Leadership Updates
From the Editors: The Final Word?
Editors Michael Lessard-Clouston and Meredith Bricker provide a brief history of the CETC Newsletter and introduce this final issue.
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Letter From the Chair: From CETC to CELEF
CETC 2008 Chair Michael Pasquale discusses the future of the organization as it transitions from the Christian Educators in TESOL Caucus (CETC) to the Christian English Language Educators Forum (CELEF) within TESOL and the independent Christian English Language Educators Association (CELEA).
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From Coffee to Caucus: A Brief History of CETC
Wes Eby, the first chair of CETC, describes the conception and development of the caucus and highlights some of its endeavors from its earliest days in 1984 to the present.
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Reflections From Former CETC Chairs
Former chairs of the caucus — Wes Eby, Rita LaNell Stahl, Kitty Purgason, Nancy Zumwalt, Cheri Pierson, Mary Shepard Wong, Karen Asenavage, Eleanor Pease, and Gena Bennett — share their perspectives about key experiences during their leadership of CETC.
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News From CETC
Includes updates and important information for CETC members.
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Articles and Information
The Language of Testimonies and Small Group Discussion
To assist EFL students in learning language related to faith when communicating with Christians from other countries, Yukako Ueno presents her methods for meeting the needs of Christian language learners who seek the language of prayer and testimonies and for sharing one’s thoughts in small group discussion.
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English for Biblical and Theological Purposes
Daniel Gingrich describes his experiences with using English for biblical and theological purposes in his daily work and notes some resources and ideas for it.
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Students’ Language Anxiety: What Teachers Can Do
Sunny Hyeyoung Song surveys research on the development of language anxiety and discusses ways that Christian language teachers can serve their students in order to minimize their students’ anxiety in the classroom.
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A Soft Answer: Yielding for Conflict Resolution
In an effort to help teachers build peaceful and respectful relationships with their students, Russ Mason explains his approach to classroom management, which is based on a “soft response” to conflict.
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Bilingual Language Users’ Learning Experience: Reflections for Educators and Parents
Through research analysis and personal reflection, Grace Wu Lee examines her own language-learning experiences as a bilingual language user and offers encouragement to other bilingual/multilingual speakers.
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Spotlight on CETC Members
CETC members Ayanna Cooper, Michael Medley, Mylinh Nguyen, Alan Seaman, and Joni M. Strohm describe their backgrounds, their experiences in TESOL and CETC, and what has most influenced them.
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About This Member Community
About the CETC Community
A list of CETC leaders for 2008 and their contact information.
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