Intensive English Programs Newsletter, 1994-1996

This document consists of the six issues of this newsletter published during the two-year period summer 1994 to summer 1996. Intended for teachers of intensive English-as-a-Second-Language programs (IEPs), the issue contains the following articles: "The Inviolable Core of Intensive English Programs" (Fredricka L. Stoller); "Report from Baltimore: Ethical Issues for Intensive English Programs" (Judith M. Snoke); "Educational Tourism and the IEP: Incorporating Tourism Content" (Anita Kess); "Promoting Intercultural Friendship in the ESL Classroom" (Elisabeth Gareis); "Report on the University-Affiliated IEP National Database Project" (Rebecca Smith Murdock); "Evaluating Student Writing: One Scale or Two?" (Tay Leslie); "Campus Informants: Involving 'Experts' in IEP Acculturation Programs" (Andrew Macdonald, Gina Macdonald); "Predictable Problems: The Portuguese/Brazilian Student in the IEP Writing Program" (Raul Paiva); "Predictable Problems: The Russian Student in the IEP Program" (Paulina Bazin); "TESOL Accreditation of IEPs: Results of the Survey" (Bill Harshbarger); "IEP Administration: A Bibliography of Sources" (Mary F. Gawienowski); "Cultural Competencies in the EFL/ESL Classroom: A Report from TESOL '95" (Eli Hinkel); "Predictable Problems of Japanese Students: In-Group Belonging and Saving Face" (Kess); "Integrating Japanese Students into the ESL Classroom" (Ellen Kocher); "Proposed Intensive English Programs Employment Standards" (Len Fox); "Using 'True Friends' To Help Russian-Speaking ESL/EFL Students Learn English More Rapidly" (Bazin, Gina Macdonald); "What the World Needs Now: ESL Teachers and Technical Communication" (Emily Thrush); "Predictable Problems: Understanding French Student Reactions to ESL Programs" (Patrick Perrin, Lisbeth Philip); Ensuring French Student Participation in the ESL Classroom" (Ellen Kocher Plaisance); "Predictable Problems. Student Profiles: Chinese Students in the ESL Classroom" (Gareis, Nancy Heiges); "Experiencing Reality: University Class Observation for IEP Students" (Karen M. Heller, Gina Macdonald); "Designing and Implementing IEP Teaching Guides" (Elizabeth Byleen, Margaret Coffey, Susan Russell); "Classroom Exercises for Teaching Prepositions" (Plaisance); and "How Does Your Article Grow? From Idea to Publication" (Stephanie Vandrick). (MSE)