10/09/2021

Michelle Skowbo

The Interest Group Council is Looking for You!

As we plan for our Fall 2021 conference, we are looking for members who might be interested in getting involved in our 2021-2022 operating year as part of CATESOL's Interest Group Council (IGC).
Our interest groups are managed by people like you, who are interested in a particular aspect of language education and wish to share their experiences and bring content and opportunities to our membership.  
Currently, we have 12 different areas that might be of interest for you to consider. We are looking for coordinators and assistant coordinators in the following IGs (see list below). If you are interested or would like to find out more information, please contact the specific IG Coordinator or the IG Chairs. All of us will be delighted to provide you with more information about our IGs and how you can become a part of the IGC for 2021-2022!  We look forward to getting to know you!

Bentley Cavazzi 
IGC Chair 2020-2021


Daniela Lup
IGC Assistant Chair 2020-2021, IGC Chair 2021-2022

Marsha Chan
IGC Chair 2019-2020
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Explore CATESOL’s 12  Interest Groups and Contact a Coordinator to Learn How You Can Get Involved! 

California State Universities

CSU-IG is dedicated to the discussion and promotion of current issues specifically related to the TESOL and EAP programs in the California State Universities.

Message Board Address: catesolcsu@catesol.org                       
Contact Coordinator:  Bahiyyih Hardacre  bhardacre@calstatela.edu

Corpus-informed Research and Teaching

CIRT-IG gathers practitioners, researchers, and teacher trainers to discuss using corpora in the classroom to facilitate language learning and to share effective corpus use in instruction.

Message Board Address: catesolcirt@catesol.org                   
Contact Coordinator: Margi Wald mwald@berkeley.edu

Emerging Literacy and Limited Education

ELLE-IG aims to address the needs of language learning and cultural understanding particular to students whose literacy skills are emerging and whose educational background is limited.

Message Board Address: catesolelle@catesol.org          
Contact Coordinator: Daniela Lup  dlup@ofy.org

Intercultural Communication

IC-IG invites members to share research, strategies, insights, and resources (material and digital) in support of furthering critical intercultural communication in the language classroom and beyond.  

Message Board Address: catesolic@catesol.org         
Contact Coordinator: Kelly Metz-Matthews  kmetzmatthews@sandiego.edu

Material Writers

MW-IG members share ideas and resources for creating and publishing pedagogical materials.

Message Board Address: catesolmw@catesol.org      
Contact Coordinator: Nicole Brun-Mercer  nmb244@nau.edu

Non-Native Language Educator Issues

NNLEI-IG addresses issues related to the training and development of nonnative language educators and teachers-in-preparation in California.

Message Board Address: catesolnnlei@catesol.org
Contact Coordinator:  Vanessa Quezada vanessa.quezada@imperial.edu

Online Teaching

OT-IG examines current ESL online teaching formats, practices, and resources; and presents workshops on methods, tools, and best practices for synchronous, asynchronous, and hybrid formats.

Message Board Address: catesolot@catesol.org
Contact Coordinator: Ingrid Greenberg  igreenbe@sdccd.edu

Part Time Educators 

PTE-IG provides a forum to discuss issues, concerns, joys, and initiatives related to employment as part-time educators.

Message Board Address: catesolpte@catesol.org
Contact Coordinator: Rameshor Bhandari  rameshorb@yahoo.com

Research Writers

RW-IG fosters knowledge of research processes, academic norms for writing for different venues, and understanding of review and publishing processes across various types of academic publications.

Message Board Address: catesolrw@catesol.org
Contact Coordinator: Sonia Estima sn.estima@gmail.com

Technology Enhanced Language Learning

TELL-IG welcomes teachers, trainers, administrators, curriculum developers, and others who are passionate about sharing the integration of technology into the classroom in all its many forms. 

Message Board Address: catesoltell@catesol.org
Contact Coordinator:Suzanne Bardasz  sbardasz@ucdavis.edu

Teaching English in the Workplace

TEW-IG welcomes teachers, trainers, administrators, curriculum developers, and others interested in the field of teaching English in the workplace (VESL, CTE-IBest, ESP, Business English, and EPP programs)

Message Board Address: catesoltew@catesol.org
Contact Coordinator: Bentley Cavazzi  cavazzi.esl@gmail.com

Teaching of Pronunciation

TOP-IG members share research, materials, methods, print and digital resources, expertise, experience, questions and comments related to learning and teaching English pronunciation, listening and speaking.

Message Board Address: catesoltop@catesol.org
Contact Coordinator: Marsha Chan    pronunciationdoctor@gmail.com