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TESOL&AL End-of-year PARTY: Friday, May 3rd

TESOL & Applied Linguistics End-of-Year Party! This Friday! We know it's a busy time with finals, but please join us for great food and festivities at this year's TC TESOL & AL Programs End-of-Year Party! Drinks and excellent food fare will be served, end-of-the-year announcements made, and APPLE & Fanselow Award …

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2013 APPLE Lecture Series

Please join us on FRIDAY, APRIL 19th, for our 2013 APPLE Lecture Series with esteemed Professor Mary McGroarty from Northern Arizona University. Afternoon Colloquium for current TESOL/AL students and faculty will be held in Horace Mann 150 from 1:30-3:00. The title of the talk will be: Why don't we know what's good for us: Discontinuity …

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Ed.D Student Di Yu to present at AAAL 2013

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Professor Hansun Waring and Ed.D student Elizabeth Reddington to present at Colloquium at AAAL 2013

DIS Research Methods and Research Questions in Humor Studies This colloquium critically examines the present research agenda in humor studies and calls for its expansion, in terms of both the research methods being used and the types of questions being asked. The contributions of mixed methods, conversation analysis, longitudinal case studies, and acoustic analysis to …

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Professors James Purpura and Hansun Waring to present at Colloquium at AAAL 2013

ILTA at AAAL Colloquium - Learning-Oriented Assessment (LOA) in Classrooms: A Place where SLA, Interaction, and Language Assessment Interface Many L2 assessment researchers (e.g., Rea-Dickins, 2003; Leung, 2005) have acknowledged the central role that assessment plays in L2 classrooms and have recognized the need to relate assessment principles and practices to teaching and learning. Empirical …

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Ed.D Student Drew Fagan to present at AAAL 2013 and TESOL 2013

AAAL 2013 From "No" to "Let's Think About That": Systematically Managing Negative Feedback in L2 Classroom Discourse The current study examines the systematicity with which one expert ESOL teacher provides and differentiates negative feedback practices across classroom interactions. Utilizing conversation analytic and ethnographic methods, varied examples of the teacher’s negative feedback practices will be examined …

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MA Applied Linguistics Student EunSeok Ro to present at the Graduate Student Forum at TESOL 2013

The Graduate Student Forum is a 1-day mini-conference
that invites graduate students in TESOL teacher preparation programs to share the results of their research, their teaching ideas and experiences, and the materials they have developed. Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas Wednesday, March 20, 8:00am - 5:00pm

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Dr. Carolin Fuchs and Dr. Bill Snyder to present at Roundtable Session at AAAL 2013

It's Not Just the Tool: Instructional Design for Exploiting the Potential of Social Networking This case study explores the extent to which pre-service language teachers used Google Wave, an online writing tool and social networking site, beyond their pedagogical tasks, and the course design implications of this use. Genre-based pedagogy may be a necessary support …

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Dr. Inez Heath selected as a member of the Standing Committee on Diversity for TESOL Organization

Dr. Inez Heath has been selected to serve a 3-year term as a member of the Standing Committee on Diversity. Congratulations, Dr. Inez Heath!

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Dr. Ari Sherris to present for TESOL/AL Web Journal Brown Bag Lecture Series

Disturbing the future: Curriculum Change in an Israeli Kibbutz School November 8, 2012 12 p.m. 150 Horace Mann Sociolinguistics and anthropology have often underscored the experiential import of narrative (see review by Ochs and Capps, 1996). Hymes (1975) celebrates narrative as a universal function of language. Nevertheless because of its positioning within a particular context, …

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Professor ZhaoHong Han to present at TCCRISLS at Teachers College on October 5th

40 Years Later: Updating the Fossilization Hypothesis Fossilization, an interlanguage-particular phenomenon whereby a semi-developed linguistic form or construction shows permanent resilience to environmental influence and hence absence of further progression towards the target, is one of the most popular concepts among second language researchers and teachers. In fact, it was the empirical motivation for the …

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Doctoral Student Drew Fagan to present at 2nd Meeting of the Language and Social Interaction Working Group (LANSI) at Teachers College on September 29th!

Managing Learner Initiatives in L2 Classroom Discourse: An Examination of Teacher Communicative Practices Drew Fagan Teachers College, Columbia University Incorporating a mixture of conversation analytic and ethnographic methods, the current paper examines one teacher’s systematic management of learner initiatives and the reasoning for such management. Varied management practices will be discussed in relation to the …

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Welcome Party September 7th!

The TESOL/AL Programs cordially invite all new and continuing students, Faculty, and Staff to our annual Welcome Party on Friday, September 7th, at 5 p.m. in Russell Courtyard. Great food, cold drinks, and wonderful company will be at the ready! We will also have an information table where you can browse material about all of …

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END OF YEAR PROGRAMS PARTY– MAY 4th!

All current TESOL/AL and TCSOL students, faculty & staff are cordially invited to meet and eat in celebration of the imminent end of the semester! Friday, May 4th 229 Thompson 5:30 p.m. APPLE and Fanselow awards will be announced. See you there!

Posted 13 months ago by TESOL & AL Program

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THE 2nd MEETING OF THE LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION WORKING GROUP (LANSI)

September 28-29 (Fri & Sat), 2012 PLENARY SPEAKERS Irene Koshik (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Timothy Koschmann (Southern Illinois University) CALL FOR PROPOSALS LANSI brings together scholars and students working on naturally-occurring data within the broad area of language and social interaction. In keeping with the LANSI spirit of diversity and dialog, we welcome abstracts …

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Guest Lecture Dr. Ignasi Clemente to speak to LANSI Working Group

Dr. Ignasi Clemente is giving a guest lecture entitled "Applied Conversation Analysis: Interaction Order, Family, and Medicine Social System" on Thurs March 22nd 3-4:40 in RH306. We cordially invite you to attend!

Posted 15 months ago by TESOL & AL Program

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TESOL/AL End-of-Year Celebration

Join your fellow TESOL/AL community members in celebrating the imminent end of the semester, while sampling fabulous cuisine! WHEN: Friday, May 6, 2011,   5 p.m. WHERE:  Grace Dodge 281 Open only to current TESOL/AL/TCSOL students and alumni, as well as Faculty and Staff!

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LANSI talk with Elizabeth Stokoe, March 23th Wednesday 5:00-6:30 PM

Conversations, Categories, and Applications:  Methods for Analysing Interaction Elizabeth Stokoe Loughborough University, UK Room: RH 305 Time: March 23th Wednesday 5:00-6:30 PM This talk will explore some key issues and questions for  ethnomethodologically-inspired interaction analysts, including 1) what sorts of interactional phenomenon can we investigate systematically, 2) what issues are raised by focusing on sequential …

Posted 28 months ago by Michael Vlahovic

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LANSI Call for Papers: Deadline for Electronic Submission May 15, 2011

THE 1ST MEETING OF THE LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION WORKING GROUP (LANSI) TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK CITY OCTOBER 14-15, 2011 (Friday and Saturday) PLENARY SPEAKERS Anita Pomerantz (University at Albany) Joan Kelly Hall (Pensylvania State University) CALL FOR PAPERS LANSI brings together scholars and students working on naturally-occurring data within the broad area …

Posted 28 months ago by Michael Vlahovic

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TESOL/AL Web Journal Brown Bag Lunch Presentation on Feb 22, 2011

Teachers College, Columbia University Working Papers in TESOL and Applied Linguistics cordially invites you to our first Brown Bag Lunch Presentation in the Spring: Event-Related Potentials and Second Language Acquisition: What Goes On in the Brain of an L2 Learner? Dr. John D. Purdy Saint Louis University Date: February 22, 2011 (Tuesday) Time: 2-3 pm …

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