Creating Relevant Curricula for Low-Literacy Learners
by Nan Frydland, Neighbors Link
9-13
Intercultural Learning at the Intersection of Multiliteracies and Theater
by Alec Lapidus, University of Southern Maine and Marilia Martins, University of Southern Maine
14-16
Making Nonfiction Informational Text Comprehensible for ELLs
by Jo Ann Miles, John Philip Sousa Elementary School and Debra Calluzzo, John Philip Sousa Elementary
17-24
Can Flipped Learning Increase Motivation?
by Emily Lepkowski, New York City-Dept. of Education
25-27
Utilizing Technology to Build a Sense of Community with ELLs
by Alexandra McCourt, East Hampton UFSD
28-29
English as the Language of Unity with Simple Lessons of History
by Touria Ghaffari, EC English
30-31
NYS TESOL leadership (2015)