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TESOLCHILE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
September 26th - 28th, 2008. Santiago de Chile. Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez

Quick info

TESOL CHILE's Newsletter Spring 2008 Volume 1, Issue 05 posted on 9/26th/2008

In this Issue:

  1. A message from the President
  2. My English Summer Town Experience by
    Claudia Moraga and Christian Faúndes
  3. Virtual Tribes in Second Life
    by Juan Cuevas
  4. Teaching to Make a Difference
    by Bernardita Bettancourt M.
  5. Do Native Speakers Make the Best
    Teachers? by Thomas Baker
  6. English Also Opens Windows: What kind
    of cultural contents can motivate our
    students? by Katharina Glas

 


WELCOME TO TESOLCHILE'S 2008 CONFERENCE WEBSITE

We're happy to see you here and appreciate your interest and, above all, your participation in our upcoming International Conference, Reflective Teaching for EFL Learning !

If you are interested in attending our conference, we strongly advice you register online since spaces will fill up sooner than later. For those who might need to register on the day of the conference, please follow the "on-site" instructions published on our website and make sure you download and complete the paper registration form.

Look forward to seeing you all again at Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez on September 26th!

Mary Jane Abrahams
TESOL CHILE's President
mabraham@tesolchile.cl

Related Links

TESOL CHILE's Newsletter Spring 2008 Volume 1, Issue 05

If you did not register online, print out this form and take to registration area to save time:

Conference Home Page

Downloadable Registration Form

Conference Home Page


Keynote Speaker-Kathleen Graves

Kathleen Graves is professor of second language teacher education at the SIT Graduate Institute in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA. Dr. Graves started her career as an English teacher in Taiwan and has also taught English in the US, Japan and Brazil. For more than twenty years she has worked with language teachers and teacher educators around the world on curriculum and materials development and on developing a reflective practice. She is the editor/author of two books on course design, Teachers as Course Developers and Designing language courses: A guide for Teachers and is the series editor of TESOL’s Language Curriculum Development series. She has also co-authored two EFL series, East West and ICON. She co-designed the SIT TESOL Certificate and is a past chair of the TESOL Publications Committee.

James Banner

James Banner is Director of External Courses at Hilderstone College, UK. He directed the RSA Diploma in Teaching Foreign Languages to Adults, which Hilderstone piloted with the University of Edinburgh, and a Certificate Programme in TFLA for Hilderstone College in conjunction with Kent Adult Education and the University of Kent. He has wide experience of teaching and training at all levels both in Britain and abroad and has published articles on language teaching and cultural issues. Currently he is author of the Langenscheidt-Longman language corner on www.youandmelink.com

He has taught and lectured for schools, universities and the British Council in Brazil, Turkey, Dubai, South Africa, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Austria, Argentina, the Czech Republic, Sweden and Switzerland.

Latest Leads on TESOL Chile's Conference 2008

Mark up your calendars! September 26th - 28th, 2008 TESOL CHILE offers its International Conference on "Reflective Teaching for Better EFL Learning"

Venue: Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez (UCSH)

Address: General Jofre 462, Santiago Centro
Santiago de Chile

Where is UCSH located?

  • Follow link to map

How to get to UCSH?

These are directions for all attendees to make it to our Conference site once you arrive in Santiago de Chile (or if you live here!)

  • Taking the Subway (Get off at Sta Lucia Stop)
  • From the Airport (Airport shuttle services)
  • From Estacion Central (map)
  • Taking Santiago Buses
  • Taking a taxi cab
  • Renting a car

PLANOS DE SANTIAGO METRO DE SANTIAGO AEROPUERTO, SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Meals at the Conference

Santiago sightseeing and outings

Santiago de Chile (Español)

Santiago de Chile (English)

Find an address

Eating out in Santiago

Wine Tours

Civic District

Santiago Nightlife

 

 

 

   

TESOL CHILE is an affiliate of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. USA