Leadership Updates
From the Chair
Applied Linguistics Interest Section (ALIS) Chair David Olsher highlights what the ALIS has planned for the TESOL 2005 Annual Convention.
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From the Editors
Applied Linguistic Forum marks a milestone, and coeditor Isaiah WonHo Yoo says goodbye.
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Articles and Information
A Corpus-Based Study of Politeness and Solidarity in Workplace Conversations
Though workplace talk has frequently been investigated from the point of view of its institutional and task-oriented nature, more recent studies have shown that small talk and other relationally oriented features of workplace talk play a significant role in building, maintaining, and negotiating workplace relationships.
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Using the Mirroring Technique in Helping Nonnative Speakers of English Learn and Acquire English Intonation
This paper reports on an encouraging result from an instructional methodology, the Mirroring Technique, in teaching intonation to international graduate students at the University of Florida.
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Teaching International Students About Plagiarism
Rules regarding plagiarism differ from culture to culture. Students who come from secondary schools and universities around the world often have no idea what constitutes plagiarism in the United States, nor are they aware of how seriously it is treated.
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Convention News
TESOL Applied Linguistics IS Academic Session
Four leading researchers on grammar in use and language learning will discuss recent research findings and theoretical issues from different perspectives.
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ALIS InterSections
"Corpus Research and Teaching Academic Writing" and "Embodied Second Language Learning: Gesture and Prosody" are two convention sessions ALIS members shouldn't miss.
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Community News and Information
Call for Submissions
The Applied Linguistics Forum welcomes your submissions of articles, opinion pieces, announcements, reports on conference presentations, and book reviews in any area of applied linguistics research that is of interest to our diverse IS membership.
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About the Applied Linguistics Interest Section
Learn more about this TESOL interest section, its leaders, and how you can participate in community discussions.
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