The New Mexico Adult Education Association held its 2009 Teachers’ Institute this weekend. Participants from all over New Mexico attended including NMTESOL members Bill Ancker, Penny Mortier, Anita Evans, Gail Janezich, Andrea Gaytan, Shari Jobe, and Jennifer Herrin. Ms. Herrin presented two (2) workshops which have been uploaded here if you would like copies. Thank you Shari and everyone at NMAEA for a great institute; we look forward to more collaboration!
Mini-conference Success!
We would like to thank everyone at Santa Fe Community College and NMTESOL who collaborated on a wonderful mini-conference on Saturday. Participants ranged from Los Lunas, Belen, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Springer, and more!
Also, 20 new members joined NMTESOL – our base is growing 🙂
More handouts from the conference will be posted here soon!
Sponge Activities – Bill Ancker
Transition: Bridging the W I D E Gap – Susan Tollefson
Mini-conference at Santa Fe Community College
SFCC accepting presentation proposals and registration for mini-conference in Santa Fe, Saturday, March 14.
Workshops: PPP v. TBL & Teamwork tips
Thank you to everyone who attended our first event of 2009: PPP vs. TBL and Teamwork Tips for ESL Classes. The turnout was great with members from Gallup, Farmington, Clovis, Los Lunas, Belen, Placitas, and Albuquerque in attendance!
We have posted the workshop pictures in our photo album, so feel free to download them. We look forward to our upcoming event in Santa Fe on March 14. This will be a joint event with Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) – so save the date! More news to come soon . . .
Here are the handouts:
Methodology Workshops – Saturday, February 21
Hello Everyone,
Save the date: February 21st! We will be holding our first event of 2009:
What: Two ESL Methodology Workshops
When: Saturday, February 21 (10:00 am-12:30pm)
Where: Albuquerque at the Main Library at 501 Copper NW (Community Room)
Workshop 1: 10:00-11:00 am “TBL (Task-based learning) and PPP (Presentation-Practice-Production): Comparing & Contrasting Different Ways of Organizing a Lesson”
Presenter: Jennifer Herrin
Abstract: Most teachers learned to plan lessons based on the PPP model. This workshop will discuss its effectiveness by taking participants through a demonstration to show how the PPP model differs from the TBL model. Similarities between the two models are also discussed, and participants can experiment with their classrooms to find out what works best for them.
Workshop 2: 11:30 am-12:30 pm “Seven Tips for Facilitating Effective Teamwork in the Classroom Using Popular Corporate Business Theories”
Presenters: Amy Christensen & Kristina Sievers
Abstract: The presenters will demonstrate seven tips for facilitating effective teamwork in the classroom using popular corporate business theories. These tips allow students to gain confidence for teamwork opportunities in future academic or business contexts.
Please RSVP to nmtesol@gmail.com – Hope to see you there! Feel free to download our flyer and share it with your colleagues 🙂 flyer-for-winter-nmtesol-workshops
Newsletter – Winter 2009
Hello Everyone – I am proud to roll out our Winter 2009 Newsletter. Please feel free to access an electronic copy here by clicking on the cover, and let us know if you want to be added to our mailing list: nmtesol@gmail.com!
Also, we invite you to contribute to our Spring issue; please share your ideas!
In this Issue:
Spotlight on Kristina Sievers: NMTESOL Treasurer
Membership Infomation (Yes! We are now accepting dues!)
Tips for ESL Literacy
Pronunciation of Past Tense
Review of Error Correction Workshop
Overview of ESL Program at Clovis Community College
Thinking Like an ESL Teacher
Happy New Year!
Become a Member!
We are now accepting membership dues for 2009. Please download the NMTESOL Membership application nmtesol_membership_application-12-08.
We would like to thank the founding members who were able to attend the party at Bill’s house on December 7!
Workshop: Error Correction
We’d like to thank everyone who participated in Error Correction: Breaking Bad Habits without Breaking Spirits on Friday, October 3rd! We’d also like to send out a special thanks to Ann Savino, Cambridge University Press representative, who provided the professional books for our raffle. Please check back with news of our next event!
Here is the workshop handout: error-correction-participant-copy3
Click here for some pictures!
Happy Teaching!
Newsletter – Fall 2008
Our Fall NMTESOL Newsletter is available now! Please email us at nmtesol@gmail.com and we will send you an electronic copy as well as put your name on our mailing list.
A big “thanks” to everyone who contributed to this issue.
Please send submissions for our next issue to the same email address. We would love to have a description of your program, an activity you like to do, an article about ESL, or an announcement of events in your area!
Meeting – Diane Larsen-Freeman Virtual Seminar
MINUTES OF NM TESOL MEETING
7/25/08
Officers and Coordinators:
William Ancker, President; Amy Christensen, Vice President; Penny Mortier, Secretary; Debbie Golden, Membership Coordinator
Meeting was called to order at 4:00 by William (Bill) Ancker. The following issues were discussed:
Non-Profit 501C3 Status
Bill updated us on efforts to get our 501c status. After researching the status of the former
NMTESOL he found that it is now dissolved and no longer recognized by the Public Regulation Commission (PRC) as an active organization. We are now clear to call ourselves “Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages”, with “NMTESOL” as our official abbreviation.
The process of acquiring non-profit 501C3 status involves 2 agencies: registering as a corporation with the state PRC and filing non-profit status with the IRS. The IRS grants the status, but before this we must be officially incorporated by the state. Different documents are required for each entity. We cannot having a checking account or accept dues before we are incorporated.
Documents are lengthy and require some legal finesse, especially in selecting the correct form of incorporation. Bill has taken several workshops and sought assistance from the UNM legal aid clinic, which accepted us as a client. We will be assigned a law student in August and will submit documentation to the PRC whereupon we may be able to open our free bank account.
Outreach for more K-12 representatives
It was brought up that we should keep searching for an efficient way to contact more K-12 instructors so that it will be easier to recruit them.
Larsen-Freeman Presentation
We watched a “webinar” by Diane Larsen- Freeman about the role of teaching grammar during ESL instruction. Larsen-Freeman is one of the authors of “The Grammar Book” is frquently used as a text in graduate school TESOL grammar courses. She argues that “grammaring”, the teaching of grammar should be seen as one of the basic target skills for English language instruction alongside reading, writing, listening and speaking. She asserts that, although the teaching of grammar should always be contextualized, it must be taught (rather than leaving students to pick it up “naturally”). She believes it is the role of the teacher to accelerate acquisition. She tells her students that “they do not need proper grammar to be understood but they do need proper grammar to be respected.”
The meeting was adjourned at 5:45.
Submitted by Penny Mortier, Secretary
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