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Sofitel Teranga Dakar Hotel
Dakar, Senegal
December 16-17, 2005

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The 2005 TESOL Symposium on English Language Teaching in Resource-Challenged Contexts Is sponsored by

TESOL acknowledges and appreciates the assistance of the Association of Teachers of English in Senegal (ATES) and the support of ATES's partner association, the Washington Area Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (WATESOL), and ATES local sponsors Alize' Mobiles and Suffolk University, Dakar Campus.

Individual Contributors (As of September 27, 2005)

TESOL Board of Directors
Elliot Judd, President; Jun Liu, President-Elect; Michele Sabino, Past President; Amy Schlessman, President Emerita; Mary Ann Boyd; Brock Brady; Lynne Diaz-Rico; Liz England; Lia Kamhi-Stein; Penny McKay; JoAnn Miller; Suchada Nimmannit

TESOL Past Presidents
Neil J. Anderson, Edward M. Anthony, Jr., Mary Ann Christison, JoAnn Crandall, Darlene Larson, H. Joan Morley, David Nunan, Betty W. Robinett

TESOL Members
Donna Bain-Butler, Donna Christian, John Connerley, Moussa Diouf, Gail Doughty, MaryAnn Cunningham Florez, Carolyn Harding, Ginny Lezhnev, Robert Lindsey, Bonnie Moisan, John Nelson, Karen Newman, Ruth Petzgold, Janet Schreibstein, Geraldine Shelton, Deborah Short, Mary Romney, Sharyl Tanck, Maria Thomas-Ruzic, Shirley Thompson, Pattie Trebus, Carol Weidner, Eran Williams, Lillian Wong

TESOL Staff
Chuck Amorosino, Laura Bryant, John Donaldson, Bart Ecker, Sherry Harding, Jamie Moore, Jim Trope, Pam Williams

Friends of TESOL
Naomi Baron, Stephen and Marjorie Chamberlain, Charles Duquette, Emily Evans, Jaqueline Gasser, Sufia Nora Kaddouri, Nancy Scott

OVERVIEW

Given the growing role of English as a global language, English language teaching (ELT) affects economic, political, and social development in countries worldwide. Sub-Saharan Africa, a region with tremendous linguistic diversity, offers challenges as well as opportunities for ELT. Common challenges include coping with overcrowded classrooms, managing with a lack of resources, and designing appropriate and relevant materials.

This TESOL symposium provides an opportunity for English language teaching professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa to learn from and interact with leading experts in the field and their colleagues in the region. The speakers will share their work and research on ELT in resource-challenged contexts to help participants develop insights and skills. In the morning, each speaker will present highlights of their work and perspectives on the topic.

Each speaker will then lead an afternoon breakout session. During the closing session, another leading expert will summarize the topic and the speakers will answer participants' questions and comments. TESOL will publish and mail the speakers' papers and final proceedings to participants after the symposium.

SCHEDULE

Friday - December 16

5:00 pm-9:00 pm

Dinner for symposium participants Evening cultural program organized by ATES

Saturday - December 17

8:00 am-9:00 am	Check-in
9:00 am-9:30 am	Welcome, Opening Remarks, Introduction of Speakers Elliot L. Judd, President, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. The Honorable Moustapha Sourang, Minister of Education, Republic of Senegal Adama Sidibe, Vice President, ATES Moctar Ba, Founding Member and Honorary President, ATES Mawa Samb, President, Dakar Regional Branch, ATES
9:30 am-12:00 pm	Introductory Presentations Resource-Challenged? Yes. Under-Resourced? Not Really. (JoAnn Crandall) A Comprehensive Searchlight on Resource Constraints in TESOL Contexts in Africa (Pai Obanya) The Resourceful Language Teacher (Brian Tomlinson)
12:00 pm-1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm-3:15 pm	Concurrent Sessions Resource-Challenged? Yes. Under-Resourced? Not Really. (JoAnn Crandall) A Comprehensive Searchlight on Resource Constraints in TESOL Contexts in Africa (Pai Obanya) The Resourceful Language Teacher (Brian Tomlinson)
3:30 pm-4:30 pm	Closing Session/Questions & Comments (Moussa Diouf) Closing Remarks (Abese Sow, President, ATES)
5:00 pm-7:00 pm	Dinner Evening cultural program organized by ATES

LOCATION

The symposium will be held at the Sofitel Teranga Dakar Hotel in Dakar, Senegal, located on the waterfront, in the heart of Dakar's business district.

The hotel is 20 minutes from the airport. Free airport shuttle service is available.

LODGING

Please contact the hotel directly to make reservations.

Sofitel Teranga Dakar Hotel
Rue Colbert Po Box 3380
Dakar, Senegal
Tel : (+221) 889-2200
Fax: (+221) 823-5001
E-mail: h0563@accor.com

SPEAKERS

Resource-Challenged? Yes. Under-Resourced? Not Really.
JoAnn Crandall

Although many English language teachers must work with limited instructional resources, they still have access to the most important resources available: themselves and their learners. The challenge is to combine these resources with those that are available (course books, blackboard, notebooks) in ways that encourage creativity and language development. In this session, participants will explore activities that require minimal resources. Together, these activities can help learners develop all four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) as well as fluency and accuracy, at various levels of proficiency. The activities can also help learners develop academic language proficiency.

The activities will include

• engaging in project work with authentic purposes and audiences
• using local culture (stories, tales, proverbs, etc.) as content
• developing language experience stories from authentic experiences
• increasing written communication through journals
• using pictures to develop oral and written language
• establishing and effectively administering English conversation partners or clubs

Participants will also have the opportunity to share their experiences with their own successful activities.

JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall directs the doctoral program in language, literacy, and culture and has co-directed the M.A. TESOL program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. She is the author of more than 100 publications on content-based language instruction, academic literacy, culture, and educational policy. She has been president of TESOL, WATESOL, and the American Association for Applied Linguistics, and she is frequently invited to speak at national and international conferences.

A Comprehensive Searchlight on Resource Constraints in TESOL Contexts in Africa
Pai Obanya

TESOL resources are often identified in terms of tangibles: finance, teachers, classrooms, and teaching-learning materials. This presentation considers those not-quite-tangible resources that pose more intractable problems for TESOL program development in the African context.

The sociolinguistic dynamics of the African context can be the major constraint to promoting TESOL, as can the prevailing educational policies and practices, and the wider political and social conditions of the African countries. Experience has shown that these macro factors often determine  the more tangible TESOL resources.

How can promoters of TESOL (at the systems and the institutional levels, and in a wide variety of TESOL situations) achieve acceptable results given the overwhelming resource constraints that are beyond the control of educational institutions?

Pai Obanya is an international education strategist based in Ibadan, Nigeria. He earned his doctorate in language education from the University of Ibadan, and was professor of education there until July 1986. He has served as program coordinator for education with World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession and as director of UNESCO's regional office for education in Africa (BREDA) in Dakar, Senegal. From 2000 to 2001, he was pioneer coordinator of Nigeria's Universal Basic Education Programme. Pai is conversant with Africa's education issues, and he often advises African regional institutions and governments. He has received numerous awards and honors, including the Republic of Senegal's Commandeur de l'Ordre National du Lion.

The Resourceful Language Teacher
Brian Tomlinson

This presentation outlines the roles that an effective language teacher needs to play and suggests ways in which a teacher in resource-challenged contexts can fulfill those roles. It refers to research on second language acquisition and on the "good language teacher," and gives many examples of effective practice by language teachers in Africa, Indonesia, and the South Pacific.

Brian Tomlinson is Head of the Post-Graduate, Research and Consultancy Team in the School of Languages at Leeds Metropolitan University. He is the Founder and President of MATSDA (Materials Development Association) and the author of numerous publications. He has worked as a teacher, teacher trainer, curriculum developer and university lecturer and has lived in Indonesia, Japan, Nigeria, Singapore, Vanuatu, Zambia and the UK.

CLOSING REMARKS

Moussa Diouf is the director of the English as an international language program of Suffolk University, in Dakar, Senegal. He started his TESOL career in 1983 with a special interest in professional development and material development. Appointed as a pedagogical advisor in 1988, he has, since then, conducted in-service training sessions on various aspects of ELT.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

To request for the TESOL Symposium registration material, please e-mail edprograms@tesol.org with your complete postal contact information, including mailing address, phone number, fax number (if any), and e-mail address.