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Pre-K-12 English Language Proficiency Standards

Perspectives on Community College ESL Vol. 1

TESOL Trivia Challenge
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Congratulations to February's winner, student member Meina Piao of California,
and to the Grand Prize winner, student member Ibragimdzhon Rustamov of Tajikistan!

How did you do? See the answers to the February 2010 quiz below!

 February was the last month to enter the TESOL Trivia Challenge. The Challenge is now over.

Answers to last month's quiz

  1. The  44th Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibit will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. When was the last time the TESOL annual convention was held in Boston?

    Answer: c. 1979

  2. The meeting held at the convention where members vote on resolutions, the President and Executive Director report on the state of the association, and new members of the Board of Directors are sworn in is known as the Annual Business Meeting. Prior to TESOL’s bylaws change in 1994 what name did this meeting go by?

    Answer: d. Legislative Assembly

  3. Which hypothesis in second language acquisition asserts that a learner's learned system acts as a monitor to what they are producing – in other words, the learned system is used to check what is being spoken?

    Answer: b. Monitor Hypothesis

 

Rules

  1. One entry per person per month.
  2. Must be a TESOL member in good standing to enter, and winners must be TESOL members in good standing at the time of prize collection.
  3. Each month, one name will be drawn from those entries with correct answers to that month's quiz to win a complimentary registration for the 44th Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibit in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  4. At the conclusion of the TESOL Trivia Challenge, one name will be drawn from all who have submitted correct entries from July 2009 – February 2010 to win the grand prize of 3 hotel nights at the 44th Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibit in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  5. The 44th Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibit will be held March 24-27, 2010 at the Boston Convention and Exhibits Center in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  6. Prizes may be deferred to use at a future TESOL convention (through 2012).
  7. Prizes are not transferrable.
  8. Members of the TESOL Board of Directors and TESOL staff are not eligible to play.

Experiencing difficulty with the TESOL Trivia Challenge? Contact advocacy@tesol.org.

 

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