ARTESOL

ARTESOL 2023

TEACHERS TOGETHER FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EFL TEACHING AND LEARNING

Salta. June 9-10, 2023

Argentina TESOL is an Argentine organization with broad interests. It is planned for professional development and provides opportunities for social interaction among colleagues who share common interests in the region. The program committee invites presentations dealing with classroom practices, research in language learning and teaching, or the connection between the two, but very especially encourages those in relation to teacher and professional development and its challenges in the 21st century. We welcome proposals from teachers, teachers in preparation, researchers, program administrators, and materials and curriculum developers, including colleagues in related disciplines such as communication, education, linguistics, foreign languages, anthropology, sociology and psychology.

Please, before you start, pay attention to the following:

Demonstrations, Poster Sessions,, Research Papers, and Round Table Discussions WILL BE ALLOTTED 45 MINUTES. Then, there will be five to ten minutes for questions.

Workshops will be allotted an hour (60 minutes)

Each year some proposals are disqualified because they violate the guidelines below. A proposal is disqualified if:

● It is incomplete or completed without following the guidelines in the call for proposals;

● It includes the presenter(s) or organizer(s) name(s) or institution(s) in the title, abstract, or summary;

● It contains plagiarized content

● It promotes a commercial interest.

Convention Topics

Requirements & Regulations

Registration Fees

Types of Presentations

Submission Guidelines

Submit your proposal here

NEW deadline for submissions: Monday, May 1, 2023

You’ll be contacted by ARTESOL Evaluation Committee by  Sunday, May 7, 2023. However, if you have not received a reply by then, feel free to contact us at argentinatesol@gmail.com

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STEPS IN SUBMITTING THE PROPOSALS

Submission steps for Demonstrations, Workshops, Research Papers, Round Tables, and Poster Sessions.

Step 1– Title 

Choose a title that will be clear to the intended audience, and limit it to a maximum of nine words. Capitalize only the first word, proper nouns, and acronyms, do not put the title in quotation marks. Example: Music and movement for kindergarten and the primary grades.

Step 2– Abstract 

One requirement of the proposal form is to provide an abstract that will appear in the program book, alphabetized under the first presenter’s last name, if the proposal is accepted. The abstract helps convention participants decide which presentations will be most appropriate to their concerns and needs. The abstract should adhere to the following guidelines:

• It should not exceed 100 words. Information provided after word #100 will be deleted.
• It should be written in the third person, future tense (“The presenter will begin by… She will then…”).
• It should avoid all references to published works.
• It should be carefully edited and proofread.
• It should be written to draw the most appropriate audience to presentation
• It should adhere to the specific guidelines.

Step 3– Biographical Statement

It should not exceed a maximum of 50 words per presente. Information provided after word # 50 will be deleted. Give your first name, family name, institutional affiliation, and relevant activities or publications. Degrees are normally listed, and titles such as professor are not capitalized. You can generally omit “currently”.

Step 4– Summary 

One-page summary of the presentation content, equivalent to a one-page summary, line spacing 1.5 lines, font Arial 11. Make sure that the best format (e.g., research paper, demonstration, etc.) has been selected and that the material outlined can be covered in the allotted time.

Summary Content description for each type of presentation/proposal

(a) Demonstration: central purpose and description of what will be demonstrated.

(b) Poster session: the purpose of the presentation. The most important ideas to be presented. A description of the visual display

(c) Workshop: statement of goal, synopsis of the theoretical framework, precise description of tasks to be performed.

(d) Research Papers: synopsis, including central and supporting ideas.

(e) Round table: central purpose and description of what will be discussed.

Summary Writing Guidelines

(a) One-page summary of the presentation content, equivalent to one A4 page summary, 1,5 line spacing, font Arial 11.

(b)The presentation’s purpose and point of view are clearly stated.

(c) Familiarity with current practices and/or research is evident.

(d) The contents have been carefully edited and proofread.

(e) Do not state presenters’ names on the summary form.

***Feel free to forward this call to your colleagues***

All proposals must be submitted here.

Presenters should also register by filling out the form here.

NEW deadline for submissions: Monday, May 1, 2023

You will be contacted by ARTESOL Evaluation Committee by Sunday, May 7, 2023. However, if you have not received a reply by then, please, contact us at argentinatesol@gmail.com

DEMONSTRATION 

A demonstration shows a technique for teaching or testing, the description of a project or program rather than describing or discussing a topic,

Normally the presenter’s statement of the theory underlying the technique takes no more than five minutes. The rest of the time is used for showing, rather than telling. The abstract should include a brief statement of the presenter’s central purpose and a description of what will be demonstrated (e.g. role playing) and how it will be done (e.g. some of the audience participating as students or an unrehearsed lesson with actual students).

POSTER SESSION

A poster is a graphic semantic representation of a presentation.

The designer should include the most important ideas to be shared with the audience.

RESEARCH PAPER 

A research paper summary reports original research. It includes the research issue, the underlying theoretical framework, a description of the methodological tradition in which the study was conducted and research hypotheses or questions. It describes participants and research context and reports data collection and analysis procedures. Results of the study should not be overly interpreted or generalized, causal inferences should be cautiously made and results obtained in the study should be linked to the original hypotheses. If necessary, implications and any limitations of the study should be included.

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

A roundtable discussion presents an opportunity for an informal, in-depth discussion between presenters and attendees on a specific topic. It is particularly well suited for works-in-progress and  is not meant to be a formal paper presentation.  A roundtable discussion will be held with several sessions taking place at the same time at different tables (rooms). Each table will be organized around a certain topic. Two to four presenters will collaborate on submitting an abstract for a single roundtable discussion. Each roundtable presenter will spend no longer than 8 minutes speaking on his/her topic. The purpose is not to present on a finished project but rather to address a topic in such a way as to engender whole-group discussion.

Presenters will deliver their talks in turn, after which they will engage in extended discussion with the other attendees at the table. The advantage of roundtable sessions is that they allow for stimulating conversations and networking opportunities among participants on shared research interests. There will be no roundtable session chairs. Presenters at a table will be responsible for facilitating the session together.

WORKSHOP 

In a workshop, one or more leaders work with a group, helping them either to solve a problem or to develop specific teaching or research techniques. There is very little lecturing by the leader (s), the emphasis is, rather, on the participant’s activity which is carefully structured by the leader(s).

The abstract should include a statement of the workshop’s goal, a summary of the theoretical framework, and a precise description of the tasks to be performed during the workshop.