ALC Newsletter - 09/17/2012 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  CHAIR'S WELCOME
•  MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR
ARTICLES: ASIA AND OCEANIA
•  SHARING BEST PRACTICES: STRENGTHENING TEACHERS ASSOCIATIONS IN SOUTH ASIA
ARTICLES: AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
•  TESOL ARABIA AFFILIATE'S ACTIVITIES
•  TESOL ARABIA, DUBAI EXPERIENCE
ARTICLES: EUROPE AND EURASIA
•  HUPE CONFERENCE 2012
•  NALDIC CONFERENCE: EAL AND ADDITIONAL NEEDS
ARTICLES: CARRIBEAN, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
•  ARTESOL 25TH ANNIVERSARY
•  ARTESOL'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE FRANKLIN GLOBAL SPELLEVENTS
•  JOURNEY INTO ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE: EMBRACING DIVERSITY
ARTICLES: NORTH AMERICA
•  NEW JERSEY TESOL/NEW JERSEY BILINGUAL EDUCATORS (NJTESOL/NJBE)
•  PTE's 2012 EXPERIENCE
•  TEAM TEXAS GOES TO DC
•  NEWS FROM TEXTESOL IV
46th Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibit
•  2012 AFFILIATE ASSEMBLY REPORT
•  2012 AFFILIATE COLLOQIUM: "ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING GOES MAINSTREAM"
BEST OF AFFILIATES
•  TESOL BEST OF AFFILIATE SESSION: GRAPPLING WITH THE GROUP DYNAMIC
•  MINNESOTA STORIES CHOSEN FOR BEST OF AFFILIATE
•  A UNIQUE ESL EXPERIENCE: A VISUALLY IMPAIRED TEACHER TEACHING ESL TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED LEARNERS
News From TESOL
•  TESOL INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE PARTNERSHIP
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
•  AFFILIATE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

ARTICLES: EUROPE AND EURASIA

HUPE CONFERENCE 2012

Lidija Branilović, Newsletter Editor, HUPE

HUPE organising comittee

HUPE: David Crystal, Olha Madylus, Piotr Steinbrich, Lindsay Clandfield, Marija Andraka―these esteemed speakers were special guests at the 20th HUPE Conference, which took place in beautiful Opatija this April.

Excellent David Crystal

The conference was extremely well attended, with almost 400 delegates from all over the world exchanging their ELT experiences. HUPE Conference is special because it offers a variety of topics for each and every participant but also gives simultaneous sessions by both international as well as our own Croatian speakers. A lot of young teachers decide to attend conferences like this one, making their first step toward acquiring the experience of their colleagues whom they admired through their schooldays.

Apart from teaching and learning, social events are something our organizing committee is proud of. This year’s social events included David and Hillary Crystal’s “Speaking Shakespearean”; London Calling stand-up comedy, which surprisingly still had that ELT/ELL note; and the Best of the Best party after an amazing Pecha Kucha evening. HUPE celebrated its 20th birthday with its followers as well as with its past and present officials, giving all the participants an insight into how it was back then and how it is right now.

HUPE celebrated its 20th birthday with its followers as well as with its past and present officials, giving all the participants an insight into ow it was back then and how it is right now. 

Lidija Branilović, an English teacher at Dr. Ivan Novak Elementary School in Macinec, Croatia, for 6 years, now works mostly with Roma children for whom an English language is a third or even fourth language. Branilović has also been the HUPE newsletter editor since September 2011 and gives public presentations and workshops both in Croatia and abroad.