ALC Newsletter - 03/11/2013 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR
•  MEET JEAN FRANTZY ITALIEN, INCOMING ALC MEMBER A!
ARTICLES
TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION TO SUPPORT AFFILIATES

•  TESOL ARABIA REACHES NEW AUDIENCE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
•  CATESOL MEETS ONLINE
•  THE NEW MARYLAND TESOL WEBSITE: PROS AND CONS
•  SOCIAL MEDIA AND SUNSHINE STATE - CONNECTING WITH MEMBERSHIP AND BEYOND
SHARING STORIES FROM AFFILIATES AROUND THE WORLD
ASIA AND OCEANIA

•  FIRST STEP: AMEND THE JALT CONSTITUTION
AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
•  INTRODUCING KSAALT - HELPING TEACHERS BLOOM IN SAUDI ARABIA
CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
•  CA&CB CONFERENCE AT THE ANNUAL PRTESOL CONVENTION IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
EUROPE AND EURASIA
•  TESOL FRANCE: UNE HISTOIRE A SUCCES
•  NALDIC CONFERENCE 20: READING ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE


•  LANGUAGE LANDSCAPES, TESOL ITALY'S 37TH NATIONAL CONVENTION
BEST PRACTICESARKTESOL
•  ARKTESOL DEVELOPS CONVENTION CENTER PARTNERSHIP
INTESOL
•  TRAINING BURMESE REFUGEES AS COMMUNITY
Maryland TESOL
•  SHADOWING TO FIND AN INSTRUCTIONAL MATCH
TESOL Arabia
•  TESOL ARABIA CONTINUES TO GROW
TESOL Greece
•  PSYCHOLOGY AND ELT: EGO DEPLETION: 'I CAN RESIST ANYTHING - PROVIDED THAT'S THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO DO!'
WELCOME NEW AFFILIATES
•  AAELTA HAS BECOME TESOL'S AFFILIATE
•  TESOL SUDAN 2011 - 2012 NEWSLETTER
47TH ANNUAL TESOL CONVENTION AND EXHIBIT
•  2013 BEST OF AFFILIATES SESSIONS
•  ALC COLLOQUIUM 2013

 

MEET JEAN FRANTZY ITALIEN, INCOMING ALC MEMBER A!

I currently serve as MATE international advocacy representative. I am the president/founder of Miragoane Association of Teachers of English (MATE), whose main office is located in Miragoane, Haiti. I previously taught English as a foreign language for more than 10 years. In 1996, I started Wonderful English Institute in Miragoane. The institute became the first English school founded in the county. In September 1997, I took my first-year seminar in English titled “English for the Year 2000 and Beyond,” sponsored by the United States Information Service, Cultural Affairs Office. In 2000, I started workshops and meetings to initiate a professional English organization in Miragoane. On August 8 2003, I founded MATE as a regional English association to strengthen English teaching in Haiti. In 2005, I implemented TESOL International Association in Haiti. As member A of the Affiliate Leadership Council, my goal is to secure the mission and the vision of the affiliates and TESOL.