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TESOL English Language Bulletin- How to keep our most vulnerable students from losing ground in the pandemic 5 April 2021
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Tag Archives: TESOL President
Building Bridges: Journey to a Better Future for TESOL
Yilin Sun
Dr. Sun will deliver the Presidential Keynote address, titled “Building Bridges: Journey to a Better Future for TESOL,” at the TESOL 2015 International Convention & English Language Expo, 8 am, Friday, 27 March 2015. The last 50 years have marked significant transformation … Continue reading
What Is Intercultural Communicative Competence?
Yilin Sun
The TESOL President’s Blog In recent years, several researchers in the ELT field have raised a series of conceptual issues around how we should express our cultures in English (Honna,2005; Byram,2009; Wen, 2013,). As a speaker, should you stick to … Continue reading
An Update on Two Important TESOL Initiatives: the New Strategic Plan and the Governance Structure Review
Yilin Sun
Greetings from the TESOL Board of Directors. At its October meeting, the Board of Directors spent considerable time discussing the results of the governance review, the recommended options and alternatives from the task force, as well as feedback received from … Continue reading
A New Way of Looking at Teacher Evaluation
Yilin Sun
The TESOL President’s Blog In this blog, I’d like to share a new way of conducting teacher evaluation. In his book, Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher, Stephen Brookfield (2007) argued that conversations with faculty peers are essential to the development … Continue reading
Living VenTESOL’s Spirit!
Yilin Sun
The TESOL President’s Blog Last month, I had the honor to represent TESOL International Association by delivering an opening plenary talk at VenTESOL’s 32nd convention in Caracas, Venezuela. The theme of VenTESOL’s event was “Examine, Support and Renew ELT for … Continue reading
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TESOL Advocates Are on Capitol Hill
Yilin Sun
The TESOL President’s Blog Last month, I had a great opportunity to be part of TESOL’s 2014 Advocacy & Policy Summit, held on 22–24 June. This is the largest such event yet, with nearly 70 TESOL educators representing 25 affiliates … Continue reading
TESOL Association: Update on Governance Review
Yilin Sun
Thank you to all those who took the time to review the report from the Governance Review Task Force, and share your feedback. As many of you observed, the review was a very thoughtful and deliberative process to analyze the … Continue reading
Questioning Techniques to Engage Students in Critical Thinking
Yilin Sun
The TESOL President’s Blog One of the most challenging tasks for language teachers when working with English language learners is to engage students in critical thinking and encourage them to ask questions that go beyond factual information. In this blog, … Continue reading