Teachers of English to Speaker of Other Languages, Inc.. (TESOL), the global education association representing more than 13,000 English language educators worldwide, announces it recognizes Sergio Bitar, the former Minister of Education in Chile, the opening of all of its 40th annual convention and exhibition in Tampa, Florida, USA. The presentation was held in front of an audience of 1,500 English language educators on Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at 11:30 am in West Hall of the Tampa Convention Center.
Serving as the Chile Ministry of Education from 2003-2005, and the current President of the Chilean National Commission of UNESCO, Sergio Bitar has become one of the leading educational reformers of his country. While serving as Minister, its main focus is on improving the quality of education, and he led the effort to establish teaching and learning of English as a major national priority in Chile by launching the English Opens Doors program. This ambitious 10-year plan may be significantly enhanced public awareness of the need for learning English, has generated increased interest in professional development in English teacher, and has focused attention on improving the quality of both English teaching and English education preservice teachers.
Under the banner of “no fear of Lead,” the 2006 convention the TESOL will feature more than 800 lecture / discussion sessions presented by the speaker in 2200 representing more than 65 countries. Among the variety of topics will test and analysis of language, technology in language learning, bilingual education, education standards, and concerns of refugee / immigration. The TESOL forum offers ESL / EFL professionals the opportunity to gain new knowledge and skills, and to network and exchange ideas on issues affecting more than 1.3 billion nonnative speakers of English around the world .
Press can register for the convention either before or at the site. To register early, visit the online press room http://www.tesol.org/ ~ ~ V, and click the TESOL 2006. To register on the site, please go to Room 39 on the third floor of the Tampa Convention Center. Other press releases and additional information about the presenters and sessions are available at the TESOL 2006 online press room.