Hawaii TESOL

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NEWS

The date has been set for the Hawaii TESOL Language Experience:

May 24th, 2018

More details coming soon.

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The 2018 Conference held at Hawaii Tokai International College on February 17th was a great success. Over a 150 people registered. There were more than 25 classroom presentations and nearly 20 poster presentations.

Thanks to Nancy for planning the conference and Samantha for helping facilitate it at Tokai. A big MAHALO also goes out to all who presented and/or participated. A special thanks is extended to Dr. Richard Day, who was an excellent plenary speaker.

It's never too early to start planning your presentation for next year.

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We'd like to welcome Mery Diez Ortega as the new Graduate Student Representative and thank Jay Tanaka for his past service in this area.

We are also pleased to announce that Samantha Hune is our new Hawaii TESOL Vice President. Samantha was previously serving as a Member at Large.

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The Professional Development Workshop on Nov. 15th hosted by Paul Rama and his Technology students was excellent. It emanated from the BYUH campus and connected via Polycom to Maui, Big Island, and KCC.

Mahalo Paul.

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Read our 32 page wonder of the 2018 Feb.pdf edition of our newsletter, "The Word." This edition has many articles written by our own Hawaii TESOL members, some faculty and some students. Also included are many overseas authors. It is without doubt that reading this fine publication will enrich your teaching and learning.

Upcoming events

Get Published!

We are currently looking for articles for our newsletter "The Word". See "The Word" Newsletter for the latest edition and submission details.

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Jobs

Announcing a new benefit opportunity for Hawai‘i TESOL members!

Maintained by the Department of Second Language Studies at UH Mānoa, the ESL Job List is the largest list-serve of its kind in Hawai‘i, listing current job opportunities for ESL professionals locally, nationally, and abroad.

To start receiving emails about jobs, go the our Jobs page to see how to opt-in.

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Our sister affiliate recently posted this Call for Submissions for the March 2018 TESOL Ukraine Conference.

This year's conference will be held in Lviv, a beautiful city in Western Ukraine and one of the cultural centers of the country. Should any member of Hawai'i TESOL decide to travel to Ukraine to attend the conference, let Sally La Luzerne-Oi, Hawai'i TESOL/TESOL Ukraine Co-Liaison, know in advance, and she will try to arrange with TESOL Ukraine members for some type of hospitality (e.g. airport pick up, city tour).

FIRST CALL 2018 TESOL-Ukraine Convention.docx

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We want you!

Are you a natural leader? Are you detail-

oriented? Do you have knack for organization

and planning? Hawai'i TESOL is always looking for individuals to help. Contact the President or any of the Officers for details.

Website Benefits

On our website, you are able to manage

your membership online.

Log on to:

Register for events
Update your contact information
Access membership directory
Post on forums
Post or seek employment opportunities

When your membership is due, you will

receive an automatic email reminding you.

Feel free to contact our membership secretary

with any questions.

Hawaii TESOL Goes "Social"

Check out our new and improved Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/TESOLHawaii

By connecting to us through Facebook, you will find conference updates, pictures, and information about all our upcoming events. Like us and get access to our newsfeed.