May 2017 Issue

Improving Speech Marks  Pamela J. Sharpe offers tips to help students prepare for the speaking section of the internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (iBT TOEFL)

Advancing Global Readiness for English Learners As efforts are made to increase the diversity of study abroad participants, Francisca Sánchez focuses on the need to prepare our most vulnerable students for the global village in which they will live

Easing Student Anxiety in an Uncertain Age The Institute of International Education’s (IIE) Mark Lazar reports on how U.S. campuses are responding to the needs and concerns of current and prospective students from the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond

New Directions for Technology Use in ELL Instruction Scott Evans provides an in-depth review of how technology has been used in ELL instruction in the past—and what educators can expect next

Teaching in Realtime, Full-time or Part-time The lowdown on two of the world’s biggest online education providers who are always looking to recruit new teachers

Spain’s Heartland Castilla y León and its capital Valladolid offer a warm welcome to students of Spanish