TESOL 2017: Convention in Photos
The TESOL 2017 International Convention & English Language Expo in Seattle, Washington, USA drew more than 6,100 professionals intending to engage, enrich, and empower.
Attendees traveled from more than 100 countries around the world to learn from and network with fellow TESOLers.
Technology was everywhere, from the Electronic Village, where participants learned about the newest and most reliable edtech, to the Registration Desk, where attendees could utilize self-check-in to speed up the process and learn how to use the mobile app.
Keynotes drew the largest crowds, with speakers discussing topics like power and empowerment, professionalism, and education in the age of smart machines. (Clockwise from top: Yong Zhao, Sherman Alexie, Guadalupe Valdés, Dudley Reynolds)
At the Annual Business Meeting, members voted on resolutions and observed the induction of 2017–2018 President Ester de Jong.
There were approximately 1,000 sessions offered in Seattle, ranging from language testing and assessment to technology in language learning, bilingual education, and public policy.
At the First-Timers’ Orientation, attendees networked, exchanged information, and learned how to navigate the convention.
Posters provided attendees with casual, face-to-face interactions with presenters.
In the Exhibit Hall, the TESOL Bookstore offered special deals and convention pricing for attendees.
120 exhibitors offered cutting-edge classroom tools, resources, and publications, and the Job MarketPlace saw 16 recruiting companies host more than 180 interviews.
At the Closing Celebration, attendees joined to let loose and have a good time while enjoying great food, drinks, and music.
And TESOLers connected with each other from all over the world!
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Online Tools for Teacher Collaboration, by Tara Arntsen
 Today’s guest blogger Yefei Jin discusses how education technology can help teachers collaborate and problem solve. He is the founder of LessonPick.com, a free English language teaching resource-sharing platform. Read more.
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Reflecting Students’ Lives in Children’s Literature, by Judie Haynes
 When I was a K–6 ESL teacher, I often felt frustrated because I couldn’t find high quality books that reflected my students’ lives. Many of the books available to my students were about the folklore or fables from their home countries, but I wanted my English learners to read books where they could see themselves and that reflect the lives they are currently living. I felt that it was important for my students to make connections between the books they were reading and their lives so that they would become lifelong readers. In 2014, I read an opinion piece in the New York Times by Walter Dean Myers titled “Where are the People of Color in Children’s Books?” This article led me to research the number of books published each year that could be considered multicultural. Read more.
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Leadership Research In The West For Students In The East, by Kevin Knight
 “The Dead Poets Society” was a 1989 award winning movie. A few years later, The Dead Fukuzawa Society (TDFS) was created by some of Chalmers Johnson‘s students at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego (GPS/UCSD), where I am an alumnus. The inspiration for the establishment of TDFS was Fukuzawa Yukichi’s belief that Japan should learn from the West. The members of TDFS thought that the West should learn from Japan and the East.
Over 20 years later, in March 2017 before the TESOL convention in Seattle, I traveled from Japan to visit GPS/UCSD. My purpose during my research trip was similar to that of Fukuzawa. My aim was to learn from leaders in the West (i.e., San Diego, California) in order to provide better leadership development and professional communication training for my undergraduate students in the East (i.e., Japan). In San Diego, I was able to meet with leaders at GPS/UCSD and at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL). Read more. |
TESOL Bookstore
Featured Resources from TESOL Press
More Than A Native Speaker: An Introduction to Teaching English Abroad, Third Edition
Don Snow and Maxi-Ann Campbell
In this newly updated third edition, learn step-by-step how to effectively teach English abroad. Gain valuable tips and resources for teaching in an unfamiliar educational system, working with students of varying ages and skill levels, and adapting to life in a different culture. A rich array of online resources and activities included.
TESOL Voices: Adult Education
Tim Stewart, Editor
Follow the triumph and trials of real-life students as they learn English, whether they're pursuing it for their vocation, as immigrants to a new country, for travel, or for their very survival.
TESOL Voices: Higher Education
Tim Stewart, Editor
Through personal narratives shared by teachers and students like, find out how it feels to be a bewildered, foreign-born student trying to learn the academic culture of an American university while simultaneously learning the language.
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