ALC Newsletter - 03/16/2015 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR
•  MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR
•  MEET DEBBIE WEST, INCOMING ALC MEMBER A
ARTICLES
•  JODI CRANDALL HONORED WITH WATESOL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
•  ACTA TESOL CONFERENCE IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: MEETING THE CHALLENGE
•  TESOL ARABIA SUPPORTS NEEDY WOMEN OF NEPAL
NEWS FROM THE AFFILIATES
•  MEXTESOL EXPANDING ITS HORIZONS
•  MATE CONFERENCE REPORT 2014
•  THREE RIVERS TESOL CELEBRATES 25 YEARS
•  TexTESOL V PUBLICATION OF TEXAS ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
•  12TH CA&CB CONFERENCE IN PANAMA CITY, SEPTEMBER 2014
TESOL 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXPO
•  AFFILIATE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL MEETINGS

MEET DEBBIE WEST, INCOMING ALC MEMBER A

Debbie West, President, TESOL France, Paris, France

President Debbie West, UC Berkeley grad, brought up in a military family, has done almost everything from teaching French to being an international student advisor in the United States to now teaching English to all levels and ages in France.

An educator at heart, she sees education as broader than existing only in a classroom and is definitely not very traditional in her methods. With a love for developing programs and an ever-present bank of ideas, she finds that there never seems to be enough time, energy, and money to do everything. Being single helps, and sometimes it doesn't. Here in France, she is an independent (after all, the accountants were just "trying to help"), teaches English, and does a bit of translation.

Debbie is a representative for the International Business Program at UC Berkeley Extension and is trying to develop a total summer immersion English program (in August). She tries to do her part in developing people's English skills. She can be reached using her website, westlanguage.com.