ARTESOL

Dear Colleagues,

This is a call for articles from ARTESOL English for Specific Purposes Interest Section for 2015 edition of ESP E-journal, a refereed international journal of issues in Teaching English for Specific Purposes. ARTESOL ESP E-journal receives submissions of unpublished manuscripts on any topic related to the area.

Four categories of manuscripts are evaluated:

Contributions. short articles published by prestigious ESP specialists.

Research Articles. This is a section devoted to the publication of research articles that will be refereed by three renowned researchers.

Pedagogical Experiences in ESP. This section includes the description of new experiences (strategies, techniques, course design) within ESP.

Reviews. This section includes reviews of books and journals published by Universities, Teacher Training Colleges and other institutions interested in the development of ESP courses or studies.

Articles should be submitted in Microsoft Word or RTF document format. Full-length articles should be no more than 5,500 words in length, excluding appendices. For more details, see the submission guidelines and the sample articles here.

Please note that the deadline for your contributions is August 1st, 2015. Your articles should be submitted to artesolespjournal@gmail.com.

The editorial board will contact you as soon as your article goes through the different stages of the review process. We look forward to and do count on your being a part of this edition.

Best regards,

María Susana González

ARTESOL ESP E-journal – Director

TESOL 2015 “Crossing Borders, Building Bridges”, 25-28 March, Toronto, Canada

Sessions organized by TESOL Affiliate Leadership Council 

25 March, all day: Affiliate Workshop

This full day workshop focused on best practices of running an ELT association. The morning session, Inspiring Leadership Beyond the ‘Common Bond, was facilitated by a professional consultant. The afternoon was comprised of breakout sessions facilitated by six TESOL Affiliates:

• Advocacy:Connecting Members with Their Passion Within Our Affiliates. WITESOL
• Strategic Advocacy for K-12 English Learners in Indiana School. INTESOL
• Engaging Regional Members. BC TEAL
• Reaching a wider audience through online engagement. ETAI
• Supporting a Multicultural Community of TESOL Professionals. TESOL Arabia
• What is Colorado’s secret to their successful annual convention? CoTESOL

26 March 9-10:30am: Affiliate Colloquium, Building Bridges for Communication and Collaboration between Affiliates, facilitated by Janet Pierce, Affiliate Leadership Council, Past Chair, covered the following information:

• Reciprocal partnerships which comprise the Pan Asian Consortium (PAC),
• Reciprocal partnerships between YakutTESOL and TexTESOL V, and
• Partnerships and collaborating between BCTEAL and WATESOL.

Presenters:

(PAC):Richmond Stroupe, Japan Association of Language Teaching (JALT); Johanna Katchen, English Teachers’ Association Republic of China (ETA – ROC) and Suchada Nimmannit, Thailand TESOL;

YakutTESOL and TexTESOL V:Jey Venkatesan, Journal Editor,TexTESOL V;

Elizabeth Ostrow Smith, TexTESOL V Past-President;

Pa BCTEAL and WATESOL: ◦Shawna Williams, President, BC TEAL.

1–3pm: Affiliate Editors’ Workshop facilitated by Ana María Rocca, Affiliate Leadership Council, Member A Presentations included:

• “The new changing roles of ‘Editors’”, “Publication: a changing concept for our times,” MEXTESOL.
• “Moving from paper to electronic and website visibility,” and “Combining technological and people roles in a changing world.” Three Rivers TESOL

 Presenters:

MEXTESOL: Pia Maria White, President and Ulrich Schrader, MEXTESOL-TESOL liaison

Three Rivers TESOL: Janet Pierce, Secretary, and Robert Mucklo, Webmaster

27 March, 10am–12:30pm: Affiliate Assembly The official business meeting for affiliates of TESOL International Association was led by Affiliate Leadership Council Past Chair Janet Pierce with Member A Ana Maria Rocca Affiliates were required to send a delegate. The assembly focused on the relationship between TESOL and the affiliates.