MATSOL Currents Spring/Summer 2019

Vol. 42, No. 1

MATSOL News

  • President’s Message
  • MATSOL’s 2019 Annual Conference
  • Elections to the MATSOL Board of Directors
  • MATSOL Staff Changes
  • What’s Happening in MATSOL’s SIGs
  • MATSOL at TESOL 2019
  • The TESOL 2019 Policy & Advocacy Summit - JUANITA BRUNELLE, MAURA DEAN, STEPHANIE MARCOTTE, & MEAGHAN MCDONNELL

Get Involved

  • Join a MATSOL Sub-Committee or Task Force
  • Submit to MATSOL Publications

Reports

  • Amidst the Gloom of Spring, Brighter Days for Adult Education: A Report from the Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education (MCAE) - JEFF MCLYNCH

Articles

  • The Importance of Play in the Language Development of Early Childhood ELs - CORRINNA HORTON
  • Engaging Students: More Than Just a Riddle & No Joke! - KATHY LOBO
  • A Family Engagement Project: Teaching and Learning From EL Parents - EMILY SPITZMAN & ALEXANDRA DEMA
  • Challenging Deficit Perspectives of Multilingual Learners in Everyday Talk - KATHRYN ACCURSO, STEPHANI LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ, & ALICIA LOPEZ
  • Integrating Advocacy for ELs into Teacher Education Programs - STEPHANIE GARRONE-SHUFRAN
  • Teacher Preparedness and Perspectives on Teaching English Language Learners in a State with a Rapidly Growing EL Population - ANDREA STAIRS-DAVENPORT & MEAGHAN BRADBURY

Essays

  • Experiences of a First-Year ESL Teacher - SUMEYRA GOK

Reviews

  • The Mursion Simulation Scenario for Practicing Parent Engagement Techniques REVIEWED BY ALEXANDRA DEMA, EMILY SPITZMAN, JEANNE INGLE, ANDREA CAYSON, & GIA RENAUD
  • The Secret of Clouds - REVIEWED BY EILEEN R. FELDMAN