The English Connection (TEC 25-2) Summer 2021

The English Connection (TEC 25-2) Summer 2021

 The Language 2.0 Edition

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In This Issue . . . 

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Editorial
Moving into Language 2.0 (Kicking and Screaming)
by Dr. Andrew White

5
President’s Message
Path-Breaking Progress
by Bryan Hale

Articles

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Learner Preferences on NEST and NNEST Teacher Roles in the Online Classroom
— by Scott Holland

9
Back to the 90s: Introducing Chat Rooms to a New Generation
— by Jeffrey Baldwin

12
Zoom: Nearly a Perfect Classroom
— by Gerald de la Salle

15
Turning Offline Tasks into Online Ones: Not Such a Simple Task
— by Shaun Justin Manning

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“But Anyway”: An Example of Interactional Competence and Its Development in 1–1 Online Lessons
— by William Owens

20
Feedback for the Future: Using Technology and Learner Understanding to Give Effective Writing Feedback
— by I Lei Chan

22
Interview
Les Timmermans: Teacher, Actor, Brewmeister

KOTESOL News & Happenings

24
One Teacher’s Journey to Being a Reflective Practice Enthusiast
— by Kristy Dolson

26
Member Spotlight: 
Andrew Griffiths

Regular Columns

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The Classroom Connection
On Not Being Friends with My Students
— by Peter Thwaites

30
The Brain Connection
The Way Teaching Has to Change: Insights from the Brain
— by Dr. Curtis Kelly