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- Record-Breaking Attendance at ALWC
- Invitation to NYS TESOL Reception in Philly
- Announcement – Upcoming Salon Event in Buffalo with Teaching English Internationally SIG
- New Member Profile
- Call for Proposals Deadline Fast Approaching – Long Island ESOL Conference April 2012
- Mark Your Calendars for TESS
Record-Breaking Attendance at ALWC
| NYS TESOL held its 33rd Annual Applied Linguistics Winter Conference “Connections: TESOL and Applied Linguistics in a Global Context” on Saturday, February 11 at Teachers College with a record-breaking 250 attendees, including 8 exhibitors. More than 50 educators representing 41 different institutions from around the world gave presentations on a variety of topics ranging from the teaching of sentence structure, to the potentials of group work in the ESOL classroom, to differing perspectives on plagiarism. Professor Cate Crosby of West Chester University of |
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| Members of the planning committee from left to right: Sara Woodson, Lindsay Wells, Kristina Goodman, Lydia Tseng, Andrew Miller, Chikako Takahashi, Jeanie Faulkner, and Abigail Bruhlmann | |
| Pennsylvania ended the day by delivering a stimulating
plenary address entitled “Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching
English in and Connecting to a Global Context.” Professor Crosby called
on educators and researchers to adapt their work to the enormous impact
that the globalization of English exerts on the international linguistic
landscape. Interesting discussions about various local dialects of
English, along with certain cultural expressions that typify them,
followed. From ALWC Co-chairs Andrew Miller and Lindsay Wells |
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| Andrew Miller
is originally from New York City and is currently pursuing an Ed.M.
in Applied Linguistics at Teachers College, where he obtained an
M.A. in TESOL in 2010. He graduated with a doctorate in French from
Duke University in 2002, and he has been teaching ESL and French for
over 15 years. Lindsay Wells holds an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from Teachers College, Columbia University. In April 2012, she will begin a position as an ESL instructor at Seikei University in Tokyo, Japan. She also works as a freelance test item writer. |
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 Professor Cate Crosby of West Chester University of Pennsylvania. |
 NYS leaders touch base at ALWC; l. to r. Tamara Kirson, Barbara Suter, Ken Hughes, Susanne Marcus, and Elaine Roberts. |
 NYS TESOL President Rebekah Johnson introducing the keynote speaker. |
 ALWC volunteers Tammy Wang, Sara Seong, Heidi Liu, Rebecca Jee, and Nadja Tadic unwind at the reception. |
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An Invitation to Members: NYS TESOL Reception at the TESOL Convention in Philly
JOIN US!
| Date: March 30, 2012 Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm Location: Moriarty's Restaurant 1116 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 1910 (215) 627-7676 www.moriartyspub.com |
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NYS TESOL is going to Philly to the TESOL Convention on March 29-31. All members and their guests are invited to attend the NYS TESOL reception on Friday, March 30 from 6:00-8:00pm. Light snacks will be served; cash bar.
As a TESOL affiliate, we will also have a visitor’s table in the
convention center to share information about our organization and network
with other affiliates. Please stop by our visitor's table in the convention
center from 1-2pm on Friday, March 30.
Upcoming Salon Event
| Teaching English
Internationally: Finding Opportunities and the Application Process March 14, 2012 Come in from the cold and attend the Teaching English Internationally SIG Salon to learn tips about how to find jobs abroad and make the application process easier with co-chair Melissa Duquette. View this flier for exact details. Salons are small gatherings held in members’ homes to share and learn about new teaching practices. |
 Melissa Duquette, co-chair TEI SIG. |
New Member Profile
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Member since: February 2012 Region: New York City SIG: Adult Education, Teaching English Internationally Brief Bio: I am in my second semester at Hunter
College and a new ‘native’ New Yorker. I was born in New York but
moved to the suburbs of New Jersey when I got married and lived
there for 26 years. When my children were off at college, my husband
and I decided to sell the house and move to the city. I have a degree in Industrial Education and Technology, yet I was teaching Adult ESL at a private language school in New Jersey and
New York. As with most adult learners, they sometimes really want to
know the grammar rules, and occasionally I felt I was missing some
key points of English grammar. So, I decided to apply for my
master’s in ESL and the rest is history! It is amazing how much I
have learned already and how confident I feel now when teaching some
concepts that were difficult before.
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Name: Kathy DeMeoCall for Proposals – Long Island ESOL Conference April 2012
Submission Deadline: March 14, 2012
"Embracing Diverse Communities of Learners"
The proposal deadline is fast approaching for the
Long Island ESOL Conference in April 2012.
Download your proposal form
and submit it by March 14, 2012.
Complete details and pertinent forms can be found here
Mark Your Calendars for TESS!
NYS TESOL Teacher Education SIG and Hunter College have joined forces for the first Teacher Education Spring Symposium on May 18, 2012 from 9:00am to 12:00pm. It will be held at Hunter College at 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY. The event promises to bring teacher educators and administrators together to share best practices for preparing tomorrow’s teachers. Pre-registration will open April 1. (If you would like to be notified of when Pre-Registration opens, please send a blank e-mail to tess-subscribe@nystesol.org
Dialogue – E-Newsletter of NYS TESOL
Please invite your non-member colleagues to join us (membership@nystesol.org).
