From the editor:

The XXIII MEXTESOL National Convention held in Zacatecas from October 16 to 20, 1996 was dedicated to Bertha Gómez Maqueo. In the Convention Program, MEXTESOL President Miguel Iván Abreu Filigrana thanked Mtra. Gómez Maqueo, 'who has always been a principal part of MEXTESOL and to who we dedicate this convention' (p. 8). Mtra. Gómez Maqueo was also honored and given a long standing ovation at the opening ceremony. We, too, dedicate this issue of the MEXTESOL Journal to Bertha Gómez Maqueo for all she has done, not only in her unending support of MEXTESOL, but for all the teachers she has guided, influenced and inspired during her career. This issue includes an interview with Mtra. Gómez Maqueo in which she recounts how MEXTESOL came into existence and even gives us some interesting gossip about the people who helped found our organization.

Our second article (Should Higher Education be Open or Closed?) is a critique of the Mexican educational system. This controversial article, by Peter Hubbard, Universidad de Guadalajara, not only satirizes the bureaucracy we all live with but also offers an original solution to some problems we face in higher education. It would be interesting to hear opinions from our readers about the problems discussed in this article.

In our third article (The Use of Portfolios for Teacher Evaluation), M. Martha Lengeling from the Universidad de Guanajuato writes a follow-up of an article she published in our Spring Issue. This time she begins with a general discussion of what portfolio evaluation is, where it came from and how it can offer an alternative form of evaluation for teachers. She follows up with some ideas on how to institute a portfolio evaluation program for teachers and what should be included in a portfolio.

Thomas Ihde, Bergen Community College, in his article Feedback in L2 Writing presents a review of research that has been carried out in the field of writing and then gives the results of a survey of fifty foreign language instructors on how they handle feedback in their classrooms. He also includes a very complete bibliography.

Our Book Review section is a little different this issue. First there is an article that appeared in the AZ-TESOL (Arizona TESOL) newsletter. This short article very clearly explains how to write a book review. This article is reprinted in hopes that someone out there will become interested in reviewing books and contribute these reviews to the Journal. Immediately afterward a book review is reprinted from the Massachusetts TESOL affili-ate newsletter which exemplifies the ideas presented in the AZ-TESOL article.

This is our first issue that has refereed articles. Both the article by Peter Hubbard and the one by M. Martha Lengeling were read anonymously by two members of the Editorial Board (not themselves, of course) and were judged to be of sufficient quality and general interest to be published by the Journal. Future issues will include more refereed articles, as well as unrefereed articles as has been the norm in the past.
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    Vol. 20 No. 2, 1996



    Editor/Director: JoAnn Miller



    Associate Editor/Editor Asociado: Elinore Duque

    Published: October, 1996

    ISSN: 2395-9908

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MEXTESOL Journal, vol 20, núm. 2, 1996, 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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