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New Leadership for TESOL: Meet Christopher Powers

In this interview, learn about the new executive director of TESOL International Association and what he has planned for the organization.

Summer Professional Development for TESOL Educators

by Kristen Lindahl

Vacation is a great time to recharge your batteries and conduct some personalized professional development. Here are some ideas.

Grammatically Speaking

by Michelle Jackson

Use this activity to teach possessive adjectives to your beginning English language learners. They will produce the target language in both oral and written form.

Quick Tip: 3 Effective English Teaching Strategies That Make Learning Relevant

by Hang T. Nguyen

When students are not motivated to learn English, especially in EFL contexts where they may not use the language regularly, it is particularly important to make the language relevant to their interests and passions. Try these effective strategies and classroom activities for making English learning relevant to your students and for creating a classroom environment that motivates and encourages them.

Irony in Everyday Language Use

Vander Viana and Sonia Zyngier

Try this free sample activity, "Irony in Everyday Language Use," from New Ways in Teaching with Humor (edited by John Rucynski, Jr.) to help your intermediate+ English language students learn and develop awareness about irony in different contexts. New Ways in Teaching with Humor explores the whole gamut of possibilities for using humor in English language teaching.

Leadership Paths and Opportunities: Becoming a leader in TESOL International Association.

Call for Proposals: 2017 TESOL Research Mini-Grants. Each award provides up to US$2,500 for applicants who are conducting or beginning research projects aligned with the TESOL Research Agenda. (Deadline 4 July)

2018 Teacher of the Year Award: TESOL is now accepting applications for the 2018 TESOL Teacher of the Year Award. (Deadline 19 July)

TESOL Professional Development: Take advantage of all TESOL has to offer for your professional growth; sign up for one of these online courses today!

TESOL Certificate: Advanced Practitioner: Take your career to the next level with this self-paced certificate program.
Leadership Certificate Program: Free self-paced, TESOL member–only certificate program to help you develop your leadership skills.
TESOL Online Grammar Courses: Two courses (Grammar 1 and Grammar 2) to help you develop the skills necessary to teach grammar in the classroom. (26 June)
Separating Difference from Disability: Explore specific issues in assessment, intervention, and identification. Online course. (26 June)
Developing an Online Teaching Program: A certificate program for online, mobile, and blended learning environments. (July 2017)
TESOL Training of Trainers: Get tools and strategies for strengthening your continuing professional development program. (12 July)
Leadership Management Certificate Program: Learn the skills to become a quality leader. Online certificate program. (24 July)

TESOL International Association statements, comments, and advocacy:

Resource Kit: WIOA [Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act] and English Learners: What Educators Need to Know (TESOL International Association)

Blog: Boosting Language and Literacy Experiences in K-3 for DLLs (National Institute for Early Education Research)

Report: The Case for Investment in Adult Basic Education (ProLiteracy)

Free Publication: Reading the Past, Writing the Future: Fifty Years of Promoting Literacy (UNESCO)

Free Book: Factors Influencing Success in Teaching English in State Primary Schools (British Council)

Report: Home Language Survey Data Quality Self-Assessment (Institute of Education Sciences, Regional Educational Laboratory)

Article: Mother Tongues Matter Amid English-Language Push in Asia (Global Partnership for Education)

Report: Promoting the Educational Success of Children and Youth Learning English: Promising Futures (The National Academies Press)

Conference Proceedings: Multilingualism and Development: Selected Proceedings of the 11th Language & Development Conference, New Delhi, India 2015 (British Council)

English Language Test Development Specialist; Edutech Lab; Bellevue, Washington, USA

EFL Professionals (Full Time); Sichuan University - Pittsburgh Institute; Chengdu, China

English Instructors; Northstar College; Hargeisa, Somaliland

Director, Program in Intensive English; Northern Arizona University; Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

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