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WINDS OF CHANGE - TESOL CONFERENCE
UNIVERSITY OF LA SERENA
5 - 7 OCTOBER 2007
Pre registration will close 9/28/2007
at 12 midnight.
WHY ATTEND THE TESOL CONFERENCE 2007?
The TESOL Conference is a chance to get together with like-minded professionals to share experiences, learn about developments and innovations that are taking place in the field, and to challenge ourselves in developing practice. The TESOL Conference 2007 focuses on the innovations, changes and developments that are taking place in the teaching and learning of English in Chile and internationally.
This year we are delighted to announce that our keynote speakers will be Diane Larsen-Freeman from the University of Michigan, USA, and Michael McCarthy from the University of Nottingham, UK, and Pennsylvania State University, USA. Both will offer seminars/talks during the conference as well.
Diane Larsen-Freeman is an applied linguist and Director of the English Language Institute, at the University of Michigan. Her main interests include second language acquisition, language teacher education, English linguistics, and language teaching methodology.
For more info on Diane Larsen-Freeman’s work please visit:
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/soe/faculty&mode=single&recordID=50849&nextMode=list
Michael
McCarthy is Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics
at the University of Nottingham and Adjunct Professor at Pennsylvania
State. He has authored many books and has a particular interest
in Corpus Linguistics and Learner Corpora.
For more info on Michael McCarthy’s
work please visit:
http://calper.la.psu.edu/people.php?page=45
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
We invite YOU to share your ideas, reflections and developments
in teaching with other interested TESOL members by offering
one or more of the following at the conference:
- A workshop (90 mins)
- Give a paper (45 mins)
- Share a
success story from your own experience (20 mins)
Or just come along and enjoy the conference,
meet new people, and participate in seminars, discussions
and reflections.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
The TESOL Conference 2007 kicks off on Friday 5th October at 5.30 PM and finishes on Sunday 7th October at 1.00 PM. We have provided an outline of the schedule. Further details will be posted as soon as we have them ready!!
Friday 5th October
3.00 p.m. REGISTRATION OPENS
5.30 p.m. Welcome and Opening Sessions.
Keynote address by Diane Larsen Freeman
9.00 p.m. End of day 1.
Saturday 6th October
8.00 a.m. REGISTRATION OPENS
9.00 a.m. Conference activities begin again with presentations, workshops, papers and short talks throughout the day.
7.30 p.m. End of day 2.
Sunday 7th October
9.00 a.m. Conference activities begin again.
1.00 p.m. End of day 3 and conference closes.
CONFERENCE LOCATION
The conference will take place at the Campus Isabel Bongard at the Universidad de La Serena.
Address: Campus Isabel Bongard, Amunátegui 851, La Serena.
Please visit http://www.userena.cl/campus,h,3.html to view details of the campus.
For a map of La Serena click on www.ingservtur.cl/Planos/pages/La%20Serena%20Centro_jpg.htm
Campus Isabel Bongard is in the upper right-hand corner of the map, between Avenida Juan Cisternas, Benavente, and Amunategui.
LA SERENA: TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATION
AND EATING OUT
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Travel
La Serena sits at the mouth of the Río Elqui, 11 km north of Coquimbo and 471 km north of Santiago. The city is very close to the RUTA 5 (the main highway that runs almost the length of Chile) and is approximately 5 hours by car from Santiago. It’s also easy to take a bus (www.turbus.com) or fly (www.lanchile.com).
We recommend you check on www.sernatur.cl for more information. Click on Servicios Turísticos from the options on the left side, then ‘transporte’.
Accommodation and Eating out
La Serena is the second oldest city in Chile, and with a beautiful coastline of sandy beaches, it is a popular destination for tourists. There is, therefore, a wide range of accommodation options, from hotels to hostels, as well as restaurants and bars.
Again, we recommend you check on www.sernatur.cl for further information. Click on Servicios Turísticos from the options on the left side and click on ‘donde dormir’ and ‘donde comer’.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!
The TESOL Chile Committee
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