The
June 2002 issue offers:
TEACHER
OF THE YEAR: Language
Magazine invites nominations for its inaugural Teacher
of the Year Award.
FOCUS:
Lori Langer de Ramirez explains how authentic literature
can be used as a vehicle for sharing language and culture.
SPECIAL REPORT: Nile Stanley reports from the Harvard
Literacy Institute.
TESTING:
Barbara S. Andrews believes that proficiency testing
“mania” is a serious threat to the future of language
teaching in America’s schools.
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Bill Hellriegel advocates a “hands-off”
approach for supervisors of language teachers.
DIALECTS:
In a world awash with linguistic conformity, Natalie Schilling-Estes
reports on an island dialect that is not only retaining its character
but is actually becoming more distinct from mainstream American
English.
ELECTRONIC
EDUCATION: Steven Donahue examines the use of ETS Technologies’
e-raterTM as a powerful tool to help faculty readers calibrate
their standards for evaluating written ESL essays.
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