ALC Newsletter - 03/14/2012 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
Leadership Updates
•  WELCOME FROM THE CHAIR
•  A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR
•  MEET LARISA OLESOVA, INCOMING ALC MEMBER A!
CONVENTION NEWS
•  ALC COLLOQUIUM 2012
•  2012 BEST OF AFFILIATE SESSIONS
•  TESOL AFFILIATE NEWSLETTER EDITORS' WORKSHOP
AFFLIATE NEWS
•  JALT REVITALIZES MEMBERSHIP IN MANY WAYS
•  TESOL PRESIDENT AT NNETESOL ANNUAL CONFERENCE
•  INTRODUCING TESL NOVA SCOTIA ASSOCIATION
•  RICH IN CONTENT, POORER IN OUR TREASURY
•  MINNETESOL WORKS TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH MEMBERS
•  ENGLISH TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA (ETAG)
•  2012 ACPI-TESOL ELT NATIONAL CONVENTION
A RELO NEAR YOU
•  HOW THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS TESOL AFFILIATES
A MESSAGE FROM TESOL
•  ALL TESOL AFFILIATES INVITED TO TESOL ADVOCACY DAY 2012

CONVENTION NEWS

ALC COLLOQUIUM 2012

English Language Teaching Goes Mainstream

English language teaching has been a global enterprise for decades, but only in recent years has it had formal recognition within state-mandated curricula. This colloquium reports on global initiatives in which English language standards are embedded within mainstream mandated curricula and standards, rather than as an optional add-on.

Presenters

Dorothy Forbin(region: Africa)
Misty Adoniou (region: Oceania)
Janet Pierce (region : North America)
Ulrich Schrader/Maria Trapero-Dávila (region: Central American and Caribbean Basin Region)

Moderator: Karen Cadiero-Kaplan

Thursday, 29 March, 9:45 am–11 am, Marriott 401