Affiliate News - May 2021 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  LETTER FROM TESOL INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION'S PRESIDENT
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
•  USING LEADERSHIP IN ELT TO CONNECT STAKEHOLDERS DURING THE "NEW NORM"
ARTICLES
•  MY EXPERIENCE AS A TESOL INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AMBASSADOR
•  POST-2020: NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND NEW INITIATIVES
•  TESOL KUWAIT: RISING FROM THE RANKS TO BECOME ONE OF THE MIDEAST'S MOST ACTIVE AFFILIATES
•  BOOST SMART LEADERSHIP IN ELTA ALBANIA ASSOCIATION
•  HOW ETAI CROWNED CORONA
•  INTERMOUNTAIN TESOL: MAKING CHANGES TO IMPROVE OUR AFFILIATE
•  CREATING A VIRTUAL WEST VIRGINIA STATE TESOL CONFERENCE FROM SCRATCH: A TEAM EFFORT
•  PERU TESOL HOLDS FIRST VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
•  THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN INDONESIA (TEFLIN) PUBLISHES TEACHER DEVELOPMENT SERIES
•  FACING NEW CHALLENGES: ENGLISH TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA (ETAG) AND THE PANDEMIC
•  NEW JERSEY TESOL/BE UPDATES
•  PENNTESOL-EAST ANNOUNCES NEW INITIATIVE
•  LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPE: TAKING LANGUAGE LEARNING OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM
•  THE COVID-19 EDUCATION METAPHORS

PENNTESOL-EAST ANNOUNCES NEW INITIATIVE

PennTESOL-East is beginning a series of monthly conversations with selected members of the affiliate. The conversations will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas.

PennTESOL-East is the TESOL International Association affiliate which represents the eastern part of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. In addition to its tradition of hosting one or two conferences per year, it is creating a monthly event, TESOL Conversations, to further strengthen the bond among its members and other peers in the field. The event aims to provide a forum to exchange ideas and highlight effective practices in our field. The meetings are free and open to everyone. Speakers will come from the PennTESOL-East membership. For the first year, eleven speakers have been chosen to present their work.

Beginning in February 2021, each meeting will be on the fourth Friday of every month at 4 p.m. via Zoom and will last from thirty to forty minutes. The speaker will give a ten to fifteen-minute presentation followed by a conversation among the participants. Recordings of the meetings will be made available to the public. PennTESOL-East will award certificates to the presenters as a token of appreciation and will publish reviews of their presentations on its website.

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Harrington E. Crissey, Jr. has taught adult ESL for forty-six years. He is the treasurer and publishers' liaison of PennTESOL-East.