TESL Toronto’s next special event, Fran Marshall’s ‘ESL Survivor Kit’ workshop, has sold out. Stay tuned for information on our next special event — for job-seekers — in March, and our annual Spring Conference in May.
Click here for more information about Fran’s workshop.
We’re going to host a Pecha Kucha session at our Spring Conference on May 5, 2012! If putting together and leading a 90-minute workshop isn’t your thing, perhaps a 6 minute 40 second one is?
Click here to learn more!
Our September Event speaker, Shelly Terrell, spoke to us about her 30 Goals Challenge for Educators, which began in 2010. This year, its 3rd iteration has just begun with “Goal 1: Create your Me Manifesto”. Her series includes 30 general goals for teachers to step out of their comfort zones, improve their classrooms and share experiences with others.
Please click here to read more about this goal, including a short term and long term version of the goal as well as other ways to connect with the global staffroom. We’d love for you to participate this year, so if you blog about your experiences, let us know. We’ll tweet your post (if you don’t have one, might we suggest WordPress or Edublogs to start) and share it on our Facebook group. Remember, it’s not a race; take your time.
This is the first Grammarology column for 2012. The column will run every few weeks. In the mean time, please, send in your grammar questions. Anything from the trivial to the profound is welcome. Comments are also very encouraged.
Q: Caleb Thompson wrote:
“When is it appropriate to use that as opposed to which?“
A: Generally speaking, that can be used with integrated (restrictive) relative constructions (e.g., This is the one that broke), and which can be used with both integrated (e.g., This is the one which broke) and supplemental (non-restrictive) relatives (e.g., This group, which I’ve taught before, is a nice one).
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With the end of 2011 peeking at us from around the end-of-week corner, it’s a perfect time to reflect and look to the year ahead. We made some significant changes this year and so, let’s take a look back at what 2011 brought to TESL Toronto’s membership.
TESOL is seeking proposals for short booklets to be considered for inclusion in a new ELT development series, with Thomas Farrell (series editor). According to the attached call sheet,
“The English Language Teacher Development Series is aimed at issues important to practising teachers of English to speakers of other languages (ESOL). ESOL includes ESL (English as a second language), EFL (English as a foreign language), EIL (English as an international language), or TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages). Practicing teachers can use the series to update themselves with current research and theories that can be easily translated into practical classroom applications. Each topic will show a clear transition from recent updates in theory together with how this theory can be put into practice [1/3 theory and debate of theoretical issues followed by 2/3 practical applications that teachers can implement]. Each topic must demonstrate up-to-date knowledge of research and theory and current debates and a discussion on how this new research can be put into practice for teachers in everyday classrooms via reflection questions.”
It’s a great opportunity for aspiring authors. For complete description and specifics, please click here.
Submission deadline: May 1, 2012
Founded in 1976, TESL Toronto is a volunteer-run, non-profit organization representing educators and specialists in the fields of English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL). We are an affiliate of TESL Ontario.
Our Mandate is
• to support professional development for teachers of English as a Second Language in Toronto, and
• to work with other regional affiliates and TESL Ontario to enhance ESL learning environments, and
• to establish and promote standards in ESL education.
The Executive Board of TESL Toronto is made up of members in good standing of TESL Ontario who volunteer their time and energy. TESL Toronto is currently accepting applications for new members of our Executive Board. More...
We represent approximately 1,500 members. Our members are mainly ESL instructors, though anyone with an interest in the field can join. More...
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