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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 2016 Issue
(Volume 46, issue 1)
| Table of Contents | Pages |
|---|---|
| President's Letter by Sarah Elia, Haggerty English Language Program, SUNY New Paltz |
1-3 |
| Raising Awareness about "World Englishes" in the ESL Classroom: The Case of Indian English by Lubie G. Alatriste, NYC College of Technology, & Kruti Suba, NYC College of Technology |
4-6 |
| Strategies to Support Students with Cultural Misunderstandings: An Intercultural Approach by Lucas Rezende Almeida, SUNY New Paltz |
7-9 |
| Review of Keith S. Folse, Vocabulary Myths: Applying Second Language Research to Classroom Teaching Book Review by Scott Freiberger |
10-11 |
| The Implications of a "Single Story" in Instructing English Language Learners Shari Brathwaite, PS/IS 323 |
12-15 |
| From Community of Practice to Community
by Margaret Culhane, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY |
16-17 |
| Interview with Dr. Andy Curtis, President, TESOL International by Sarah Elia, President, NYS TESOL and Susanne Marcus, Past President, NYS TESOL |
18-21 |
| Farewell letter by Elizabeth Fonseca, Columns Editor, Nassau Community College |
22 |
| Blast from the Past: Revival of the Audio-Lingual Method
by Touria Ghaffari |
23-24 |
| A Journey of an ESL Student with Hearing Loss
by Joo Young Hong, Houghton College |
25-27 |
| Promoting Language Fluency Through the Use of Voiceovers
by Alexandra McCourt, East Hampton Middle School and Sylvia Schumann, East Hampton Middle School |
28-29 |
| Gamebooks for the ESL Classroom
by Mary M. Slechta and Rebecca M. Karli |
30-32 |
| Action Strategies to Connect ELLs with the Common Core Standards
by Dorothy Taylor, SUNY Buffalo |
33-34 |
| Reflections: Teaching and Terrorism by Barbara Suter, Retired ESL Teacher |
35 |
| Tech Tools
by Ravneet Parmar, Manhattan Education Opportunity Center |
36-37 |
| Promising Practices-correction Ann Wintergerst, St. John's University |
38 |
| Photos from the 45th NYS TESOL Annual Conference |
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| NYS TESOL leadership (2016) |
