Dear friends and colleagues,

Haven’t you heard?!

This year, the 22nd Annual ARTESOL Convention and Exhibit will be held in Santa Rosa, La Pampa, a conveniently located city you can reach from everywhere in the country in a few hours. The venue will be the National University of La Pampa, and the event will be packed with papers, workshops, and poster sessions. The  highlight of the convention is  the presence of the internationally renowned plenary speaker Dr. Andy Curtis, teacher, author, researcher and Member of the TESOL Board of Directors.

So be sure to schedule August 28^th and 29^th  to attend this outstanding opportunity to learn, meet and make friends, and contribute to the ever-expanding horizons of our profession.

Make your travel plans today.

You do not want to miss this great experience!

To get to know more about Dr Andy Curtis visit:

 http://www.andycurtis.org/navigate.cfm?CategoryID=16

Further information on fees and deadlines for presentations coming soon. Please, also visit the ARTESOL website for regular updates at:

http://www.artesol.org.ar

22nd ARTESOL Convention

Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Santa Rosa, La Pampa Friday, August 28 - Saturday, August 29, 2009

Andy Curtis

Keynote Speaker

Dr Andy Curtis has been sponsored by TESOL

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc

Andy Curtis is currently the Director of the Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) and an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He received his teaching degree (BEd) from Sunderland University, UK in 1991, and a Postgraduate Diploma in TESOL from Sheffield Hallam University, UK, also in 1991. In 1992, he received an MA in Applied Linguistics and in 1996 a PhD in International Education, both from the University of York, UK. From 2002 to 2005 he was the Director of the School of English at Queens University in Ontario, Canada. Dr Curtis is currently a member of SIT’s online teaching team for their International Diploma in Language Teaching Management.

In 1999, Dr Curtis received the TESOL Leadership Mentoring Award from the TESOL Association, and during his ten years as a member of the Association he has served on TESOL’s Standing Committee on Rules and Resolutions, on the Nominations Committee, on two Research Agenda Task Forces, and is currently serving on the TESOL Task Force on Convention Long Range Planning. Dr Curtis is Member of the TESOL Board of Directors, serving 2007/2010.

Dr. Curtis’ research interests have focused teacher education and development, program design and program evaluation, educational leadership and management of change. His current research interests include leadership in language education and change management in tertiary education contexts.

He has published in a wide range of journals on English language education, teacher professional development and language program development. Since 2000, Dr Curtis has published six book chapters and since 1996, 24 papers in refereed, scholarly publications. Dr. Curtis has worked with more than 10,000 ELT professionals in more than 25 countries over the last 20 years.

Dr Curtis' Presentations

Friday, August 28

Plenary:  Leading and Following: Metaphors of Movement in Leadership and Management

Saturday, August 29

Workshop Presentation: From Dance to Development in ELT

Dr.LaVerne Delorey

Specialist, English Language Office, US Department of State.

Dr. Laverne Delorey's Presentation

Saturday, August 29

Plenary: to be confirmed

Dr. Omar Villarreal

Doctor en Lenguas Modernas (summa cum laude), Universidad del Salvador. Licenciado en Ciencias de la Educación con especialización en educación formal (summa cum laude), Universidad Católica de La Plata. Licenciado en Tecnología Educativa (summa cum laude), Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Profesor en Inglés e Inglés Técnico, Instituto Nacional Superior del ProfesoradoTécnico. He is currently a candidate to the Maestría en la Enseñanza de la Lengua y la Literatura, Universidad Nacional de Rosario.

He is a University Lecturer in the area of Applied Linguistics at UTN and the Director of Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa INSPT-UTN. He is the author and co-author of more than 30 EFL textbooks  and a number of papers in his field of specialization. Omar has taught English at all levels: Kindergarten through University for 35 years now. He was a Secondary School Head for more than 10 years. He was also Head of the School of English at Universidad Austral and Principal of Instituto Superior del Profesorado Modelo. He has lectured extensively in all Argentinean provinces as well as in Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and Perú.  He has collaborated with ARTESOL since it became a TESOL affiliate in 1987.

Dr. Omar Villarreal's Presentation

Friday, August 28

Plenary:  Methodological Innovation in ELT. The story of the dog that bit its own tail

Dr. Ruth Yontz  -  Dr. Norma Scagnoli

University of Illinois

Dr. Ruth Yontz and Dr. Norma Scagnoli, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have extensive experience in ESP and the application of educational technologies for teaching and learning

Dr. Norma Scagnoli works as eLearning Specialist for the College of Business in the University of Illinois at U-C. She has extensive experience in instructional design and faculty development that she acquired in the last 10 years of work and research in the area of educational technologies. Norma has a Masters of Education and a PhD in Human Resource Education from the University of Illinois. Her research work includes publications on blended learning, international collaboration, collaborative learning and instructional design

Dr. Ruth Yontz's and Dr. Norma Scagnoli's Presentation

Saturday, August 29

Videoconference: Online Audio and Video Systems: Expanding the Classroom in an ESP Business English Course

Saturday, August 29

Innovations in Teacher Education/Professional Development Programs in Argentina

Jorge A. Sánchez, Silvia E. Benson

Universidad Nacional del Centro

Workshop: Reading of Research Paper Abstracts in Applied Linguistics and     

      Sociology: what can the rhetorical sections communicate?

Mónica Gandolfo

Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto Superior de Formación Docente, 100 “Próspero

Allemandri”, Escuela Normal Superior en Lenguas Vivas “Sofía Broquen de

Spangenberg”, Instituto Superior del Profesorado “Joaquín V. Gonzalez”

Research Paper: Teaching English In disadvantaged contexts: some insights from the students’ point of view

María Inés Valsecchi,  María Edith Chiappello

Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto

Poster session: Guessing meanings from context: When and How?

Sergio Albero Aquino

Centro Provincial de Enseñanza Media N° 78, Neuquén

Demonstration: Language Organised, Language Learnt

Demonstration: Glad to Share

Susana B. Tuero - P. Carolina Suarez - Maria Pia Gomez Laich

Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata

Research Paper: Effects of concurrent written and spoken presentations on

                            reading comprehension

 Lisa Varandani - Lilia Moyer - Jocelyn Hardman

University of Dayton

Workshop: Listen up! Innovative ways to teach listening

Workshop: Teaching pronunciation: more than phonemes

Andrea Garofolo - Iliana A. Martinez

Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto

Poster session: The academic vocabulary of research articles of                          

                          Psychology

María Susana González - María Claudia Albini - Ana María Rocca

Universidad de Buenos Aires

Research Paper: Difficulties in EFL abstract reading in the social sciences    

María Susana González

Universidad de Buenos Aires

Demonstration: Reading of authentic short stories in High School:    

                            contributions from the SFL

Malena Padula - Andrea Garofolo - Iliana A. Martinez

Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto

Poster Session: Expression of results in research article sections  

Alfredo Marvez & Miguelángel Galea

University of Carabobo - Venezuela

Workshop: Let’s predict word pronunciation having Fun!

Fabiana Sacchi

The University of Texas at Austin

Demonstration: Culture through film in the EFL classroom

Claudia Noemí Dabove - Eladia Castellani - Luciana  Fernández Colucci - María Inés Perroud - Daniela Spoto Zabala

Universidad Nacional de La Pampa

Research Paper: The Art of Teaching Foreign Languages

Adriana Fiori

Advice (Snata Fe)

Workshop: How to shoot a Hollywood class

Rosana del Luján Greco - Liliana Monserrat

US Embassy (2008 Teacher Ambassador Program)

Workshop: The Eyes of Texas

Poster Session: Glimpses of Texan Culture

Gabriela Dora Meana

INSPT – Universidad Tecnológica Nacional

Demonstration: Pre-use textbook evaluation in ESP

Laurie Sullivan

Sullivan & Associates, Teaching Resources

Workshop: Evaluating Oral Evaluations

Edith Elizabeth Luna Villanueva

Universidad Nacional de Catamarca

Workshop: Basic ICT resources use for TESOL online

Argentina Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

 artesol@bcl.edu.ar . www.artesol.org.ar

22nd ARTESOL Convention 

Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Santa Rosa, La  Pampa, Argentina.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Tentative Program subject to changes Update July 28, 2009