Letter from the Chair
Reza Dalman, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota, USA
Hello SPLIS Community!
TESOL’s Speaking, Pronunciation, and Listening Interest Section (SPLIS) is committed to supporting educators and researchers through a variety of resources, including our newsletter, webinars, podcasts, and engaging panel presentations at the TESOL International Convention. The ultimate aim of the initiatives is to bridge the gap between research and classroom practice in an accessible and practical way.
The current issue of our newsletter includes very interesting articles pertaining to (1) how prominence shapes intelligibility and pragmatic meaning in L2 speech by Dina Gadieva; (2) how women English teachers in Southern Italy negotiate accent, authority, and listening in the classroom by Carla Bottiglieri; (3) how AI tools can be used for teacher lesson planning and to support learner autonomy by Esra Oz Cetindere; (4) and how a novice pronunciation teacher was involved in a four-week pronunciation tutoring project implementing the communicative framework through technology-mediated practice by Ahmad Zubaidi Amrullah.
If you haven’t already, I strongly encourage you to visit TESOL’s online platform at my.tesol.org and officially join SPLIS! (Note: Even if you were a member previously, you need to manually rejoin on the new site.) While you’re there, take a moment to update your profile, explore our SPLIS page, and bookmark it for easy access to upcoming events and discussions.
We look forward to connecting with you at the TESOL International Convention and throughout the year! If you have any questions, ideas, or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me at ([email protected]). Let’s continue to collaborate, share insights, and strengthen our community of educators and researchers dedicated to teaching speaking, pronunciation, and listening.
Wishing you a fantastic year ahead—full of engaging lessons, insightful research, and meaningful connections!
Reza Dalman (PhD Northern Arizona University) is an Assistant Professor of TESOL/Linguistics in the English Department at Winona State University. Reza’s research focuses on second language (L2) speech and intelligibility, speech perception and production, and oral assessment and testing. He has published the findings of his research in various TESOL-and Second Language Acquisition-related journals, including TESOL Quarterly, Language Teaching Research, International Journal of Listening, Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, Advances in Language and Literary Studies, and Asia TEFL, inter alia. Reza is currently working on two grant research projects investigating young learners’ English proficiency gains in EFL contexts.