The English Connection (TEC 26-1) Spring 2022

The English Connection (TEC 26-1) Spring 2022

In This Issue...

4. Editorial
A Field Guide to Online Presenters and Attendees: You Know Who You Are Revisited
— by Dr. Andrew White

5. President’s Message
Why I’m Brimming With Anticipation for IC 2022
— by Bryan Hale

Conference Articles

6. Conference Preview: Teaching for a Better World
— by Lindsay Herron

8. Speaking for a Better World: IC Speakers' List

9. Focusing on Teacher Wellbeing, Positive Psychology, and Peace
— Dr. Tammy Gregersen Interview

12. Centering Users of English: Antiracist Approaches 
to ELT
— by Dr. Ryuko Kubota

14. Critical Hope and Despair: Loosening the Knots of Education
— by Dr. Staci B. Martin

16. Teachers as Leaders: Understanding What We Bring to the Classroom
— by Grazzia Mendez Chirinos

18. “My Interest in Peace, Languages, and Cultures Grew”
— Dr. Rebecca Oxford Interview (by Jocelyn Wright)

21. What the Pandemic Can Teach Us About Games in Second Language Classrooms
— by Dr. Kurt Squire

22. Language and Literacy in Games
— by Dr. Constance Steinkuehler

25. Ecolinguistics: Caring for Ecology Through TEFL
— Dr. Arran Stibbe Interview

KOTESOL News & Happenings

26. Member Spotlight
— Kirsten Razzaq Interview

Regular Columns

28. The Classroom Connection
A Culture of Questioning 
— by Dr. Peter Thwaites

30. The Brain Connection
How One Particular Theory in Neuroscience Changed the Way I Teach
— by Dr. Curtis Kelly