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Tag Archives: TESOL President
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
Demystifying Myths About Leadership: An NNEST Perspective
Yilin Sun
The TESOL President’s Blog Who can become a leader for a professional organization? As nonnative-English-speaking (NNES) educators, especially new teachers, many tend to say, “I’m just a graduate student,” or “I’m just a new teacher in the field. How can … Continue reading
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Greetings From Yilin and Important Initiatives From TESOL
Yilin Sun
The TESOL President’s Blog Greetings from Yilin! I am truly honored and excited to have this opportunity to serve as president of TESOL International Association. I’d like to thank the entire TESOL membership for choosing me to represent you and … Continue reading
Reflections From TESOL’s First Egyptian President: 10 Accomplishments and Lessons Learned
Deena Boraie
The TESOL President’s Blog Time has flown—it seems like it was only yesterday when I was installed as TESOL president in Dallas in March 2013. It has been an amazing year! I was extremely busy; I learned a lot, did … Continue reading
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The Future of English Language Teaching and Learning Locally and Globally
Deena Boraie
Dr. Boraie will deliver the Presidential Keynote address titled, “Next Generation ELT: Voices of TESOLers” at the TESOL 2014 International Convention & English Language Expo, 8 am, Friday, 28 March 2014. With my country, Egypt, going through many changes affecting all areas … Continue reading
The Cairo TESOL International Symposium Experience
Deena Boraie
The TESOL President’s Blog Last week on 27 January, TESOL held an international symposium in Cairo, Egypt, organized in partnership with Egypt’s TESOL affiliate, NileTESOL, and The American University in Cairo. For me and for TESOL this was a very … Continue reading