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Empowering connected learning in TESOL
Beth CrumplerEducators of TESOL are a globally connected audience by means of the profession. Connected Educator Month is an excellent time to expand connected learning in the field of TESOL through globally connected interactions that transcend content area boundaries. Through interdisciplinary connectedness, Teachers of English to speakers of other languages can expand English development through multifaceted learning means.
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Is startup biotech funding at risk?
Mike WokaschOver the past couple of decades, small biotech companies have been an invaluable source of exciting new drug treatments. As a result, investors have been handsomely rewarded for funding these high-risk, speculative technologies that helped fill depleted Big Pharma pipelines. Companies with any hope for delivering a return on investor money have two possibilities; have one of their technologies acquired or have the entire company acquired by a cash rich Big Pharma or Big Biotech.
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A gap in our field: Leadership in language education
Andy CurtisBooks in our field on leadership and management are relatively rare, compared with books on methodology in TESOL, and compared with books on leadership and management in other fields, such as health care.
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Working memory in English language development
Beth CrumplerWorking memory is crucial to learning. It is the human mind’s processing of information to complete tasks. Working memory plays into deciding which information to remember and which information is not important. When people have problems with their working memory, they struggle with retaining information in the short term that is vital to learning in the long term.
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