MATSOL Currents Fall/Winter 2018-19

Vol. 41, No. 2

President’s Message
An Update from MATSOL’s Director of Professional Learning ANN FELDMAN
A Report on MATSOL’s Advocacy Supporting the Implementation of the LOOK Act HELEN SOLÓRZANO
The Private Language School/Intensive English Program Conference JOSHUA STONE
The Community College Conference JUANITA BRUNELLE
MATSOL’s Fall Social MARY CLARK, WITH PHOTOS BY YUIKO SHIMAZU
What’s Happening in MATSOL’s Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

A Useful Classroom Activity: Ask the Question! RUBABA MATIN
Instructional Strategies for Teaching Basic Literacy SHARIFA DJURABAEVA
Some Thoughts on TESOL’s 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners KATHY LOBO
It’s the Culture, Stupid: Revisiting Lisa Delpit’s Other People’s Children in a Data-Driven World CATHIE RICCI
A Selection of Activities and Resources for Building Awareness of Race, Culture, and Community YUIKO SHIMAZU
Teaching TESOL Online MELISSA LATHAM KEH & JULIA STAKHNEVICH

What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng, by Dave Eggers REVIEWED BY EILEEN FELDMAN
Class Dojo: A Tool for Communicating with EL Families REVIEWED BY CHRISTINA TERRANOVA
Learning How to Look and Listen: Building Capacity for Video Based Social & Educational Research, by Ben Rydal Shapiro, Rogers Hall, Frederick Erickson, and A1 Studios © Info. REVIEWED BY JOHANNA TIGERT

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