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"TESOL and AL Students Organize NYS TESOL Winter Conference"
Adapted from an article by Fred Tsutagawa published in TESOL/AL Times. 

The 32nd Annual New York State TESOL Applied Linguistics Winter Conference (ALWC), held at Teachers College, Columbia University on February 12, 2011, was the most successful ALWC to date, with a record 227 attendees gathering to collaborate and share current research and pedagogy addressing the theme Applied Linguistics in the 21st Century: Sharing Insights and Looking Ahead.

The day was replete with a record number of presentations (43), workshops (8) and poster presentations (8) across a diverse range of issues relevant to the field of applied linguistics. While the majority of attendees came from the U.S., others traveled to NYC from Canada, Iran, Israel, Japan and Jordan. Read more...