Here’s the link to the presentation which accompanied my talk at TESOL Madrid yesterday evening. Many thanks to all who attended for your interest and participation – I hope you found it useful.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwvhQiYtN7sRblh4ZWoyX1d1ZTg/edit?usp=sharing
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A chance to see Michael Halliday in action:
Here’s a video of David Crystal discussing who controls English if it is a global language. Enjoy!
Here are a few events coming up over the next couple of months which might be of interest:
15th February TESOL Madrid regional ‘mini’ conference, International Institute
8th – 10th March TESOL National conference, Seville http://www.tesol-spain.org/en/pages/1/convention-2013.html
30th – 31st March TESOL Greece national conference, Athens http://www.tesolgreece.org/34th_Annual_International_Convention.htm
On Friday I was at the TEA Annual Conference in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife. Many thanks to Juan, Paz and the rest of the team for the warm welcome we all received and the great organization of the event.
Special thanks also to Shawn Redwood and Maite Molina for their fantastic talks.
In the links section of this blog you will find a copy of the powerpoint of my talk, ‘Peer response in the writing process’.
On 8th – 10th November, the 29th Jornadas TEA conference will be held in Puerta de la Cruz, Tenerife, organised by TEA, the association of English teachers in the Canaries.
You can find further information at the following link:
http://teacanarias.es/images/PDF/PROGRAMAXXIXJornadasTEA2012.pdf
I’m just returning home from Granada, where I have been attending the GRETA Annual Conference. It has been a very positive experience, with many interesting talks on a wide variety of topics related to teaching English and particularly CLIL. More information on the talks will shortly be available from the GRETA website, http://www.gretaassociation.org
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