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From the Editor
Welcome to this edition of The Affiliate News. In this edition we have updates from our affiliates around the world, including announcements, news items, and conference reports.
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Wecome from the Chair
On behalf of the Affiliate Leadership Council (ALC), I would like to extend a warm greeting to all affiliate leaders. In this issue we welcome new affiliates and their representatives and have updates on the work of the ALC.
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Announcements
TESOL Affiliate Leaders Election Results
Dorothy Forbin, founding secretary and national president of the Cameroon English Language Teachers Association (CAMELTA), was recently elected as Member A to the ALC.
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Afiliate Leaders Meetings in Boston
Affiliate leaders attending the annual TESOL convention can review the schedule of affiliate events for planning purposes.
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Best of Affiliates 2010
As a benefit to its affiliates, TESOL includes in the program of its annual convention a limited number of affiliate presentations; preview here the sessions selected for the Boston TESOL convention.
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Affiliate Colloquium TESOL 2010
Ismael Garrido, past chair, TESOL ALC, will lead this session titled "Perspectives and Opportunities of International Representation Within TESOL" that will include an international panel of TESOL leaders.
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Affiliate News
TESOL Greece's Summer Trip to the Island of Chios
The tradition of TESOL Greece finishing off a school year with a trip to an island or some other beautiful spot continued in the summer of 2009 with 20 members visiting the island of Chios.
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The CATESOL Education Foundation: Program to Support Graduate TESOL Students
The California TESOL Education Foundation was organized to provide education opportunities to teachers of English learners and to inform the general public about the strengths and needs of these students. Learn more about this organization and current activities.
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Mexico TESOL Organization Update
Mexico TESOL is busy year-round with all of the activities of the 17 local chapters spread around the country and with all of the activities at the national and affiliate levels. This article highlights the organization's activities from the past year and previews upcoming events.
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Authentic Listening Materials: Slowing Things Down
This article is reprinted with permission from the April 2009 TESOL-ANZ Newsletter. Chris King shares in this article processes for slowing down authentic audio and video easily using media players such as QuickTime or Windows Media Player.
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Conference Reports & Articles
Expanding Professional Horizons in the Argentine Pampas
ARTESOL thanks TESOL for sponsoring the visit of Andy Curtis to Argentina. In this note, Andy shares with us his feelings about his Argentine Pampas experience and his reflections on the ARTESOL convention.
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ARKTESOL: Arkansas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Fall Conference
ARKTESOL, Arkansas's TESOL affiliate, held its fall 2009 conference on October 15 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Dr. Keith Folse, coordinator of the MA-TESOL program at the University of Central Florida, made the plenary presentation to more than 200 attendees.
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Annual Affiliate MATE-TESOL Haiti Conference
More than 60 EFL teachers attended the 5th Annual Affiliate MATE-TESOL Conference held at the Haitian-American Institute on 2-3 July 2009. This conference was sponsored by TESOL, the International Association of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, the Office of Public Affairs, and the U.S. Embassy of the United States in Port-au-Prince.
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Start-of-the-Year Symposium: TESOL Greece
TESOL Greece opened its academic year with a symposium titled "Motivate, Activate, Celebrate!" organized by its Drama/Literature and Young Learners Interest Groups. Learn more about the activities and speakers at this event.
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Technology-Mediated Education: Necessity or Luxury? The ELTA Serbia 8th Annual Conference
Learn how the leadership of English Language Teachers Association (ELTA) Serbia decided on this innovative theme for their 2010 conference and opportunities to participate in the conference to be held in Belgrade in May 2010.
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