January 2008

Amy Fenning, in Language Magazine, describes how the Tulalip Tribe of Washington is striving to save the Lushootseed language by aligning its instruction with state standards.

October 27, 2007

Denny Sargent presents "Task-Teaching ES0L students through Language Functions" at the WAESOL 2007 conference.

October 21, 2006

Denny Sargent presents "Cooperative Writing Activities" at the WAESOL 2006 conference.

January 2006

Bernice Ege-Zavala presents "Helping Students Develop Vocabulary by Building Awareness of Vocabulary Patterns" at the OPSI January Conference.

Quick Summary: Successful readers and listeners use strong predicting skills to help them comprehend text. ELLs are often less able to predict accurately because they do not recognize patterns in vocabulary that are apparent to native speakers. Recent research in vocabulary patterns can help teachers assist students in developing skills to both notice and produce more natural chunks of language, thereby lowering the learning load and improving the learner's use of natural English.

October 22, 2005

Dr. Nancy Butler Butler, Founder and Director Emeritus of the School of Teaching ESL, received the WAESOL Sally Wellman Memorial Teaching Award for her contributions to the profession.

October 15, 2005

Bernice Ege-Zavala presents "Helping Students Develop Vocabulary by Building Awareness of Vocabulary Patterns" at the OPSI Promising Practices Conference.