Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in the Department of Arts & Humanities
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in the Department of Arts & Humanities
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Arts & Humanities
Teachers College, Columbia University
Welcome to the TESOL program
TESOL/AL Roundtable
The TESOL/AL Roundtable is a student-run organization designed to allow students to present research in an informal environment, share knowledge of upcoming events, and engage in dialogue with other TESOL/AL enthusiasts, whether they be they part of the Teachers College community or from outside institutions. In order for growth of both student linguistic knowledge and community to occur, we strongly encourage the presence and participation of TESOL/AL professors. It is our hope that the TESOL/AL Roundtable may serve to strengthen the sense of community within our disciplines by drawing on the diverse knowledge and talent of our university, our city, and the world at large.
Join us for the first event of the TESOL/AL Roundtable. Tuesday, September 15th 7:00 p.m. 271 GDH
*We will discuss events planned for the year including our book club and upcoming speakers. Come share your ideas!
*This is a great opportunity to speak with others about classes, CEP teaching, and observing in K-12 classrooms.
********************PAST EVENTS******************** The 30th Annual NYS TESOL Applied Linguistics Conference
Date & Time: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 8:30am - 5:00pm
Location: Teachers College, Columbia University
Theme: Second/Foreign Language Research: Information Technology,
Inquiry and Interaction
Plenary Speaker: Dr. John Liontas
"From Prescribing and Describing Linguistics to Analyzing Applied
Linguistics Research and Practice: A Multiplicity of Perspectives from
Language Teaching, Technology, and Idiomaticity"
The conference will feature:
-Concurrent presentations throughout the day
-Poster session
-Publisher's exhibit
To pre-register, please download and complete the attached
Pre-Registration Form.
List of presentation titles and presenters to soon follow.
For questions or further information please contact: Lan Ngo at Lmn2118@columbia.edu
Post-Conference Presentation: Denise Osborne and Dr. Linda Wine
Date & Time: Monday, March 9th from 2-3:30
Location: Room 305 Library
Denise Osborne Systematic Differences in Consonant Sounds Between the Interlanguage
Phonology of a Brazilian Portuguese Learner of English and Standard
American English.
Dr. Linda Wine
Highlighting the TESOL Certificate Programs
Light refreshments will be served!
305 The Gottesman Libraries, Teachers College
*Biographical Information About The Speakers*
Denise M. Osborne is currently an M. A.
candidate in Applied Linguistics at Teachers College Columbia
University. She also teaches Portuguese as a foreign language in
several schools, including the Chazen Institute of Columbia University
and immersion courses at SUNY New Paltz. She has published articles in
a newsletter for APLISC (an association of English teachers in the
state of Santa Catarina, Brazil). She is also a columnist for Clarim, a
Brazilian newspaper. She has recently published an article on the
construction of Brazilian identity in the context of the United States
in Evidência, a Brazilian scholary journal from the university of
UNIARAXA, Brazil. Her research interests include interlanguage
phonology, acquisition of Portuguese as a foreign language, and the
relation between language and identity. The paper that she will present
today will be published in Spring 2009 by Ilha do Desterro, a scholary
journal published by the Graduate program in English Language and
Literature of Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Dr. Linda Wine has directed the TC TESOL Certificate Program since 2002
and taught language and culture workshops in the program since its
inception in 1999. Previous to that, Linda coordinated the TC Writing
Center. In her role as TESOL Certificate Program director, Linda
oversees all phases of the New York TESOL Certificate Program program,
as well as coordinates with the TESOL and Applied Linguistics graduate
faculty on their English teacher training initiatives abroad. For
example, Linda spent two months in Amman, Jordan this year working on
the new Teachers College Columbia University TESOL Certificate Program
in Jordan jointly running under the auspices of Teachers College, the
Columbia University Middle East Research Center, the Queen Rania
Teacher Academy, and the Jordanian Ministry of Education. She is also
involved in TC TESOL's exciting new teacher training project at the
Global English Village in Gyeoggyyi Province, Korea. What Linda enjoys
most about her job is the opportunity it provides to share her love of
teaching, language, and culture with students of all ages, at all
experience levels, and from all over the world. Her research interests
include discourse, the relationship of language to culture, and
especially the relationship of talk to issues of identity and face.
(Moderator) Bob Bathrick, TESOL/AL Roundtable Secretary, is a 2nd year M.A.
TESOL student with a background in Geography and 6 years of teaching
experience with ESL adult learners. He is interested in all aspects of TESOL
and AL, taking a big picture view of the field, but ultimately coming down
to what works best in actual classroom practice. Bob's intention after TC
is to go back to California and teach college level adults.
