SRIS Newsletter - March 2018 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
ARTICLES
•  ENGAGING WITH RACE AND ESOL TEACHING THROUGH A READING GROUP
•  FROM DACA TO DARK SOULS: PROMOTING MMORPGS AS A SANCTUARY FOR "LOS OTROS DREAMERS"
•  FROM THE UNITED STATES TO CUBA (BUT NOT NECESSARILY FROM CUBA TO THE UNITED STATES): THE CHALLENGES OF INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE
•  PROFESSIONAL GROWTH: LEARNING KEYS TO SUCCESS FROM CUBAN ENGLISH TEACHERS
•  ELT PRACTICE IN TURKEY: A BRIEF LOOK INTO CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS TO AMEND THE ELT PRACTICE
•  THE HANDS UP PROJECT
BOOK REVIEWS
•  BOOK REVIEW: OUT OF MY GREAT SORROWS
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
•  SRIS SESSIONS AT THE TESOL INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
•  MISSION STATEMENT
•  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION, BUILDING SOLIDARITY

 

ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY

SRIS SESSIONS AT THE TESOL INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION


For your reference, we have gathered the times and locations for the TESOL 2018 Convention sessions which relate to and/or intersect with SRIS as well as the forums which have also been scheduled to meet during the week. You can search for more information about these sessions by searching the full program here. There are also some innovative posters which will be on display in the Expo Hall from 12:30pm to 1:45pm on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. You can access the entire list of those here. Finally, don’t forget about the SRIS open meeting for all SRIS members and those interested in learning more about our interest section. Please see all of the session information below. We look forward to meeting you in Chicago.

Session

Date/Time

Location

Workshop: Speaking Up and Pushing Back: Women of Color in Academia

Wednesday, 28 March:

9:30 am - 11:15 am

N230a

Forum: TESOL Interfaith Palestinian Educators and Friends for Justice, Peace, and Reconciliation

Wednesday, 28 March:

11:30 am -12:30 pm

N133

Workshop: So You Wanna Talk About Race? Addressing Our Blind Spots.

Wednesday, 28 March:

11:30 am -1:15 pm

E450a

Dialogue: Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Dialogue

Wednesday, 28 March:

11:30 am -1:15 pm

E260

Research Oriented Presentation: ELL Teachers and Executive Orders: The Cost in Emotion Labor

Wednesday, 28 March:

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

E260

Practice Oriented Presentation: A Minority Within a Minority: Working With Indigenous Mayan ELLs

Wednesday, 28 March:

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm

E260

Social Responsibility Academic Session: ELT and Social Justice Within the Current Political Milieu

Wednesday, 28 March:

3:00 pm - 4:45 pm

N227a

Open Meeting: Social Responsibility Interest Section

Wednesday, 28 March:

6:45 pm - 8:15 pm

N132

Teaching Tip: 10 Tips for EFL Teachers to Promote LGBTIQ Inclusion

Thursday, 29 March:

7:00 am - 7:20 am

E253d

Intersection - Teacher Education and Social Responsibility: Integrating Social Justice in Teacher Education

Thursday, 29 March:

9:30 am - 11:15 am

N127

Forum: TESOL Environmental Responsibility

Thursday, 29 March:

9:30 am - 10:30 am

E266

Workshop: Drama for Social Justice in ELT

Thursday, 29 March:

9:30 am - 11:15 am

N228

Research Oriented Presentation: Social Justice, Remediation, and the Urban Curriculum: Tensions in Teaching

Thursday, 29 March:

9:30 am - 10:15 am

N131

Workshop: The Curriculum That Dare Not Speak Its Name: Queering TESOL

Thursday, 29 March:

10:30 am - 12:15 pm

E 265

Dialogue: Hate Crimes on the Rise: What Should Teachers Do?

Thursday, 29 March:

11:30 am - 12:15 pm

E260

Forum: TESOL International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Friends

Thursday, 29 March:

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

E266

Research Oriented Presentation: Authentic Community Educational Engagement Through Participatory Research Projects

Thursday, 29 March:

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

E260

Practice Oriented Presentation: Jane Addams, America's First Immigrant Advocate

Thursday, 29 March:

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm

E259

Practice Oriented Presentation: Skills for Sustaining Peacebuilding Dialogue Across the Classroom Community

Thursday, 29 March:

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm

E260

Research Oriented Presentation: Yes, We Can! Black Male Recruitment and Retention in TESOL

Thursday, 29 March:

5:00 pm - 5:45 pm

E260

Forum: TESOL Diversity Collaborative

Thursday, 29 March:

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

E266

Forum: TESOL Black English Language Professionals and Friends

Thursday, 29 March:

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

E266

Practice Oriented Presentation: Teaching Academic Discussion Skills Through Engagement With Social Issues

Friday, 30 March:

7:00 am - 7:45 am

E260

Intersection - Refugee Concerns and Social Responsibility:

Building Partnerships to Foster Advocacy Work with Refugee Background Students

Friday, 30 March:

9:30 am - 11:15 am

N139

Practice Oriented Presentation: Teaching Academic Discussion Skills Through Engagement With Social Issues

Friday, 30 March:

9:30 am - 10:15 am

N130

Workshop: Sustaining Dialogues by Incorporating History to Illuminate Social Justice Issues

Friday, 30 March:
11:30 am - 1:15 pm

E450a

Research Oriented Presentation: White Privilege and TESOL

Friday, 30 March:
11:30 am - 12:15 pm

E260

Practice Oriented Presentation: Creative Media as Tangible Advocacy for Global Educators

Friday, 30 March:
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

E260

Practice Oriented Presentation: A Model for Integrating Critical Pedagogy and L2 Teaching

Friday, 30 March:
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm

E260