Hi everyone!

Hi everyone!

I hope you're well and still come on here from time-to-time to look back at the great course we did.

I'm going to be co-editing a Special Supplement called Current Trends in Teaching Vocabulary for the ETAS Journal next Spring and would LOVE to hear your thoughts and practical ideas!

Please see the Call for Papers link attached and let me know if you want to get involved in this exciting edition. It would be great to have you aboard and your expertise will feature alongside a number of well-known names in ELT (including Penny, too, hopefully :-) ) The deadline is September 30th so no rush.

Looking forward to hearing from you!
https://www.e-tas.ch/journal/calls-submissions/etas-journal-spring-2019-call-papers

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  1. Phil BrownMay 2, 2018 at 6:46 PM

    If you haven't already done so, try to get the call out to the various vocabulary special interest groups in national as well as international teaching organisations, e.g. JALT Vocab SIG:
    jaltvocab.weebly.com - JALT Vocabulary SIG

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  2. Phil BrownMay 2, 2018 at 6:48 PM

    j-varg.sakura.ne.jp - JACET Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group

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