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TESOL Academy
June 25-27, 2004
Alliant International University, San Diego, California, USA
About the TESOL Academy
Schedule of Events
Accommodations
Registration Terms
Refund Policy
Program Cancellation
Special Services
Group Discount
Workshops
The scope of language teaching continues to change. In K-12, educational reforms require revision of the curriculum. In colleges and universities, teacher educators need to teach future teachers the skills and techniques they will need to meet the challenges in today’s classrooms. Teachers of adult and higher education learners hear and read about new studies and approaches being used in the classroom, but they seldom have the opportunity to see how these practices can be applied. No one knows more than TESOL professionals like you the importance of staying ahead of the changing trends in language teaching. That’s why TESOL offers the TESOL Academy!
The Academy allows you to
Register early! Each workshop is limited to 30 participants and is filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration fees include materials, refreshments, certificate of attendance, and the opportunity to earn continuing education credit. The Academy starts on Friday morning and runs through Sunday noon. Optional social programs are also available.
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Friday |
8-10 am |
Check-in |
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10 am-noon |
Workshops in Session | |
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12:15-1:45 pm |
Lunch and Networking | |
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2-4:30 pm |
Workshops in Session | |
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Saturday |
8:30 am-noon |
Workshops in Session |
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Noon-1:30 pm |
Lunch (On Your Own) | |
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1:30- 3 pm |
Workshops in Session | |
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3:30-10:30 pm |
Optional Social Program* | |
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Sunday |
8:30-11:45 am |
Workshops in Session |
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11:45 am-noon |
Evaluation | |
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* There is an additional fee for the optional social program on Saturday. See Registration Form for details. | ||
Continuing education units (CEUs) for attending a TESOL Academy are offered through the Alliant International University. Please note that the university charges a fee. Applications for CEUs and instructions will be included in your confirmation materials.
Birch Aquarium Mingei International Museum Museum of Photographic Arts Old Town San Diego San Diego Art Institute San Diego Museum of Art San Diego Museum of Man San Diego Natural History Museum San Diego Padres San Diego Zoo Seaworld Adventure Park (There are also many more museums, parks, and other attractions.)
On Saturday night, attendees can take a bus tour to Old Town San Diego, the birthplace of California. Old Town features 37 historic buildings, 35 award-winning restaurants within the 12-block area, and the world-famous Bazaar del Mundo. Old Town San Diego State Historic Park recreates life in the Mexican and early American period of 1821-1872. Seating is very limited for this social event and may not be available to purchase on site.
Special discounts have been arranged for TESOL Academy participants at the Holiday Inn Select Hotel and Suites Miramar, located at 9335 Kearny Mesa Road, a short drive from the Alliant International University. The Holiday Inn offers single and double rooms at $99 per night, all with two phone lines with data ports, speakerphones, high-speed Internet, refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker, hair dryer, iron, and ironing board. The hotel features a pool, jacuzzi, sauna, and a newly equipped fitness room. Prices include a free continental breakfast daily between 6 and 9 am.
There will be a free shuttle service between the Holiday Inn and the Academy site for academy participants (one trip before workshop starts and one trip after the workshops end, June 25-27). More information about the shuttle service will be included with your confirmation letter.
Lodging is limited. Room blocks are held for academy participants until June 2, 2004. Call Katia Coronado at the Holiday Inn Select at 858-740-2005 or 858-695-2300 to reserve your room. Mention TESOL to receive the special rates.
The hotel is located about 15 miles from Lindbergh Field San Diego International Airport and offers a complimentary airport shuttle to and from the airport. A taxi to the hotel from the airport is approximately $45. Parking at the hotel is free.
Workshop sessions are held in air-conditioned buildings with traditional classroom seating. Although the weather may be warm during the academy, it is recommended that you pack a sweater. Dress is casual.
Academy attendees receive a Certificate of Attendance to verify hours of participation in their workshop for meeting continuing education requirements.
Registrations must be postmarked no later than June 4, 2004, for early discount rates to apply.
Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Seating in each workshop is limited to the 30 participants.
Payment for all purchase orders must be received in full before the start date of the academy. Participants registering with a purchase order should follow up with their employers to ensure timely payment.
Requests for refunds of registration and fees MUST be received by June 11, 2004. A $75 processing fee will be deducted from the amount of fees to be refunded for requests received by the refund deadline. No refunds will be granted for requests received after June 11, 2004. (See Program Cancellation policy below.)
TESOL reserves the right to cancel any workshop because of low registration or events not within TESOL’s control. In the unlikely event of cancellation, registrants will be notified and offered the option to switch to a different workshop or receive a full refund.
TESOL reserves the right to substitute workshop presenters in the unlikely event that presenters listed in this brochure cannot conduct their workshops. Substitution of workshop presenters is not a cause for refund.
Please inform TESOL at the time of registration if you require special services or assistance.
Register five participants from the same institution at the early discount or regular rate and the sixth registrant from the same institution attends for free. Registrations must be submitted together and paid in full. Purchase orders are accepted for the group discount.
Developing and Teaching a Workplace ESL Program (S-1)
Putting Focus on Form Into Practice (S-2)
Developing Effective Lesson Plans for ESL Grades 3–Adult (S-3)
Integrating Pronunciation into Communicative Language Teaching (S-4)
Get GLAD About Language Teaching (S-5)
Using Standards-Based Assessment to Document Learning and Provide Accountability (S-6)
Julie Graboi and Miryam Jannol, Workshop Leaders
This workshop provides an overview of opportunities for teaching in industries at home and abroad and provides specific instruction on how to develop and manage your own workplace program. Applied skills are developed using case studies. A panel discussion composed of local experts in the field concludes the workshop.
In this workshop you
Who Should Attend?
Adult, community, and higher education teachers and administrators
Julie Graboi has worked as a workplace ESL instructor and course designer for several years in the biomedical and hospitality industries. She designed and delivered courses to assess, train, and place employees within their companies and to help them improve communications and customer relations. She holds an MS in instructional leadership from National University in San Diego, California, United States, and has completed graduate work in linguistics at San Diego State University.
Miryam Jannol is the president of Workplace Literacy Associates, a Los Angles-based educational consulting firm specializing in literacy programs for the workplace. She has developed various workshops, trainings, and programs integrating education into a business environment. She developed curriculum for the Adult Division of the Los Angeles Unified School District. She holds an MA in education from Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, United States; has teaching credentials in two states; and holds a number of specialist credentials as well.
This workshop is devoted to providing participants with a repertoire of techniques that implement Focus on Form grammar teaching. Participants act as students in task-based activities for different age and proficiency levels, including contextualized drills; games; and consciousness raising, categorization, matching, scrambled sentence, problem-solving, decision-making, and information gap tasks. The presenter introduces you to basic techniques and then shows how to adapt them for use with learners in various age groups by varying the content and/or lessening the amount of scaffolding.
In this workshop you
Who Should Attend?
Grammar teachers of adult learners
Holly Wilson teaches in the MA and EdD TESOL programs at Alliant International University. She has also taught ESL courses at the University of New Mexico and the Albuquerque Technical-Vocational Institute, both in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. She holds a PhD in educational linguistics and an MA in linguistics from the University of New Mexico and is a recipient of special awards for her work in teaching grammar in the United States and Cuba. She has published articles and given numerous presentations the United States and elsewhere on grammar and language teaching.
Sharron Bassano, Workshop Leader
Participants in this workshop learn how to organize ESL lessons that address model standards and provide practice of all four English language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Samples of teacher-designed lessons at three grade levels are analyzed and critiqued. You then work with peers to plan a lesson that provides enough redundancy to solidify new vocabulary and structure yet offers enough variety to hold learners' attention and motivate them. Some generic ESL instructional strategies are shared that help to integrate skills.
In this workshop you
Who Should Attend?
Teachers of Grade 3 through adult
Sharron Bassano is a teacher-trainer and consultant in methods and materials for ESL and English language instruction in the academic content areas, both nationally and internationally. An ESL instructor and program coordinator for 21 years, she conducts teacher education courses for University of California Extension programs and has authored and coauthored many popular ESL texts for students and teachers, including Look Who's Talking!, Drawing Out, First Class Reader, Purple Cows and Potato Chips, Sounds Easy, Community Spirit, and the STAR Books-Science and Social Studies for ESL Students.
Linda Grant, Workshop Leader
Many teachers recognize the importance of clear, effective pronunciation and would like to place more emphasis on pronunciation in their classrooms. This practical, hands-on workshop provides basic information about teaching pronunciation-what to teach and how to teach it. You learn about the most common stress, rhythm, intonation, consonant, and vowel trouble spots as you investigate effective materials and techniques for improving intelligibility and implementing pronunciation practice in the context of meaningful, motivating speaking activities.
In this workshop you
Who Should Attend?
ESL/EFL teachers in IEPs, higher education, and adult education who have limited experience with practical classroom approaches to teaching pronunciation
Linda Grant teaches applied linguistics at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. She has taught ESL at Georgia Tech and served as assistant director of ESL at Emory University, both of which are in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. A past chair of TESOL's Speech, Pronunciation, and Listening Interest Section, she writes, consults, and presents nationally and internationally. Her publications include Well Said: Pronunciation for Clear Communication.
Jane Ptucha, Workshop Leader
This workshop teaches you the organizational structure and effective, practical strategies for academic discourse and literacy in Project GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design), a scientifically based model of professional development for K-12 teachers. GLAD is a California Exemplary program and a U.S. Department of Education Project of Academic Excellence, and has been recognized as a Title I Comprehensive School Reform Design model. You will work with strategies that cover introducing a subject, literacy, and assessment.
In this workshop you
Who Should Attend?
K–5 mainstream teachers at all levels of experience
Jane Ptucha is a key GLAD trainer in California and has been using GLAD in her classroom for 7 years. Her degrees include an MA in TESL from San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States; and a professional clear credential with a Crosscultural Language and Academic Development (CLAD) certificate from National University. She has also taught English to adults and children in Japan.
Ann Katz and Natalie Kuhlman,Workshop Leaders
This workshop reviews formal and informal assessments in the context of the TESOL ESL standards and assessment model, focusing primarily on K-12 students. California's ELD standards and assessment system are used as a model, and we discuss U.S. and international trends in assessment in reviewing high-stakes testing for students and teachers.We also discuss an overview of state assessments (e.g., California's CELDT) and performance-based assessment geared for K-12 students. This workshop gives you an opportunity to practice using performance-based and textbook ESL assessment models.
In this workshop you
Who Should Attend?
K–12 ESL teachers and curriculum developers
Anne Katz teaches courses in curriculum and assessment at the School for International Training, Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. She has also worked as a teacher educator in Brazil and Egypt. She led the TESOL-sponsored team that developed assessment guidelines for the Pre-K-12 ESL standards, and her most recent publications focus on standards-based assessment systems.
Natalie Kuhlman is professor emeritus in the College of Education at San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States. She has been involved in standards and assessment at the local, state, and international levels. She is a past TESOL Board member and past president of CATESOL. She is the author of the Language Observation Tasks System (LOTS), a performance-based measure tied to the California ELD standards.
