{"id":13805,"date":"2019-01-30T09:41:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T00:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=13805"},"modified":"2019-02-10T08:37:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T23:37:55","slug":"ej88fromed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/issues\/volume22\/ej88\/ej88fromed\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Editors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Readers,<\/p>\n

Welcome to\u00a0the 88th issue of TESL-EJ, with a special treat — our Special Issue on “Teacher Education” ably\u00a0edited by Thomas Farrell of Brock University. Please see Tom’s own Special Issue Editorial<\/a> for the rationale behind this issue as well as the lead article, “Inconvenient Truths About Second Language Teacher Education (SLTE)<\/em><\/a>“, also crafted by him.<\/p>\n

In addition we have two other\u00a0feature article contributions, concerning “Developing Autonomy through Conversation Exchange<\/a>” and “Demotivating factors in Reading and Writing<\/a>“. We also have our usual fare of an “On the Internet” article, and book and media reviews. The “On the Internet article<\/a>” is an opus magnum by faculty members of Brigham Young University describing the development of\u00a0a guide to online materials for the teaching of pronunciation, with an important focus on the teaching of prosody.<\/p>\n

And we have some very good news! TESL-EJ has been, at long last, accepted for indexing by SCOPUS. It will still take a few months for the actual indexing to be completed.<\/p>\n

We are also excited to announce yet another “Special Issue”, this one on “Study Abroad in TESOL” to be edited by Laura Baecher (Hunter College) and Kristen Lindahl (University of Texas, San Antonio).\u00a0 The announcement follows below.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Thomas Robb, Editor, for the TESL-EJ Team<\/p>\n

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Special Issue:\u00a0 Study Abroad in TESOL (to appear February 2020)<\/h3>\n

Guest Editors: Laura Baecher, Hunter College, City University of New York & Kristen Lindahl, University of Texas, San Antonio<\/h4>\n

Call for Abstracts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research on study abroad in second language learning indicates that students gain more globally-informed and critical perspectives and improve their foreign language skills.\u00a0 This special issue of TESL-EJ <\/em>will provide current insight into how study abroad experiences designed specifically for both learners and<\/em> teachers of ESL\/EFL are being conceptualized, theorized, implemented, and researched.<\/p>\n

This special issue seeks articles focused either on students<\/em> of English or teachers<\/em> of EFL\/ESL engaged in either short or long term study abroad programs.\u00a0 Participant type, countries of origin and destinations for the study abroad experience should be explicitly named in the abstract.<\/p>\n

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:<\/p>\n