MIDTESOL MATTERS

Fall 2006

Presidents Message
By Barbra Adelman

MIDTESOL Participates in TESOL Advocacy Day 2006
By Margaret Silver, Publisher's Liason

Ron Long: One of the Important Contributors to the Field of TESL in MIDTESOL
By Dr. Robert Yates, Central Missouri State University

Wes Eby: "Refocusing" not "Retiring"
By Jennifer Morrison, Springfield Public Schools

Kay Dickerson: Inspiration in the Classroom
By Susan Schindler

Gen Lennon: Integral Force in MIDTESOL's Fledgling Years
By Phyllis Mithen

Adelaide Parsons: SEMO's ESOL / TESOL Inovator
By Phyllis Mithen

MISSOURI STATE SNAPSHOTS
Collected By Sheila Monk

IOWA STATE SNAPSHOTS
Submitted By Mary Barratt

20 East Steps to Preparing an ESOL Newsletter
By A. G. Stromsdorfer

Fall 2004

Presidents Message
By Susan Schindler

“Campaigning For Excellence” Hits The Heartland
MIDTESOL Fall Conference To Be Held October 22 & 23 in Missouri

Caught By My Own Web
By William R. Eubank

Keith S. Folse, April Muchmore-Vokoun, and Elena Vestri-Solomon (2004). Great Essays, Second Edition, Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Reviewed by Sue Almen-Whittaker

Keith S. Folse, Elena V. Solomon, Barbara Smith-Palinkas (2004). Top 20: Great Grammar for Great Writing. Boston, MA: Houghton-Mifflin Company.
Reviewed by A. G. Stromsdorfer

Linda Butler (2004). (Series editor: M. Kathleen Mahnle). Basic Grammar Links, Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Reviewed by Deborah Osborne

Reader’s Theater:  A Dramatic Interpretation of Text
By Stephanie McAndrews

MISSOURI GETS MIGRANT ENGLISH EDUCATION SPECIALIST

DISCOVER A NEW WORLD OF EDUCATION

Spring 2004

International Adoptees: Are They ESOL?
By Nola Magady

Jedi Mind Tricks in the English Classroom
By Jeffrey Mack Elliston, MATESOL

What is MELL?
By Sandra Anderson

Donna Obenda, Series Editor, (2004). Academic Word Power (Books1-4), Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Reviewed by Robyn L. Brinks

State Reports

• Missouri

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  • Using Experience-Text-Relationship
    By A.G. Stromsdorfer

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