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New
Resource for ESL/EFL Materials Writers
The Materials Writers Web Resource has been established to provide timely
information for writers who prepare materials for use in ESL and EFL.
MWWR is edited by Pat Byrd, Cynthia Schuemann, and Keith Folse.
Writer's Block Analyzed & Overcome
Cynthia
Schuemann discusses our rituals as writers--and how
we face and overcome writer's block.
Research
& Materials Writing
Keith
Folse considers research
on the effects of different types of activites on student learning--and
provides a selected bibliography on the teaching and learning of vocabulary.
Web
List of Articles on Textbooks
Pat
Byrd has developed a
web-based list of research articles and other scholarly materials about
textbooks. The articles include discussions of how textbooks are used,
how they are written, how they are selected for use in classes and programs,
and how they need to be changed. Contributions to the list are welcomed.
Please send the full reference to patbyrd@mindspring.com.
TESOL's
MWIS at Salt Lake City
Materials
writers will find a variety of sessions at TESOL's convention in Salt
Lake City. The sessions include an academic session focused on vocabulary
along with other sessions that report on research and development of interest
to professional writers.
TESOL
Website Provides Conference Information
Details about sessions
at TESOL can be found on the TESOL
Website. Keith Folse, the chair of the Materials Writers Interest
Section of TESOL, urges members of that group to attend the academic session
on Selecting and writing vocaulary materials, Wednesday, 2:00 pm-4:45
pm, Marriott Downtown Ballroom G&H Combined. In addition, he extends
an invitation to all materials writers to join MWIS and to participate
in the group's business meeting
Community
College ESL Teachers Sought for Web-based Research Project
Cynthia
Schueman, Pat Byrd, and Joy Reid are conducting a web-based research project
to seek detailed information on the attitudes and practices in textbook
use among community college teachers in the U.S. MWWR readers are invited
to share the address for the site with interested teachers. Additionally,
the research design and process might be of interest to other writers
who need to find information about classroom practice. Click
here to go to the site. Questions about the project can be emailed
to patbyrd@mindspring.com.
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