Newsletter Submission Form

Interest Section: ITA

Month & Year: October 2024

Editors: Elka Kristonagy & Katya Arshavskaya

TESOL ITA-IS New Members

LEADERSHIP UPDATES* (required; up to 3)

Letters from editors, chairs, chair-elects, etc.

1. TITLE (ALL CAPS): 1_LETTER FROM THE CHAIR

Author Name(s): Sarah Emory

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2. TITLE (ALL CAPS): 2_LETTER FROM CHAIR ELECT

Author name: Morag (Mo) Burke

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3. TITLE (ALL CAPS): 3_LETTER FROM THE EDITORS

Author: Elka Kristonagy and Ekaterina Arshavskaya

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3a_Elka

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ARTICLES* (required; up to 4) - Since we have no community updates, could we have 5 articles this time? Thank you!

Features, stories, anecdotes, etc.

4. TITLE (ALL CAPS): “PLANE” LANGUAGE: (ONE OF) ITA TRAINERS’ CHALLENGES

Author: Roger Anderson

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5. TITLE (ALL CAPS): TEACHING THE “MOVES” OF AN OFFICE HOUR TO TEACHING ASSISTANTS

Author Name(s): Robin Brinks Lockwood

Author Photo File Name(s) (encouraged): 5a_Robin Brinks

6. TITLE (ALL CAPS): THE ABCs OF ACTFL CERTIFICATION - MOVING FROM CONCEPT TO COMPLETION

Author Name(s): Jayasri Srinivasan, Alice Wu, Jody Gabler, Mila Vescherevich, and Derina Samuel

Author Photo File Name(s) (encouraged): 6A Jayasri Srinivasan, 6B Alice Wu, 6C Jody Gabler, 6D Mila Vescherevich, and 6E Derina Samuel

7. TITLE: STUDENTS AS GPT PROMPT ENGINEERS - A SAMPLE EMAIL WRITING ACTIVITY

Authors’ names: Cynthia DeRoma

Photos: 7A_DeRoma

8. TITLE (ALL CAPS): AN ITA PROGRAM AT THE CENTER OF GRADUATE STUDENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: APPROACHES, CONTEXT, POSITIONING FOR SUCCESS

Author Name(s): Pamela Pollock

Author Photo File Name(s) (encouraged): 8A_Pollock

ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY* (required; up to 3) - only 2 here

IS Leadership Team, Mission, Call for Submissions, etc.

9. TITLE: Minutes for ITA-IS Business Meeting

10. TITLE: TESOL ITA-IS Steering Committee Minutes

GENERAL SUBMISSION QUICK GUIDE

Articles should

• have the title in ALL CAPS.
• list a byline: author’s name with hyperlinked email, affiliation, city, country, & an author photo.
• include a 2-3 sentence (or less) teaser for the Newsletter Homepage.
• be no longer than 1,750 words (includes bylines, teasers, main text, tables, and author bios).
• contain no more than five citations.
• 2- to 3-sentence author biography at the end of the article.
• follow the style guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition (APA style).
• be in .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .txt format.

All figures, graphs, and other images should be sent in separate jpg files.

If the author includes a photo, it must be:

• a head and shoulder shot
• a jpg
• 120 x160
• clear, clean, professional, appropriate to the article