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Registration Announcement

Announcing registration for the Hawaii TESOL 2008 Annual Conference

Saturday, February 23, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Kapi‘olani Community College- ‘Ohi‘a Cafeteria and ‘Iliahi Buildings

This year’s conference theme is “Reading Connections”, and will feature a plenary address, an afternoon pedagogic workshop, posters, and numerous presentation sessions on this topic.

Dr. Richard Day of UH Manoa will begin the conference with an informative plenary address about the connections between reading fluency and comprehension.

Dr. Day will also lead the special afternoon pedagogy workshop on developing the reading fluency of ESL students.

At the request of past conference attendees, the conference will include two special sessions on employment for ESL professionals in Hawai‘i. The sessions will include brief presentations by many of Oahu’s ESL programs, poster displays from the ESL programs, and advice for developing your CV.

In addition, as a special feature to Hawaii’s DOE professionals, the conference will include a DOE sessions thread. Included in this thread is a presentation session by the current ESLL Teacher of the Year, Lori Murakami of Waipahu High School, and a forum on current issues for ESL professionals in the DOE.

* NOTE: DOE Resource Teachers and Lead Teachers, please contact the HITESOL Membership Secretary, Sarah Trask (trask@hawaii.edu), for purchase order information for groups of teachers within your complex.

You can also look forward to a full day of presentations, workshops, panels, and poster sessions by ESL professionals from Hawai'i, the mainland, and abroad. Enjoy browsing at the publishers' exhibits, catching up with colleagues, and making new contacts. Exciting prizes will be given away through the Hawai'i TESOL Travel Grant raffle, as well as the publishers' raffle at the end of the day. For a sneak peek at some of the top raffle items, please see www.hawaiitesol.org

 

PRE-REGISTER BY FEBRUARY 16!
 registration form in pdf

 

(Please note venue change. Due to circumstances beyond our control, our annual conference has been moved from Windward Community College to KCC. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, particularly to our Windward coast attendees.)

 

KCC Campus Map:

http://www.kcc.hawaii.edu/page/campusmap

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The Call for Participation for our upcoming conference is closed. However, you may still submit a proposal to do a Poster Session (for a limited time only).

This year’s conference theme is “Reading Connections”. While we welcome proposals on any aspect of applied ESL teaching and learning, priority will be given to proposals that have a clear connection to reading.

Poster Session: A poster presentation of a teaching practice or research finding to informally share with participants at a designated time. The session is open to students as well as practicing professionals. (1 hr.)

Your proposal must include the following information (listed in the following order):

• Your contact info: given name, family name, department, affiliation, address, phone, e-mail
• Co-presenter(s) contact info (if applicable): given name, family name, department, affiliation, mailing address, phone, and e-mail
• Title of the presentation (maximum ten words)
• Presentation category: paper, workshop, panel discussion, poster session, student poster session, or publishers’ session
• Equipment needs: overhead or LCD projector, VCR/TV, DVD player, Internet access
• 50-word (maximum) summary of the presentation (to appear in the conference program)
• 250-word (maximum) abstract, including a brief background description of the topic and a synopsis of the presentation, explaining its: 1) purpose, 2) benefit to participants, 3) intended target audience, and 4) methodology.
• 40-word (maximum) biographical note (to be used by the session chair who introduces you)

Proposals with incomplete or missing information will be excluded from consideration.

PROPOSAL DEADLINES:
Email sford@hawaii.edu to see if there is still time to get your poster accepted.

Email your proposal to: Shawn Ford, Hawai‘i TESOL 2007 Conference Chair, sford@hawaii.edu

We look forward to receiving and reviewing your proposals!

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Also, please look for the Call for Volunteers in your email inbox soon! Last year's conference at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa drew over 120 ESL professionals, and we expect an even bigger turnout this year. We will need an additional 10-15 volunteers to help make the conference a success.

Shawn Ford
Hawai‘i TESOL 2008 Conference Chair


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Hawai‘i TESOL is a non-profit organization committed to English as a Second Language professionals in the state of Hawai‘i. HITESOL members include state D.O.E teachers, language school teachers, public and private college and university teachers, ESL program administrators and researchers, and TESOL student teachers-in-training.