NYS TESOL Annual Conference 2008

Dear members and friends,

The Professional Concerns committee of NYS TESOL Presents
"Bridging the Gap: A Discussion Forum for ESL Professionals"

Saturday, October 18, 2008
1:00- 4:00pm
at Pace University (downtown NYC campus)

This event is a venue where ESL professionals can come together and discuss relevant issues and share ideas across specializations and across the instructor-administrator divide and across the secondary education-higher education divide. Participants will join one of 3 workshops:

1. Community ESL and Adult Literacy ESL
   "An Humanistic Approach to ELL Teaching"
   
   Discussion Leaders: Dara Fulton & Elaine Roberts
   
2. K-12 ESL
   "Writing Strategies for Students: Addressing the High-School to College Curriculum Gap"
   
   Discussion Leader: Stacey Fellom
   
3. Higher Education
   "ESL The Idiomatic and the Academic: The Dual Transition of the ELI Student"
   
   Discussion Leaders: Lisa Kraft & Agie Markiewicz

The workshops will be followed by discussions regarding concerns and issues about ESL education in the particular areas (K-12, Adult/Community, and Higher Ed.). We will then convene in a large whole-group discussion.

Refreshments will be served. Please download our flyer PDF and share this announcement with others in the field! To RSVP, please contact Dafna Ben-Anath at profconcerns@nystesol.org.