Purpose
The goal of the EFL-IS Newsletter is to present information about the specialized professional interests of its membership to keep them abreast of current knowledge, practices, thoughts, and materials related to that particular area of expertise.

Audience
The EFL-IS Newsletter is primarily oriented to teachers and teacher trainers outside the United States and to teachers who wish to teach outside the United States at all levels of education: K-12, 2- and 4-year institutions of higher learning, adult education, English for specific purposes, and language institutes. Each of these settings has teachers with special experience, expertise, and needs that provide for a variety of interests and a broad readership.

Vision

1. The EFL-IS Newsletter is a 6- to 12-page unillustrated publication comprising solicited and unsolicited articles.
2. It provides articles to teachers and administrators on strategies, activities, and ideas to enhance their skills and effectiveness in developing lessons, curricula, programs, materials, and evaluation instruments. It also provides a forum where educators can voice their opinions on topics related to these areas.
3. Its content is immediately accessible and practical. It publishes articles that are professional in style, written in language that is clear and understandable to all EFL educators.
4. It balances the items in each issue so as to address all of its constituent audiences.
5. It provides a forum for connecting EFL teachers around the world; alerting EFL-IS members in the United States to the special needs of EFL teachers; providing information and ideas on teaching methods and some research that relates to the reality of EFL teaching within countries and within classrooms.

Call for Submissions:

Day in the Life. EFL IS members teach in a tremendous variety of contexts and settings. Share yours with us! If you wish, this can be done as an e-mail interview with one of the editors—just contact us at the e-mail addresses listed below. 400–600 words.

The Other Hand. If you have a strong opinion on a burning issue, this is the place for you. Tell us what you think! This column might also feature excerpts from responses to issues or questions raised on the e-list. 400–600 words.

Classroom Idea Exchange. What has worked in your classroom? Describe the activity or technique in a short and practical manner. 200–300 words.

We continue to accept submissions of

Articles. absolute maximum of 1,000 words.

Conference reports. If you have been to a professional conference recently, write up what stands out in your mind about the experience, sessions, speakers, or setting.200–400 words.

Book/resource reviews. These might be formal notices, but they can also be more subjective or conversational recommendations. 300–500 words.

In addition, we are willing to publish conference announcements and a variety of other relevant information of professional interest to our members.

Submissions are accepted throughout the year and may be edited for reasons of space, correctness, or clarity. Deadlines for contributions to our planned quarterly issues are March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1.

Please e-mail submissions to one or both of the coeditors:

Brad Baurain, College of Foreign Languages, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam, bbaurain@elic.org.

Jane Hoelker, Academic Bridge Program, Qatar Foundation, Qatar, jhoelker@qf.org.qa.