Spring 2015 Journal pdf

This issue’s contents exemplify for us yet one more of the many evocative as well as provocative crossings and journeys ETAS Journal has been making through ETAS Crossing Borders, our cross-border initiative aimed at connecting us with the ELT community worldwide. This issue’s Special Feature highlighting the remarkable diversity of writings of colleagues from the English Teachers Association of Israel (ETAI) represents one more bridge we had just built, one more bridge we had just crossed, reminding us of the ties that bind: place, community, language. It is clear that we are far from living in a world without boundaries, borders, or barriers – both physical walls and ‘walls in the mind’ – which makes not just crossing bridges but building one an imperative. Yet, it is a humbling experience to acknowledge that such a bridge would not have been possible if there were no solid grounds on the opposite banks on which to anchor it. So, for this reason, we offer gratitude to colleagues in the English Teachers Association of Israel for offering such a solid ground on their shore so that this collaboration would prosper.