CELT 2008 in New York: Education With Vision
Eleanor Pease, eleanor.pease@nyack.edu
I am excited to report that Nyack College will host the 2008 CELT (Christians in English Language Teaching) Conference on Wednesday, April 2, at its New York City location near the corner of Broadway and Worth/Broadway and Franklin in lower Manhattan, just blocks from Ground Zero. This conference offers English and foreign language teachers dynamic plenary sessions, workshops, networking, and informative exhibits. I hope that you will consider not only attending, but also adding your voice by proposing to present at the conference. Adjournment at the end of the day will allow time to attend the opening plenary session of the 2008 TESOL Convention to be held at the Hilton Hotel.
The CELT 2008 conference theme of "Education with Vision" will be addressed by the first plenary speaker Dr. Zoltan Dornyei, who is known for his work in psycholinguistics. His publications include Motivational Strategies in the Language Classroom, published by Cambridge University Press in 2001, Questionnaires in Second Language Research: Construction, Administration, and Processing, and, most recently, Research Methods in Applied Linguistics: Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Methodologies, published by Oxford University Press in 2007. Some of his works have also been translated into Japanese and Chinese. Among several awards, Dr. Dornyei received the Distinguished Research Award from TESOL in 1998 and the Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize of the Modern Language Association of America in 1999.
Updates on the conference will be available on the CETC e-list as well as the Christians in English Language Teaching Wiki at http://christiansineltconferences.pbwiki.com; the password is celt. Watch for the call for proposals and other information as the time for the conference nears.
For further information please contact Eleanor Pease at 845-675-4549 or eleanor.pease@nyack.edu. Please note that Christians in English Language Teaching, while international, has no connection with the international TESOL organization.
Dr. Eleanor J. Pease is chair of the TESOL Department of Nyack College in Nyack, New York. She spent many years in Japan, served as chair of CETC last year, and continues on the leadership team as past chair of the caucus for 2007-08.
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