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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM THE TESOL PRESIDENT |
| Dr. Deborah Healey, TESOL President 2019-2020, Portland, Oregon, USA |
| Dr. Healey, 2019-2020 TESOL President, writes in to illustrate how TESOL is working to fulfill our strategic plan and invites its members to experience the various ways to collaborate and exchange globally with other members. Read More |
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| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
| Georgios Kormpas , ANPC Chair/Director, Teaching, Learning and Development Center, Al Yamamah University, Riyadh, KSA |
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Mr. Kormpas gives you an
update of the ANPC’s work since the convention in Atlanta. He also talks
about the APAP and its expansion, as well as, all the open calls for
submissions for new ANPC members, and all Denver 2020 sessions. Read More |
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| LETTER FROM THE EDITOR |
| Alex Monceaux, ANPC Editor/Director, Lamar University Pathway Program, Beaumont, Texas, USA |
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Dr. Monceaux, Affiliate News Editor, writes into thank the contributors, to briefly introduce the articles, and to invite affiliates to being to think about ways they can increase their global connectedness and collaborative efforts in ways that give voice to their affiliates, members, and creates new and affirms old paths to share knowledge and expertise. Read More |
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| ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC |
| KOREA TESOL MARCHES ONWARD |
| David Shaffer, Korea TESOL President, Gwangju, South Korea |
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Korea TESOL (KOTESOL / Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) is marching onward, providing teacher development events throughout the nation and expanding our organization. Read More |
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| COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS AS POWERFUL RESOURCE TO STRENGTHEN NELTA |
| Ms. Motikala Subba Dewan, President, NELTA, Kathmandu, Nepal |
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NELTA began from humble beginnings, but effective utilization of its resources and collaboration has strengthened NELTA allowing it to become an established, the sustainable organization recognized and honored for its contribution to English teachers in Nepal throughout Asia. Read More |
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| EUROPE |
| TWENTY-SIX GLORIOUS YEARS OF NATE: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES, INSPIRATION |
| Svetlana Sannikova, NATE Russia, Chelyabinsk, Russia |
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The National Association of Teachers of English, the TESOL and
IATEFL affiliate in Russia, is primed and positioned to be a leading
organization in enhancing teacher effectiveness. We have already stepped
into the XXI-st century and lived for almost twenty years. There is no
doubt that the new era has brought extremely advanced and innovative
changes related to almost every field of our life. To prepare a new
generation for this new world, we need to change the way we educate
them. Read More |
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| TESOL-SPAIN GOES GREEN |
| Rebecca Place, Media Officer, TESOL-SPAIN |
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Rebecca Place, TESOL-SPAIN Media Officer discusses how
TESOL-SPAIN is endeavoring to create a better world through “Green”
practices. She writes about how they have joined forces with like-minded
organizations and is still exploring ways to decrease its footprint
while empowering ESOL educators. Read More |
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| ETAI: 40 YEARS OF SHARING IDEAS |
| Bridget Schvarcz, Bar-Ilan University & Afeka College of Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel |
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The English Teachers’ Association Israel (ETAI) is celebrating
its 40th anniversary this year! This paper describes the history, the
special multi-ethnic nature, and the influence of the association on the
professional development of English teachers in Israel. Read More |
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| REFLECTIONS FROM THE INGED-US EMBASSY, ANKARA PROJECT: "BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE: PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS' VOICES" |
| Büşra Çelen and Esen Metin, INGED (English Language Education Association), Ankara, Turkey |
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INGED Turkey has been a key player in the language teaching arena in
Turkey since its foundation in 1995. In addition to the English teachers
that are already teaching, INGED aims to meet the needs of preservice
English teachers all around Turkey via the professional development
events it has been organizing for 24 years now. Read More |
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| NORTH AMERICA |
| BC TEAL'S 51ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE |
| James Papple, TESL Ontario, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada; EAP Manager, York University English Language Institute |
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BC TEAL held its 51st annual conference on April
11th to 13th at Langara
College, British Columbia. The conference was well-attended with many
presenters and participants from different provinces, states, and
countries. Read More |
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| CAROLINA TESOL CELEBRATES ITS 35TH ANNIVERSARY: REFLECTING ON THE PAST TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE |
| Dr. Larry Savage, Dr. Tim Hart, Ms. Laurie Smith, & Dr. Lori Edmonds |
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From a twenty-five-person petition in 1978 to hundreds of members and
thousands of educators trained in support of English Language Learners
in both North and South Carolina, Carolina TESOL has certainly thrived
over the past 35 years. As we celebrate our past in 2019, we are also
looking towards the future in anticipation of the services we may
continue to provide over the next 35 years. Read More |
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| NJTESOL/NJBE CELLebrates 50 YEARS! |
| LeighAnn Matthews, NJTESOL/NJBE, New Jersey, USA |
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New Jersey Teachers of English to Speakers of Other
Languages/New Jersey Bilingual Educators (NJTESOL/NJBE) is excited to
share some of the highlights from the 2019 Spring Conference, which was
also our 50th! Read More |
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| NEW YORK TESOL CREATES NEW AFFILIATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH PUERTO RICO AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TESOL ASSOCIATIONS |
| Laura Baecher, Pres-Elect NYS TESOL, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA |
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Strategic and meaningful partnerships with sister TESOL affiliates can
enhance the vitality of both partners. NYS TESOL is thrilled to expand
our members’ globalized worldview and increase our connectivity with
affiliates from countries highly-represented in our local English
learner population by partnering with Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico
TESOL. Read More |
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| THE TIME CAPSULE |
| Angelique Pearson, TexTESOL3 President 2018-2019, Austin, Texas, USA |
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On the eve of our 34th anniversary, a long-forgotten box of documents
from our TexTESOL3 Affiliate’s founding and subsequent 20 years provides
insights into our early years and prompts reflection on our mission. Read More |
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| K-12 PARTNERSHIPS & TEXTESOLV: DEEPENING DIALOGUES ACROSS THE CHANGING NORTH TEXAS TESOL COMMUNITY |
| Katie Welch, Ph.D., Welch Education, Dallas, Texas, USA |
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As TexTESOLV celebrates its 40th
anniversary, we reflect on how the changing Texas school district
demographics have resulted in our affiliate shifting away from focusing
solely on adult ESL to a more collaborative partnership with language
professionals working in K-12 educational settings. Read More |
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| PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: WHY GET INVOLVED? |
| Mary Martha Savage, Ph.D., Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, USA |
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Dr. Savage shares her experience about getting involved in her local Affliate organization. Read More |
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| SOUTH AMERICA & CARIBBEAN |
| RESULTS OF ARTESOL's FEDERAL STRATEGIC PLAN |
| Ana María Rocca, Argentina TESOL (ARTESOL), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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As a TESOL affiliate, one of ARTESOL’s main objectives has been to work
on a federal strategic plan that allows for constant updating of
knowledge through the permanent network between local professionals and
those from other countries. Reaching out to ELT teachers throughout
Argentina is one of the main characteristics of this plan. Read More |
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| FROM TESOL AFFILIATE MEMBER TO INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER |
| Carlos Mayorga Gutiérrez, ACPI/Professor, MEP and Ulatina, Guápiles, Costa Rica |
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Carlos shares what being an affiliate member has meant to him
professionally. In this article, he writes about how affiliate
membership has inspired him as a teacher, teacher-trainer, and global
leader. Read More |
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| MEXTESOL: GOALS, GROWTH, & TESOL |
| Jorge Torres Almazán, Secretary, MEXTESOL, Tampico, Mexico |
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After 40 years of sustainable impact, MEXTESOL enhances and
revamps itself by strengthening its chapters and adding a new member to
its family. We are happy to share this good news, some of our highlights
and goals for the year, and our TESOL experience. Read More |
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| ACTION TESOL CARIBBEAN IS TESOL IN ACTION! |
| Renée Figuera, Action Tesol Caribbean, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago |
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For English teachers from the Commonwealth Caribbean, there is
an identity complex between being a native-speaker and non-native
speaker of English once we identify with becoming part of the TESOL
professional industry in a more than transient way. In this same region,
ESL teachers and scholars are unable to authentically speak about
teaching English without confronting the reality of English-based
Creoles, which co-exist with English. Read More |
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| USING MULTI-MODAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA AS A WAY TO BOOST COMMUNICATION FOR TESOL COLOMBIA ASSOCIATION |
| Jermaine S. McDougald, Director of Faculty and Research, Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Universidad de La Sabana, Liaison Officer TESOL Colombia, Bogota Colombia |
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Communication is necessary for any organization, especially
when the association has members spread across the country, with varying
degrees of age, access points, and interests. This article discusses
how TESOL Colombia uses Social Media Sites (SMS) as a way to provide a
meeting place for all Colombian ELT stakeholders, keeping all informed
and up to date on the latest trends in ELT and professional development
opportunities. Furthermore, there are examples of how this approach to
communication with the community could be used in other
associations. Read More |
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| TESOL HAITI: SEEKING MENTORS AND INTERESTED PARTNERS |
| Mackenzy Julemisse, TESOL Haiti, Haiti |
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| ANPC UPDATES |
| TESOL AFFILIATE NETWORK PROFESSIONAL COUNCIL CALL FOR PAPERS |
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| CALL FOR ANPC MEMBERS |
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