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Exploratory rhetorical analysis of TESOL conference abstracts


Written by - Addison Jalbert and Ritaj Karaja, Canada

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Discourse analysis research has previously investigated the rhetorical structure of abstracts found within empirical texts. This has been used to inform academic writing practices and instruction of English for Academic Purposes courses. More recently, this research has analysed abstracts submitted to conferences in the area of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Research on the rhetorical structure of abstracts has utilized Swalesian rhetorical move-step analysis to figure out if they follow the models Create a Research Space (CARS; Swales, 1990) or Introduction-Methods-Results-Discussion (IMRD; Lores, 2004), finding mixed results (Kessler et al., 2014; Yoon & Casal, 2020). The current study investigated abstracts successfully accepted into a TESOL conference proceeding (KOTESOL, 2023) to continue this research using similar methods,  Continue Reading →

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Conference, EAP, ESL
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Developing targeted technology standards for Avenue language instructors, programs, and learners: An initiative of New Language Solutions


Written by - By John Allan, Deborah Healey, Phil Hubbard, Greg Kessler, Rob McBride, Sharon Rajabi, & Matthias Sturm, Canada & USA

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In August 2020 a new platform for adult newcomer language instruction was released by New Language Solutions (NLS) on Avenue.ca. NLS recognized the need for standards to support effective use of Avenue and technology-enhanced language learning (TELL) in online and blended classes. Concluding that existing technology standards from ISTE and TESOL were too broad for their purposes, NLS initiated a project to develop their own technology standards for Avenue stakeholders including instructors, programs, and learners. These would not be performance evaluation tools but rather best used for self-assessment and for guiding local innovation. Here we report on that initiative, which was introduced at TESL Ontario 2023, focusing on the instructor standards as they are currently the most fully developed.  Continue Reading →

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Technology, TELL
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