WAESOL Educator is our newly formatted biannual publication. Our goal is to share information related to teaching practices and materials, research, and professional development opportunities.
Please consider submitting an article or sharing information about upcoming professional development opportunities.
The submission deadline for the Winter 2020 issue is October 4th, 2019.
Summer 2019 Issue
You may download the full version of our WAESOL Educator Summer 2019 issue or access each article individually below:
Letter from the WAESOL President
Featured Article:
School, Learner, or Teacher Profiles
Pomeroy and Knight – Spotlight on Guided Pathways at Renton Technical College
From the Field: Teaching Reflections and Teaching Tips
Ahmed, R. – Giving Students a Purpose to Read: A Lesson Plan
Bencherab & Sulaivany – Teaching Reading out of the Box by Activating Students’ Background Knowledge
Greenfield, L. – Getting Students Talking
Poteet, R. – Interaction is the Key Element for Online Class Engagement and Retention
Schroeder, S. – Glad to Hear It: Using Podcasts to Encourage Listening Practice
Scholar-Practitioner Articles
Burgess, D. – Omnilinguistic Pedagogy
Reeves & Liang – Stylistic Imitation as a Heuristic for Free Writing
Schulze, Ittner, & Marquez – Translanguaging in the Multilingual Classroom
Conference Reviews
Brooks, M. – Vorholt’s New Ways in Teaching Speaking
Lesmeister – Reading Apprenticeship Realized and More Important than Ever
WAESOL Grants & Awards
Apply for WAESOL Scholarships Grants and Awards Now!
Zhang, X. – Grant Report – 2019 AERA Annual Meeting
Schubert, L. – Project Funding Grant Report
Thank you for reading.
Please consider submitting an article for the Winter 2020 issue!
Winter 2019 Issue
You may download the full version of our WAESOL Educator Winter 2019 issue or access each article individually below:
Featured Article:
School, Learner, or Teacher Profiles
National Teacher of the Year Mandy Manning
From the Field: Teaching Reflections and Teaching Tips
Falconer, L. – What’s a Level One ESL Class doing in the Computer Lab? Learning!
Hershey, M. – Utilizing Task-Types to Guide Lesson Planning
Mart, P. – Stepping Outside my ESL Comfort Zone: Community Development in Rwanda
Scholar-Practitioner Articles
Sulaivany & Bencherab – The Forgotten Tool in ESL/ELA: Storytelling
Marshak, S. – To Stay or Not to Stay? Reflections on International Student Retention
Conference Reviews
Roth, M. – TESOL Policy & Advocacy Summit
Freeman & Woods – BCTEAL and News from the North
2018 Grants and Awards Recipients
Jennifer Haywood – Excellence in Teaching Award
Lia Preftes – Sally Wellman Volunteer Award
Xue Zhang – Professional Development Grant
Gonzaga ESL Community Outreach (GECO) – Project Funding Grant
Leah Schubert – Project Funding Grant
Spring 2018 Issue
Conference Reviews
Roth, M. – TESOL Policy & Advocacy Summit
Lesmeister, M. – Metacognition & Mindfulness Conference
School, Learner, or Teacher Profiles
From the Field: Teaching Reflections and Teaching Tips
Wood, D. – An Eclectic’s Guide to Teaching
Kehe, D. – Want Your Students to Seem More Likeable?
Weimer, J. – Where’s That in the Text?
Scholar-Practitioner Articles
Vralstad & Reeves – Finding a Voice in Standard American English
Shulze, J. – Teachers as Language Detectives
Albalawi, A. – The Effectiveness of Corrective Feedback
Ryan, C. – Thoughts of a Place
Poblet & Toof – Making Changes That Matter
2017 Grants and Awards Recipients
Gonzaga – Spokane Public Schools Summer Language Program
Reading Around the Forest Program at Sherwood Forest Elementary
Professional Development Grant
Suzanne Norring – Excellence in Teaching Award
Ibtesam Hussain – Sally Wellman Volunteer Award
Calendar of Events
Spring 2017 Issue
You may download the full version of our WAESOL Educator Spring 2017 issue or access each article individually below:
School, Learner, or Teacher Profiles:
Michele Leistmeister Interview.
From the Field: Teaching Reflections and Teaching Tips
Poblet, I. Talking Circles in the ELL Classroom.
Utton, A. -Ed in the Present Simple.
Scholar-Practitioner Articles
Reeves, L. “Interconnectedness” Through Daily Writing: Orchardists’ Daughters Tell Their Stories.
Alqahtani, N. Thesis Statement as a Struggle for ESL Students.
Wakeman, J. Native-Like Pronunciation vs Comprehensibility.
ELT Resources
Yu, X. Three Useful features of Compleat Lexical Tutor (v.8) for Vocabulary Teaching.
Conference Reviews
Fox, L. WAESOL Professional Development Grant Recipient Report.
Shelton, H. Conference Cross-Talk: Tracing Across Repertoires/Resources.
Olson, J. TESOL Conference Review.
Please contact the publications committe with your submission ideas: editor@waesol.org or click HERE to upload your article.
Contact the editor if you are interested in submitting to any of the following sections:
School, Learner, or Teacher Profiles
Would you like your school to be featured in our publication? Do you have a story to tell about a student or a colleague at your institution? Have your students interviewed each other? Let us know if you would like to be featured in our next publication. Contact us for more information on the format.
Submissions can be in Q and A format, or third-person profile. We welcome an informal, open tone. This section is intended to make it easier for members to reach out and get to know each other. You may want to include related social media links to help members connect or follow the person/institution featured. Photos help put faces to names, so include one if at all possible! See this page for an example.
From the Field: Teaching Reflections and Teaching Tips
Do you have classroom experiences or activities that may be useful for other practitioners?
Submit an article of up to 1100 words reflecting on your teaching experiences. You may also write about a recent lesson you have taught, describing the population, objectives, materials used, different stages, and the outcomes. Please list any citations at the end of the reflection or activity in APA format. Optional: include any original materials or open access web resources.
Scholar-Practitioner Articles
This is a space for you to submit research articles based on a current problem of practice or current teaching context. Articles should not be over 1500 words (excluding references). Please follow APA guidelines.
Academic Corner: Book and Article Reviews
Let us know about any books or interesting articles you have read lately by writing a summary and a short reflection.Reviews should be approximately 500 words.
ELT Resources Review
We are interested in hearing about textbooks, materials, websites, blogs, or specific resources you would like to recommend to the greater WAESOL community. If interested, please write a 300-word summary of the resource describing its purpose, how you have utilized it in your context, and why you believe this resource may be useful to other professionals in the field.
Conference Reviews and Professional Development
Have you attended a captivating or thought-provoking session lately? Do you have insights to share about a recent conference you attended? Share your experience with the rest of the community by telling us all about it in 1000 words or less.
Live Calendar
Do you know of any regional professional development opportunities (courses, conferences, seminars) taking place this year? Please let us know!