From the editor:

The 38th International MEXTESOL Convention was held in Morelia October of 2011 and this year the 39th International MEXTESOL Convention will be hosted in Puerto Vallarta. Please mark the dates of October 18-21, 2012 on your calendars for this event and we hope to see you there. The conference theme is 'Leading the way to excellence in ELT'. We have finished up 2011 with our final issue of the year. This issue consists of a tribute to Ana Maria Arramayo, three refereed articles, one non-refereed article, an interview with Suresh Canagarajah and lastly a book review of a bilingual dictionary.

Ana Maria Arramayo was active in many of the ELT projects of the British Council that were carried out in Mexico. As well she was a role model for many of us as a teacher trainer and program coordinator. She passed away in October and we shall remember her dearly. Pat Grounds has written a tribute with a photograph in memory of Ana Maria.
'Do second language learners solve lexical problems differently in speaking and writing? What the literature says', a refereed article by Saul Santos Garcia of the Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, compares communication strategies of the two skills of speaking and writing. This contrast shows the intricate procedures of how lexical problems are resolved in these two skills.

Concerning lexis, Sasan Baleghizadeh and Arezoo Ashoori (Shahid Beheshti University, G.C.) have submitted a refereed article titled 'The impact of two instructional techniques on students' word knowledge: Flash cards versus word lists'. Carried out in a junior high school in Iran, this research project compares the effectiveness of vocabulary knowledge using the two strategies of flash cards and word lists.
Our next refereed article, 'Language preference and perceived performance of Mexican-American students registered in developmental reading courses', is from Moreno and Ekiaka, both of T&A University at Kingsville. This quantitative research explores in-depth what language Mexican-American college students prefer and their performance in a reading college reading course. As well, cultural issues and bilingual identity are looked at in the conclusions.

Verónica Rodrí­guez Ambrocio of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla has submitted the article 'Experiences that impact EFL Mexican teachers' professional development'. This article describes how different teaching experiences of MA students in central Mexico have influenced their journey of teacher development using their narratives.

Karen Englander carried out an interview titled 'The ideal situation: To be located in your own country and be a part of the conversation ' An interview with Suresh Canagarajah. Do not miss reading this interesting interview of Canagarajah who is well known in the ELT profession.

When one learns a foreign language, one of the many tools that the learner uses is, of course, a dictionary whether it is a bilingual or monolingual dictionary. From the Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit Jose Ramon Quintero Gutierrez and Saul Santos Garcia have submitted a book review of the Collins Cobuild: Diccionario Ingles-Español para Estudiantes Latinoamericano from Collins/Heinle CENGAGE Learning.

We hope you have enjoyed this issue and invite you to send us any contribution for 2012.
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    Vol. 35 No. 2, 2011



    Editor-in-Chief:
    M. Martha Lengeling,
    Universidad de Guanajuato


    Associate Editor for Refereed Articles:
    JoAnn Miller,
    Free Lance Consultant


    Associate Editor for Non-refereed Articles:
    Ma. Guadalupe Rodrí­guez Bulnes,
    Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León


    Past Editor-in-Chief:
    Ulrich Schrader,
    Free Lance Consultant


    Published: December, 2011

    ISSN: 2395-9908

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MEXTESOL Journal, vol 35, núm. 2, 2011, es una Publicación cuadrimestral editada por la Asociación Mexicana de Maestros de Inglés, MEXTESOL, A.C., Versalles 15, Int. 301, Col. Juárez, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, C.P. 06600 Mexico, D.F., Mexico, Tel. (55) 55 66 87 49, journal@mextesol.org.mx. Editor responsable: M. Martha Lengeling. Reserva de Derechos al uso Exclusivo No. 04-2015-092112295900-203, ISSN: 2395-9908, ambos otorgados por el Instituto Nacional de Derecho del Autor. Responsable de la última actualización de este número: Asociación Mexicana de Maestros de Inglés, MEXTESOL, A.C. JoAnn Miller, Versalles 15, Int. 301, Col. Juárez, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, C.P. 06600 Mexico, D.F., Mexico. Fecha de última modificación: 31/08/2015. Las opiniones expresadas por los autores no necesariamente reflejan la postura del editor de la publicación. Se autoriza la reproducción total o parcial de los textos aquí­ publicados siempre y cuando se cite la fuente completa y la dirección electrónica de la publicación.

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