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Featured Articles:Ensuring Language Access for Multilingual Families: A Practical FrameworkFrom Silence to Voice: Structured Talk That Works for Multilingual LearnersFeedback That Works: Error Correction in the Four SkillsAddress Pronunciation Challenges Using Home Language PhonologiesPD Corner:A Guide to Reflective Practices for Language Educators'Classroom PracticeVisual Story Mapping: A Practic

TESOL Press is seeking authors for a new book and TESOL Zip Guide.Teaching Academic English: Preparing for and Succeeding in Higher Education, a practical resource for educators preparing multilingual learners of English for English-medium higher education. The book will address academic language and skills, admissions preparation, cultural expectations, and classroom-ready resources. TESOL Zip Gu

LEADERSHIP UPDATESLetter from the ChairFatima Aldajani, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USAThis letter introduces the new RCIS Chair, and a question this issue keeps returning to: who gets to narrate the refugee experience, and what does that authorship make visible, or leave out?Letter from the EditorLinda Molin-Karakoc, University College London, London, Greater London area, United KingdomLear

TESOL Press is seeking proposals for Science of Reading for Multilingual Learners: Adapting Literacy Instruction, a practical, classroom-focused resource to help educators adapt evidence-based literacy instruction for multilingual learners. The book, to publish late 2027, will feature adaptation frameworks, decision-making tools, instructional routines, model lessons, and cross-linguistic strategi

LEADERSHIP UPDATESLetter from the Editors: Where Are We Heading?Andy Jiahao Liu, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USACurtis Green-Eneix, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, Zhejiang, ChinaKEYWORDS IN APPLIED LINGUISTICSLanguage AssessmentAlex Agyena Duah, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USAJ. Dylan Burton, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USANothing makes stud

Featured Articles:Teaching Percent: A Collaborative Math Lesson for Multilingual LearnersDoing the Needful: The Power of Materials That Reflect Global EnglishesEnglish Conversation for International Spouses: A Key to Belonging3 Easy Steps to Teaching the Features of Real Spoken EnglishPerspectives:When Doubt Is the Right Response: A Case for Intentional AI Use in ELTOnline Teaching:How to Choose t

by Gwynn Mason, Director of Marketing and Communications | 29 Jul 2026TESOL International Association (TESOL) and Williamson County Schools (WCS) are proud to announce the completion of a strategic partnership to review the district's English as a Second Language (ESL) program and develop a comprehensive roadmap to strengthen services for multilingual learners of English.Through this collaboration

ANNOUNCEMENTSUpcoming Events:September: Webinar on mentoring in IC in ELTOctober: Lightning TalksNovember: Coffee HourWe are on social media: Facebook, X, MyTESOL, LinkedIn, YouTube Next issue: October 2026LEADERSHIP UPDATES Letter from the Co-ChairsLeslie Bohon, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, USAMelanie van den Hoven, Visiting Professor and SAFIR Affiliate Researcher at Sorbonne University

Featured Articles:Empowering Multilingual High School Students Through Project-Based Learning20 Years of Advocacy Marking a New Era of CollaborationUnlocking Complex Content With Sentence Expansion3 Easy Steps to Teaching the Features of Real Spoken EnglishClassroom Practice:3 Strategies for Better AI Feedback on Student WritingOnline Teaching:From Training to Mentoring: Supporting In-Service Teac

Featured Articles:Leading From Where You Stand: Rethinking Teacher Leadership in TESOLSharing Your Work as Open Educational ResourcesTrauma-Informed Practice Wasn't Built for These Students—But Sumud, Ubuntu, and Kapwa WereWhat Matters in Workplace ESL? Design, Growth, and ImpactOnline Teaching:Tools and Strategies to Keep Your Virtual Class Engaged Read this month's issue

by Gwynn Mason, Director, Marketing & Communications | 09 Jul 2026 TESOL International Association (TESOL) and the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) are proud to announce a new partnership to develop and implement a statewide professional learning self-study course titled Rhode Island Multilingual Learner Awareness Course. Developed to be adaptable to different educator needs, this cours

At TESOL, our members are at the heart of everything we do. That's why, in 2025, TESOL undertook a comprehensive review of our membership structure and value proposition to better understand how we can serve English language teaching (ELT) professionals around the world.More than a membership study, this effort was an opportunity to listen carefully to our community and identify ways to strengthen

TEIS Mix & MingleJoin fellow ELT teacher educators for an informal networking session focused on sharing ideas, experiences, and practices in teacher education. This event invites you to explore different models of teacher education across contexts, discuss current challenges and opportunities, and exchange perspectives on supporting both new and experienced educators.Friday 19 June 2026 | 9am EST

LEADERSHIP UPDATESLetter from the EditorsStefan M. Vogel, University at Albany, SUNY, USABakheet S. Almatrafi, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi ArabiaRyan J. Good, Association of International Cultural and Educational Exchange, TaiwanLetter from the Past ChairAndy Jiahao Liu, University of Iowa, USALetter from the ChairAli Yaylali, Eastern Kentucky University, USAARTICLESAcademic Session ReportAli Ya

LEADERSHIP UPDATES Letter from the EditorsAndy Jiahao Liu, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA Curtis Green-Eneix, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, Zhejiang, ChinaLetter from the ChairAndreea Cervatiuc, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CanadaLetter from the Past ChairMiriam Moore, University of North Georgia, Gainesville, Georgia, USALetter from the Chair-ElectZahra Sa

Featured Articles:Mock Interviews: Bridging Classroom Learning to Professional SuccessFostering Global Citizenship and Agentive Writing in the Multilingual ClassroomLevel Up Your Classroom: How Gamification Can Transform English Language TeachingBoosting Vocabulary With Prefix-Root-Suffix ActivitiesOnline Teaching:AI-Powered Feedback in Online Language LearningClassroom Practice:10 Fun Speaking Ac

TESOL Press invites proposals for two new TESOL Zip Guides: one focused on second language writing and one on teaching speaking. TESOL Zip Guides are compact, six-panel resources designed for busy educators. They distill key concepts into highly practical tools that can be immediately applied in the classroom.Read the full calls to apply.DEADLINE: 15 June 2026NOTE: TESOL will contact ONLY those ap

ANNOUNCEMENTSProposals Open for TESOL 2027 in Houston, Texas, USLEADERSHIP UPDATESLetter from the ChairsLetter from the EditorsARTICLESThree Sisters Soup in the Social Issues Classroom in TanzaniaCatherine Njau, TELTA (Tanzanian English Teachers’ Association), Marangu, Kilimanjaro, TanzaniaA simple meal sparks a powerful insight: what if classrooms worked like “Three Sisters Soup”? This story expl

LEADERSHIP UPDATES Letter From the EditorsElka Kristo Nagy, Ekaterina Arshavskaya, Sarah EmoryLetter from the ChairKyle Swanson, Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USALetter from the Past ChairMorag Burke Harrell, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USAIntroduction of Members at LargeKostiantyn (Kostya) Fesenko, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah USAGinessa (La

TESOL offers two premier opportunities for English language teaching (ELT) professionals around the globe to share research, exchange knowledge, elevate their practice, and strengthen their networks within a global community dedicated to advancing the field and improving learner outcomes. Across these opportunities, ELT professionals from more than 100 countries engage in sessions on emerging tren