Important News

• What?  get to know the Corpus of Contemporary American English, a large collection of American English on the internet that's just sitting there waiting for you to use in the classroom or for research.

• When?  watch the LING list-serves for announcements, or contact Prof. Susan Conrad.

• Where?  [previous mtg] Cramer Hall -- room 1 (computer lab)

• Who?  The Corpus Linguistics group includes students working with Corpus Linguistics and anyone who shows up to learn and share. Hosted by Professor Susan Conrad.

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• Related Interest: Spring-2009 course: LING 4/576 Corpus Linguistic in Language Teaching

Get a sneak peek into this TESOL 2009 conference presentation:

• Who? Akiko Ota and Nancy Dollahite
• What? Grammar Cards:  Using Color-coded Cards for Emerging Literacy Students
• When? Friday, March 6th, 3:00-4:00 
• Where? East Hall 109

Full Details posted on the SOAL events page

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Please see SOAL page or contact Professor Nariyo Kono for details

The Portland ESL Network was recently created to bridge the gap between potential ESL students and programs striving to help them. It offers several resources:

• a comprehensive map with locations of available ESL classes and tutoring;
• an ESL class price comparison chart;
• links to cultural resources and articles;
• a community cultural calendar; and
• on-line resources for students and teachers.

The best part is that the Portland ESL Network is a wiki, which means that it can be maintained and edited by the community. If you have ESL resources to share, you can create a free account and add or update information to share with everyone.

portlandESL.pbworks.com - it's YOUR wiki

Applications are now being accepted for 2009-2010 worldwide teaching positions through the English Language Fellow program.

Administered for the U.S. State Dept. by Georgetown University, the ELF program provides one-year and renewable assignments in Africa, Asia, Europe, Central America and South America.

Positions include a modest salary, housing at local standard, most living costs, and some insurance. U.S. citizenship, and the MATESOL or equivalent MA-level diploma (in-hand by June-2009) are required.

The ELF application is completely on-line, but it takes some time to complete, and letters of recommendation are required. If you plan to apply, now is the time to get started. Wendy Asplin at the ELF Regional Recruitment Center at University of Washington says that PSU's MATESOL program has generated some of her best applicants.

See tentative lists of 2009-2010 classes.

will be held in Denver, 26-29 March. ORTESOL may have some travel grants, carpools, or shared housing ideas available.

will also be held in Denver on 21-24 March, 2009.