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TexTESOL V 2012 Scholarship Application
| The TexTESOL V 2012 Scholarship Application form is now available. The form can be found here.
The application deadline is June 15, 2012.
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TESOL 2013 Convention - Call for Proposals
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TexTESOL V is the local host for the 2013 TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo at the Dallas Convention Center on March 20-23, 2013.
The Call for Proposals is here! Members and non-members may submit convention
proposals.
Proposals are due Friday, June 1st, 2012 by 5pm EDT.
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TESOL 2013 Convention - Call for Volunteers
| Don Weasenforth is organizing local volunteers to assist with the 2013 TESOL Convention in Dallas.
The online Volunteer Form to register as a volunteer is available now.
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TexTESOL V 2012 Conference - Call for Proposals
| The 2012 TexTESOL V Fall Conference will be held on Saturday, October 13, 2012 at Dallas Baptist University.
The Call for Proposals submission deadline is July 1, 2012. To submit a proposal, complete our form and e-mail Parts A and B to cynthiabrennan@misdmail.org by July 1, 2012.
Acceptance of proposal notification will be sent via mail or e-mail by August 1, 2012. |
TABE 2012 Conference - Call for Proposals
| The Texas Association for Bilingual Education (TABE) is accepting papers for its 40th annual conference, which will be held October 24-27, 2012, in San Antonio.
The proposal deadline is June 1. The specifications can be found on the TABE website.
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2011 TexTESOLer of the Year for TexTESOL V: Rita Deyoe-Chiullan
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Rita Deyoe-Chiullan has served TexTESOLV as the publications and newsletter editor, and has been instrumental in keeping our members informed about our profession. TexTESOLV is proud to honor Rita Deyoe-Chiullan. Click here to read more.
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2010 TexTESOLer of the Year for TexTESOL V: Yvonne Mora Davault
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Yvonne Mora Davault
2010 TexTESOLer of the Year for TexTESOL V
Yvonne Mora Davault has served as a Bilingual Teacher, a Bilingual/ESL Instructional Specialist, a Bilingual/ESL Coordinator before assuming her present duties as ELL Director for Mansfield ISD. Her creativity, innovation and commitment have driven her to be highly successful in each of these roles.
TexTESOL V has benefited greatly from Yvonne’s participation in that affiliate. During her leadership, the group overcame fiscal difficulties and became financially solvent. She was instrumental in encouraging K-12 school districts to become active in the organization, which was previously represented mainly by a higher education population. She also worked on state conference committees.
TExTESOL V is proud to have Yvonne Davault represent us as our TexTESOLer of the Year.
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Russian students enrolled in Hockaday program catch glimpse of life in the U.S.
|  TexTESOLV's partnership with TESOL in Yakut, Russia fostered another connection as students came to Dallas to attend summer classes at Hockaday School. The full story from the Dallas Morning News is below.
12:00 AM CDT on Monday, July 12, 2010
By ANANDA BOARDMAN / The Dallas Morning News
aboardman@dallasnews.com
Eight students from Yakutsk, Russia, are studying at the Hockaday School as the first foreign group to attend a summer session at the private girls' school.
Yakutsk is located near the Arctic Circle and is one of the coldest inhabitable places in the world.
"It was exhausting, but it's worth coming here," said 16-year-old Dasha Ludina of the six days it took to travel to Dallas.
The students arrived to a hot Texas summer on June 15 and will return home Friday.
"It's a very good chance for our students to learn English, to learn about the culture and traditions of the United States of America and make friends," said Marina Protopopova, who teaches English in Yakutsk and accompanied the children on the trip.
Nicole Carlson, director of summer session residents, said the school has integrated the Yakutsk students into their summer program, along with 21 other international students studying at Hockaday this summer.
The idea came about after Elizabeth Smith, director of English for speakers of other languages at Hockaday, spent two weeks in Yakutsk last summer to teach English.
Smith stayed in touch with her Russian students and over the course of a year planned a trip to bring the Russian students to the U.S. through Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc. Their parents paid for the cost of the trip.
"I was extremely excited ... my mother told me I was going to Hockaday last winter and I didn't believe it," Dasha said.
The students take two English for speakers of other languages classes in the morning, and an elective class such as yoga, ceramics or dance during the afternoon. The first few weeks of the trip focused on the differences between the U.S. and Russian cultures; the second half is called "Discovering Dallas."
"I was very happy because to go to U.S.A. was my wish, my dream," said 14-year-old Masha Byuraeva. "Here, people are different, more happy, more easy."
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2009 TexTESOLer of the Year for TexTESOL V: Don Weasenforth
|  Don Weasenforth has profoundly influenced the direction of TexTESOL V since he joined the affiliate in 2003. He has served on the Board as the Newsletter co-editor, the President-elect, President, and Past President. In addition, he served as the Publicity/Marketing Committee Chair for the 2005 TexTESOL State Convention and, most recently, as the Conference Chair for the 2008 TexTESOL State Convention.
On an international level, Don has increased the affiliate’s visibility in several ways. First, he has forged a sister-affiliate relationship between TexTESOL V and Yakut TESOL of Russia. (He served as Invited Lecturer for the Yakut TESOL Summer Institute in 2008 and 2009.) Second, Don’s vision for TexTESOL has led to our agreement with TESOL International to host the convention in Dallas-Ft. Worth in 2013.
Today Don works at Collin College where he teaches ESL courses and English 1301. His research interests focus on technology and language acquisition as well as discourse grammar and editing strategies.
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Helpful Links
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- CAL Newsletter April 2012
- AccELLerate! NCELA's quarterly review Spring 2012, Volume 4, Issue 3, Preparing Pre-service Teachers To Work With English Learners
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Created on 02/04/2003 10:24 AM by admin
Updated on 05/12/2012 03:25 PM by ajlandt
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