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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.
Winter 2015 Issue of Idiom online
| Table of Contents | Pages |
|---|---|
| President's Letter by Robin Finnan-Jones, Ed.D., CFN 410, NYC; president of NYS TESOL |
1-2 |
| Adult ESLs and Community Project Resources by Mary Staub, University Settlement |
3-4 |
| X-Word Grammar by Tamara Kirson, The New School for Public Engagement |
5-6 |
| New York State and the Puerto Rican Community Join Forces to Educate English Language Learners/Emergent Bilinguals by Laura Kaplan, CUNY Graduate Center |
7-10 |
| Engaging Adults Toward Pronunciation Proficiency by Tilla Alexander, Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center, Office of Adult and Continuing Education, New York City Department of Education, and Ravneet Parmar, Manhattan Education Opportunity Center |
11-12 |
| Lexical Support for the Five-Paragraph Essay by Johanna Van Gendt, Hudson County Community College in Jersey City, N.J., and Shannonine Caruana, Hudson County Community College in Jersey City, N.J. |
13-16 |
| Where Can a Journey Take You? by Patricia Christian, Central Islip Senior High School, Yanick Frederic, Cordello Elementary School in Central Islip, and Sheila Haglund, Ralph G. Reed Middle School in Central Islip |
17-20 |
| Sustained Professional Development for Common Core Implementation: One Network's Journey by Audrey Cheng, PS 122, Astoria, Queens, Vaughan O. Danvers, NYC Department of Education, Robin Finnan-Jones, Ed.D., CFN 410, NYC; president of NYS TESOL, Andrea Honigsfeld, Ed.D., Molloy College, Rockville Centre, and Hector Uribe, CFN 410, NYC |
21-23 |
| Teacher Power Dynamics in Memoir Writing by Amanda Stessen-Blevins, New York City Department of Education |
24-25 |
| Rasch Analysis of Grammar Test Assessment by Qie Han, Ed.D. student, Teachers College, Columbia University |
26-30 |
| Award-Winning Essays from NYS TESOL Student Essay Contest |
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| Engagement with Text Beyond the Summary: Getting Students to Respond Critically by Rebekah Johnson, Ed.D., LaGuardia Community College, CUNY |
31-33 |
| Conference Chair's Letter by Sarah Elia, SUNY New Paltz |
34 |
| Developing English Learners' Skills for the Common Core through Constructive Conversations by Constance Dziombak, Ed.D., Mount Vernon City School District, Mount Vernon |
35-37 |
| SIGS Spotlight |
38-39 |
| Culture Notes by Scott Freiberger, P.S. 20Q John Bowne Elementary School |
40-41 |
| Tech Tools by Ravneet Parmar, Manhattan Education Opportunity Center |
42-43 |
| Book Review Engaging Ideas by John C. Bean reviewed by Maryanne Kildare, Nassau Community College |
44-45 |
| Using the Discourse Toolkit in Your Classroom by Christine Jacknick, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, and Maureen Matarese-Balmat, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY |
46-48 |
| Photos from Annual Conference |
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| NYS TESOL leadership (2015) |
