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Newsletter Editor
The Newsletter Editor/s:
- is responsible for the dissemination of news and information concerning the Organization and the fields of TESOL through the INTESOL Newsletter
- maintains copies of the INTESOL Newsletters
- is responsible for the publication and dissemination of the INTESOL Newsletter
- acts as liaison to the International TESOL Newsletter and other affiliate Newsletters
- The term of this office is two years.
2010 Co-Editor: Stephanie Balunda
- Current position: Visiting Research Associate, Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC), Department of English, IUPUI
- Originally from: Ogden Dunes (Northwestern), IN
- Area of interest: Adult Education, Corpus Linguistics, EAP, Pronunciation, ESP
(In no special order)
- Places taught:
Atterbury Jobcorps Adult Basic Education (ABE) center, Edinburgh, IN
EAP Program, Department of English, IUPUI
Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC), IUPUI
- Current professional pursuits: I just finished my Master’s thesis on using corpora to teach academic vocabulary (Title: Teaching Academic Vocabulary with Corpora: Students Perceptions of Data-Driven Learning); I traveled to Lancaster University in Lancaster, UK in May of 2009 to the 30th ICAME conference to learn more about using Corpora in research and teaching
I’m involved in a Lilly foundation funded research project which is identifying the linguistic realizations of certain psychological constructs thought to have a role in medical regimen adherence in type 2 diabetics, and which is looking at the health literacy practices of immigrants vs. native-born Americans.
- Languages: Spanish
- Hobbies/outside interests:
Hiking (Recently hiked 50 miles of the GR10 in the French Pyrenees and a 20 mile hike down the Grand Canyon)
and organic gardening
2010 Co-Editor: Snea Thinsan, Phd.
- Current position: Assistant Professor of English, Intensive English Institute
Department of English, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
- Originally from: A small village in Northern Thailand
- Area of interest: CALL, TESOL Methodology, Instructional Systems Technology, Intellectual Development in SLA, Education for Peace, Multicultural Education, Bilingual Education
- Places taught:
Ball State University (2009-present); Indiana University (2002-2009);University of Warwick (2000-2001);Chiang Mai University, Thailand (1994-2000);Southern Cross Training Academy, Sydney, NSW, Australia (1993); Refugee camp for Indo-Chinese refugees (1987-1992, Thailand)
- Current professional pursuits:
Project-based learning in a collaborative team of teachers
Web 2.0’s effects on learning autonomy and social construction of knowledge
Intellectual traits of international students and their transformation
- Languages: Northern Thai/Laotian, Thai, Japanese (still beginning), English
- Hobbies/outside interests:
Soccer
Music: singing with my guitar
Reading the world through websites
Website design
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