2019 Three Rivers TESOL Annual Conference:

Call for Proposals

 

Conference Theme: Reflection in Teaching and Professional Development

Three Rivers TESOL Fall Conference offers professional development opportunities to exchange ideas and practices and build professional networks in the community. The plenary speaker, Dr. Thomas Farrell, Professor of Applied Linguistics at Brock University, Canada, will talk about Reflective Practice (http://www.reflectiveinquiry.ca/ ) 3RT invites proposals for the annual fall conference on Oct. 19, 2019, in Duquesne University. We welcome learned insights and reflection from teaching, research, and professional development opportunities.

Proposal Deadline:   9/20/2019 05:00PM EST 

Submission Method:  Please submit your proposal online using this link.

 See the full Call for Proposals information here.

Those of you who were fortunate enough to hear Stephan Caspar speak at the 3RT Spring Seminar may recall that in his work directing the Kenner Room at Carnegie Mellon University, he explores the utilization of technology as a gateway to language learning, cultural competency, and globalization. Caspar will host a workshop to allow ESL instructors discover one technological medium, virtual reality (VR), and its applications in classroom. Specifically, instructors will be able to ‘discover VR’ by trying headsets and learning about different content formats. Workshop activities will include appropriate student learning outcome (SLO) generation, materials selection, and other developing lesson plan activities. Using VR in contexts with limited access to equipment and funds will be addressed.

The session will be held from 9:30-11:30A on Saturday, 7 September in CMU’s Kenner Room in the Tepper Quad. Prior VR experience is not needed. There is no fee for the event, but registration is required as space is limited and a maximum of 15 participants will be accepted in order to allow every participant access to equipment. Register for the workshop at: https://tinyurl.com/3RT-VRWorkshop.