Conference Reports
2019; University of Kansas; Volume: 27; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.17161/iallt.v27i3.9566
ISSN1050-0049
AutoresPam Griffin-Castro, Kathleen James, Irene Starr, Myra Lenburg,
ResumoReportsO nce again thi s year's TESO L (Teachers of Eng lis h to Speakers of Other Languages) conference in Baltimore, Maryland on Ma rch 8 -12 was the site of interesting and stimulating info rma tio n exc hange o n techno logy and teaching/ learning in languages.As I was unable to attend, I am grateful fo r the com ments and observations of many IALL members w ho were there.[ALL was acti vely involved in this year's conference![ALL member Charlotte Groff Aldridge (Uni verSity of Maryland, College Park) was the Associate Program Chair, and her contributions to the quality of the conference were evident.Lois Lanier and Roberta Lavine (U ni versity of Maryland, College Park) presented a pre-confere nce works ho p on communkative activities fo r the lang uage lab.Tandberg provid ed s upport for this presentation.Unli ke ACTFL, IALL does not have a "sponsored session" slot at TESOL.However, IALL President Tris ha Dvorak orga ni zed a panel o n "Whither the Language La b?" The panel consisted of: Trisha Dvo rak (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), Read Gilgen (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Dav id Herren (Mid dlebury College), Ruth Trometer (M.I.T.), Chris Jones (Carnegie Mellon) and Brigitte Charlotteaux (George Was hing ton Uni versity).The session was well attended , very info rmative, and highl y rated by the attendees, several of who m ca lled it " top notch."!ALL also sponsored a general informati on session, and a hospitali ty suite to offer an inform al environrnent for getting the word out about IALL and the ex pertise of our members.Our members were also acti ve in the CA LL (Computer Assisted Language Lea rning) In terest Section (IS) software fair.The CA LL-IS and Video-IS are the two o rga ni zations w ithin TESOL tha t fi t di rectl y with IALL's interests.John McVicker (Ohio Uni versity) organized the Authors' Showcase.One observa tio n was that there \A.ras much g reater emphasis IALL /ollma l of Lallgllage Leamil/g Techl/ologies
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