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Language Teachers DOCUMENT RESUME ED 377 739 FL 800 793 TITLE TESOL in Context, 1990-1993. INSTITUTION Australian Council of the TESOL Associations. REPORT NO ISSN-1030-8385 PUB DATE 93 NOTE 386p.; Published twice a year. PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT TESOL in Context; v1-3 1990-1993 EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PC16 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Bilingual Education; Bilingual Instructional Materials; Book Reviews; *Classroom Communication; Classroom Environment; Classroom Techniques; Competency Based Education; *Cooperative Learning; Dramatics; Educational Strategies; Elementary Secondary Education; *English (SecondLanguage); Foreign Countries; Group Dynamics; Immigrants; Instructional Improvement; Instructional Materials; Language Skills; Language Teachers; Language Tests; *Literacy Education; *Literature Appreciation; Postsecondary Education; Professional Associations; Second Language Instruction; Speech Skills;Teacher Education; Testing; Writing (Composition); Writing Instruction IDENTIFIERS Australia; *Content Area Teaching ABSTRACT This document consists of the first three volumes (six issues) of the journal "TESOL in Context". Issues contain articles on a variety of topics in the teaching ofEnglish to speakers of other languages (TESOL), focusing oncurrent issues and concerns in Australia. Article topicsinclude teaching techniques and methods, program and course descriptions, teachertraining, classroom management, instructional materials, and classactivities. All levels of education (elementary, secondary,postsecondary) are included. Five of the issues have themes: literacy and literatureinstruction; collaborative/cooperative learning; student assessment; development of oral language skills; and classroom research.Professional announcements, interviews, a problem-solving column,book announcements, and instructional materials reviews areincluded in each issue. (MSE) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse onLiteracy Education) *************************************************w********************* Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that canbe made from the original document. *********************************************************************** v"- Ink Teaching English toSpeakers of OtherLanguages TESOL IN CONTEXT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION U and ImprOvement Oiirce of Educatanat Research Perspectives INFORMATION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS CENTER IERICI has been reproducedas MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY a<0wowed from the person or°row ahon PracTESOL orvnaong ri 0\e., Peen made to Improve P Minor changes have TESOL Talk reoroduchon moldy Points of view oroprnionssfatedrnthrS00Cu went do not necessardyrepresent ofhcral Resources OEM pos.ton or PohOY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ESL & The Mainstream INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)" 9 BEST COPY AVAILABLE Journal of Australian Council of TESOLAssociations Vol. 1 No. 11990 ISSN 1030 8385 TESOL inContextisaPreference will be given to originalKathy Johnston, publication of the Australianarticles relevant to the interfaceCatholic Education Office of Victoria Council of TESOL Associations forbetween the teaching of English toDavina Lippmann, teachers and schools with TESOLSpeakers of Other Languages andon leave from Adult Migrant programs. It will appear twice permainstream teaching as well asEducation Program year. practicalspecialistTESOL material. Anne Motti, TESOL in Context has six sections: Flemington English Language Reviews and materials for Centre 1. TESOL Perspectives, which willreview should be sent to theLance Vertigan, contain two or three articles ofReview Editor Collingwood College 1000 - 2000 words on issues,Davina Lippmann curriculum strategies and74 Rowell Street Louise Young-Harrington, policies; Burwood Victoria 3125 Heidelberg School Support Centre 2. PracTESOL, which will containSubscriptions Editorial Consultants five or six articles of 2000 - 3000Lance Vertigan Jenny Barnett, SATESOL, words on good ideas andCollingwood College South Australian College of applications, classroom tactics,PO Box 63, Advanced Education materials and units of work andAbbotsford Victoria 3067 so on; Gary Birch, QATESOL; 3. TESOL Talk, where practisingAdvertising can be arrangedGriffith University teachers talk about their workthrough Alice Buckley, ATESOL ACT). and experience; Sophie Arkoudis Narrabundah College 4. TESOL Reviewer,indepth c/-Heidelberg School Support reviews of books and materials;Centre Priscilla Clarke, VATME, 5. TESOL Resources, which will PO Box 53 Free Kindergarten Association of containnotices and short,Heidelberg West Victoria 3081 Victoria Multicultural Resource practical reviews andCopyright for articles published inCentre descriptionsof human andTESOL in Context is vested in the Anni Folk, WATESOL, materialresources,withpublication. Permission to reprintLanguage Centre Bookshop information on where to contactarticleselsewhere should be Ross Forman, ATESOL(NSW), or obtain them; sought from the Editor, with the Secondary ESOL Inservice, 6. TESOL Troubleshooter,a exception of materialfornon-Department of Education readers' query column, whichcommercialclassroomand will focus on practical problemsinservice purposes. Sue Fullagar, VATME, and issues raised by readers. National ELICOS Accreditation Acknowledgment Scheme Articles, notices or lettersFunding from the Department of should be sent to Employment, Education and Joy Phillips, ATESOL(NSW), ITATE The Editor, TESOL in Context Training enabled the inception ofRuth Wajnryb, ATESOL(NSW), 4 Ada Street TESOL in Context.ACTA isSydney English Language Centre West Preston Victoria 3072. gratefulforthatessentialAustralian Council of TESOL contribution. Associations Contributions should be typed andNote: PO Box 1730P, GPO Melbourne, double-spaced on white A4 paper,TESOL in Context is a forum ofVictoria 3001 with a margin of at least 4 cm onexpression of ideas on mattersPresident: Chris Davison the left side. At least, two copiesrelatedtoTESOL.UnlessSecretary: Lorna Hannan should be submitted. specifically indicated as ACTATreasurer: Patricia Newton-Howieson policy, the opinions expressed in Membership of ACTA is only effected Contributors should attacha this publication do not necessarilythrough membership of one of its statement of up to 35 wordsreflect the views of ACTA. constituent associations. containing their name/s, position ACTA Member Associations and institutional affiliations, andAny errorsof factare the ATESOL (ACT) relevant interests and experience.responsibility of the authors. PO Box 3302 Manuka ACT 2603 Photographs used in this issue by ATESOL (NSW) All references to books, articlescourtesy of the Victorian MinistryPO Box 296 Rozelle NSW 2039 and other sour es are to beof Education. identified at an appropriate point ATESOL (NT) in the text by name of author, yearEditor PO Box 41153 Casuarina NT 0811 of publication and pagination, e.g.,Tony Ferguson, QATESOL (Cleland and Evans, 1988: 5). ForFootscray City Secondary College Immigrant Education Centre referencesin appendix titledEditorial Sub-Committee PO Box 2311 Inala Qld 4077 References, list all items cited in Sophie Arkoudis, SATESOL the text alphabetically by author,Heidelberg School Support Centre c/- 29 Alpha Street Prospect SA 5082 and for each author, by year ofSandra Bouwmans, TasAME publication, e.g., Cleland, Bill & 36 King Street Sandy Bay Tas 7005 Evans. Ruth,lqwl. LoarniplgBrunswick English Language Centre English Through Topics AboutChris Davison, ACTA President, VATME Asia Teacher's Book, ESL TopicInstitute of Education, PO Box 1730P Melbourne Vic 3001 Books,LongmanCheshire,University of Melbourne WATESOL & TESLWAGS Melbourne. PO Box 117 Mt Lawley WA 6050 TESOL in CONTEXT Journal of the Australian Council of *TESOL associations. ©TESOL in Context Volume 1, Number 1, 1990. ISSN 1030-8385 ( IN THIS ISSUE Page Editorial 3 Planning a Lesson within an Glossary 4 ESL I Social Studies Program Nola Philip 30 TESOL Perspectives What is so special about Questioning TESOL anyway? Sandra Bouwmans 36 Tony Ferguson 5 TESOL Talk Teacher Development and Stepping Out ESL in the Mainstream Ben Taaffe talks with Andrew Kay 7 Ruth Wajnryb about retraining for TESOL 39 Content-Based Language Instruction : Helping ESL /EFL TESOL Reviewer 41 students with Language and Study Longman Keys to Language Skills at Tertiary Level Teaching Series Colin Beasley 10 Learning English through Topics about Asia PracTESOL Aboriginal Perspectives on. When Nature Needs Some Help ! Experience and Learning: the The Natural Learning Approach Role of Language in Aboriginal and the Teaching of ESL in the Education Primary School Integrating English: Developing Chris Davison 15 English Language and Literacy in the Multilingual Classroom English Language Use in Mainstream Subject Classrooms: TESOL Resources 46 Problems and Strategies Bernadette Maher 19 TESOL Troubleshooter 49 Bridging the Gap: A 'Language- Liftout: Principles of Teaching Conscious' Approach to Science and Learning Language: Jenny Davies & Elizabeth Adeney 25 A Checklist 51 O c) * Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages eta A Word From The Presidentof TESOL associations (ACTA.) hascan also help to overcome some of been a strong and committedthefeelings ofisolation Dear Colleagues, advocate of TESOL.Since itsexperienced by teachers working inception ACTA has been planningin many ESL contexts, especially Itis with great pleasure andthe development of its own journal,teachers in the smaller states. We anticipation thatItake thisboth as a forum of discussion for itswould particularly welcome their
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