{"id":14113,"date":"2019-05-02T08:37:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T23:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=14113"},"modified":"2019-05-05T11:00:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T02:00:20","slug":"ej89fromed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/issues\/volume23\/ej89\/ej89fromed\/","title":{"rendered":"From the editors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Readers,<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to\u00a0the 89th issue of TESL-EJ!<\/p>\n<p>As usual, this issue offers a wide variety of feature articles spanning theory to practice, the various skill areas, testing &amp; evaluation as well as sociological and psychological perspectives on the teaching and learning process. We hope that you will find them useful for both your current teaching as well as your professional development..<\/p>\n<p>Our Book Review and Media Review teams have been hard at work.\u00a0 This issue features three reviews in each section, more than we have seen in quite a while.\u00a0 Also, we would like to thank\u00a0Stacey Amling for her service as a Media Review editor\u00a0and welcome Timothy Kochem, Iowa State University as her replacement.<\/p>\n<p>On another front, all of the 1500+ TESL-EJ articles since its inception are currently being indexed on SCOPUS. We should be fully indexed in a few more months.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, we have another &#8220;Special Issue&#8221; coming, this one on &#8220;Study Abroad in TESOL&#8221; to be edited by Laura Baecher (Hunter College) and Kristen Lindahl (University of Texas, San Antonio).\u00a0 The announcement follows below. If you have researched this area or have your own personal views concerning study abroad, Please consider submitting your prospectus by the June 1 deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Robb, Editor, for the TESL-EJ Team<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Special Issue:\u00a0 Study Abroad in TESOL (to appear February 2020)<\/h3>\n<h4>Guest Editors: Laura Baecher, Hunter College, City University of New York &amp; Kristen Lindahl, University of Texas, San Antonio<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Call for Abstracts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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\u00a0<em>TESL-EJ\u00a0<\/em>will provide current insight into how study abroad experiences designed specifically for both learners\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0teachers of ESL\/EFL are being conceptualized, theorized, implemented, and researched.<\/p>\n<p>This special issue seeks articles focused either on\u00a0<em>students<\/em>\u00a0of English or\u00a0<em>teachers<\/em>\u00a0of 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<p>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Impact studies of study abroad on participants\u2019 English language development, for instance in the areas of pragmatics, pronunciation, academic discourse, vocabulary, learning strategies, etc. as well as impact on the host community<\/li>\n<li>Investigations of how factors such as age\/stage of learners, feedback, anxiety, length of stay, socialization and other features interact with English learning in study abroad contexts<\/li>\n<li>Explorations of how study abroad shapes pre- and in-service English language teachers\u2019 pedagogical beliefs, skills, identity, knowledge and practices before, during, and immediately after their participation, especially in regard to developing a critical perspective and enhancing teacher language awareness<\/li>\n<li>Examination of conceptual frames for the design and implementation of the study abroad program, such as critical language teacher education, service learning, cultural exchange, internationalization, and features such as World Englishes, Inner\/Outer Circle, and English as an International language<\/li>\n<li>Contextual factors that contribute to English language learning, such as features of the host country, aspects of the program design, faculty facilitation and programmatic activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please send an abstract of no more than 350 words in length with at least ten references along with institutional contact information for all authors, as one MS Word document to lbaecher@hunter.cuny.edu by\u00a0<strong>June 1, 2019.\u00a0<\/strong>Abstracts will be reviewed for fit to the theme. 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