TESOL at Salem State University

09/13/2024

Want to become an ESL/EFL teacher? Check out our TESOL Graduate Program brochure. https://issuu.com/salemstate/docs/teaching_english_to_speakers_of_oth?fr=sNGNlODYzMzEwNDg

Apply: salemstate.edu/graduate/admissions
Financial Aid: salemstate.edu/finaid
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 978.542.6200

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05/20/2023

🎓 Huge congratulations to our incredible SSU TESOLers on their graduation! It has been a pleasure watching you grow as language educators. We are immensely proud of each and every one of you. Your commitment to bridging cultural gaps and empowering others through language is truly inspiring.

As you embark on this new chapter, we have no doubt that you will make a profound impact in the lives of your future students. Continue to embrace diversity, foster understanding, and ignite a love for learning in every classroom you step into. 💫

Wishing you all the success and fulfillment as you inspire and empower students around the world. 🌍📚

03/29/2023

A free webinar on ELL Segregation and Integration: Beyond the Classroom, hosted by the Center for Applied Linguistics

Register today! Join us! Tuesday, April 4, 2023 @ 4:00PM ELL Segregation and Integration: Beyond the Classroom The Center for Applied Linguistics is pleased to kick off the new year of our webinar series Research to Policy: Critical Conversations in Language Education. For 2023, our theme is Multili...

02/01/2023

Congratulations to Professor and TESOL Program Coordinator Sovicheth Boun and his co-authors on receiving this prestigious award for their research!

We are pleased to announce the co-recipients of the 2023 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research on Language Planning and Policy in Educational Contexts! Dr. Wayne Wright (Purdue University), Dr. Sovicheth Boun (Salem State University), and Dr. Virak Chan (Purdue University), have been named as this year’s co-recipients of TIRF’s Alatis Prize. Their article is entitled “Implementation of Multilingual Mother Tongue Education in Cambodian Public Schools for Indigenous Ethnic Minority Students” (2022, Educational Linguistics, De Gruyter Mouton). Please join us in congratulating these three researchers on this tremendous accomplishment!

The Alatis Prize-winning article is freely accessible online. Click to learn more: https://www.tirfonline.org/trio-of-researchers-selected-as-2023-tirf-alatis-prize-co-recipients/

11/23/2022

This may be of interest to some of you -- a free WIDA Deep Dive Webinar on Beyond Student Portraits: The Can Do Philosophy in Action.

Register:

(Europe afternoon/Asia evening session) WIDA’s Can Do Philosophy facilitates a paradigm shift towards an asset-based approach to teaching multilingual students. However, ideas for putting the Can Do Philosophy into action are often limited. The goal for this session is to shift the Can Do Philosop...

11/21/2022

Our MATESOL candidate Bridget Gallagher had her article, Food Insecurity for the Immigrant Population During the Novel Coronavirus-19, published in The Graduate Review: Journal of Graduate Research and Creative Scholarship this month. The article was inspired by the research she started in our TESOL program. Congratulations, Bridget!

Link to article:

The novel Coronavisur-19 (COVID-19) has caused s widespread loss of life in the United States and globally and wrought enormous changes to our culture and lives. COVID-19 also has caused and intensified food insecurity, especially for immigrants. The pandemic has made visible and exacerbated longsta...

10/04/2022

FYI: The following information may be of interest or helpful to some.
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Massachusetts Releases 2022 MCAS and Accountability Results (September 29, 2022)

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released 2022 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) results today, providing the state with its second overview of statewide learning since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results on the spring 2022 MCAS tests were mixed, with math and science scores improving since 2021, and English language arts (ELA) scores declining. Overall results when compared to pre-pandemic levels show continued need for improvement.

A note about recent MCAS test administrations: When considering this year’s test results and how to compare them to previous years, it is helpful to remember that, due to the pandemic, there were variations in how MCAS was administered over the last few years:

2019: Full tests in grades 3-8 and high school
2020: No MCAS tests administered
2021: Half tests in grades 3-8, full tests in high school
2022: Full tests in grades 3-8 and high school

MCAS scores will be available online at https://profiles.doe.mass.edu/statereport/nextgenmcas.aspx. District and school accountability data will be available at https://profiles.doe.mass.edu/statereport/accountability.aspx.

09/16/2022

A free webinar on Leading for ML Excellence in Every Classroom on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 - at 6:30pm (EST). Register at: https://us.corwin.com/en-us/nam/leading-for-ml-excellence-in-every-classroom-5-reframes-for-instructional-leaders

Also, check out the Six Essentials for Equitable Learning Every Day:https://tonyasinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Six-Essentials-Reflection-Tools-Tonya-Ward-Singer.pdf

Leading for ML Excellence in Every Classroom: 5 Reframes for Instructional Leaders

09/02/2022

Are you a U.S. TESOL Professional ready for your next adventure?

The application for the 2023-2024 English Language Fellow Program is now open at www.elprograms.org. Apply today!

are cultural ambassadors who promote English language learning and mutual understanding through cultural exchange.

08/31/2022

Congratulations, Dr. Melanie Gonzalez, on your new role as the Chairperson of the Department of Secondary and Higher Education!

Melanie C. González, PhD, serves as an Associate Professor of ESL and Literacy in both the Secondary and Higher Education Department and the English Department at Salem State University. She is also the Coordinator of Graduate TESOL Programs. Professor González earned her Ph.D. in TESOL from the U...

08/30/2022

Congratulations, Dr. Boun, on co-presenting his collaborative research on Mother Tongue-based Multilingual Education for Indigenous Ethnic Minority Students in Cambodian Public Schools in a webinar in recognition of World Indigenous Languages Month on August 29, 2022!

Join for a free webinar in recognition of World Indigenous Languages Month! Be a part of this discussion on 29 August from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. U.S. ET. Presenters will discuss their work with multilingual mother tongue education in Australia, Cambodia, and Canada. Sign in today to register for the webinar! https://buff.ly/3TffqAd

08/23/2022

A free webinar on The Path to Language Justice: A Conversation on the Strategic Role of Plain Language.

When: Today, Aug 23, 2022, 04:00 PM (EST)
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lUdugYKbTZaWTAZLUIlNHA

Today is the day! 🙂 Join us @ 4:00PM
During this live 30-minute webinar, CAL’s Anthony Tassi and Leslie Fink interview two leaders in the movement for language justice from very different backgrounds.

Click the link below to register now!
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lUdugYKbTZaWTAZLUIlNHA