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[gregd75]

MEXTESOL will be holding an Academic Saturday on 23rd January 2010 in Guadalajara.

ITESO University will be hosting the event and I am really pleased to announce that 19 EFL professionals will be giving workshops, paper presentations and a planary for you to enjoy!

We have tried to offer a balance of workshops that would be attractive to teachers of all ages and levels- from University level to Language Institute level.

Our plenary will be delivered by JoAnn Miller, coming in from Mexico City, titled, 'Rethinking grammar'

Workshop titles include;

- Tips for checking homework quickly
- Once upon a time� Telling stories within the E.F.L. Class
- Blended Learning: Easy-to-do Collaborative Activities for Face-to-face and Online Teaching
- Test speaking with useful speaking tests!
- Five Things about Grammar that Teachers Have to Unlearn
- Language is Culture
- Why is �Pro-Nun-See-A-Chon� so important?
- Creating Literature junkies
- Teenager motivation
- �EFL and Habits of Mind�
- Getting your students to participate more
- Foldables

For more information about this great opportunity for professional development and the chance to meet and network with like minded EFL professionals in the Jalisco / Colima / Nayarit / Michoacan region then please look at our webpage www.jaliscomextesol.org where you can see abstracts and biodata of presenters.

Do you think you'd like to come along ???

[sarliz]

I'm in!

[gregd75]

JoAnn Miller will be delivering her plenary titled 'Rethinking Grammar'

The abstract is below- I hope you'd like to come along on the 23rd January

After thirty years of teaching the present tense, the passive, possessives and indirect speech, I�m beginning to wonder if I�ve really been doing the right thing for my students. Maybe grammar isn�t the only way to teach English. I�ve got reasons for this radical change of opinion and even some interesting facts. This talk will share my doubts with the participants�it won�t offer answers, but just a serious of questions that, I hope, will get teachers reflecting on what they do in class and, maybe, even try out some radical ideas.

For more information please visit www.jaliscomextesol.org

[gregd75]

Saturday 23rd January is the date for our Academic Saturday, to be hosted by ITESO University.

Workshops, paper presentations, a great plenary, a publishers exhibition, free coffee & cookies and a great opportunity to network...

Starting at 9.30am please come along.... YOU ARE INVITED!!!!!

[sarliz]

Thanks for another great and worthwhile event, Greg! Looking forward to the next one...