Attendance at the 2017 TESOL International Conference
Attendance at the 2017 TESOL International Conference
Academic Year:
2016 - 2017 (June 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017)
Funding Requested:
$1,975.00
Project Dates:
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Applicant(s):
Overview of the Project:
I am seeking funding to attend the 2017 International TESOL conference in Seattle, Washington from March 21 to 24. TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) brings together professionals from all academic and professional areas of teaching English as a second or foreign language, but most important for my professional development is that it us one of the few scholarly meetings where those of us involved in teaching international graduate students can meet. My main interest in participating in this conference is twofold. First, I am the lead lecturer for academic writing courses at the English Language Institute (ELI) author of textbooks on academic writing and lead instructor in the ELI writing clinic. The TESOL meeting will provide me an opportunity to learn about recent developments in second language writing pedagogy and research that is relevant to my curriculum development of advanced academic writing courses for Ph.D. students at the University of Michigan. Second, and prha[s more important, I am also the course coordinator for ELI 994 (College Teaching at the University of Michigan—Language, Culture and Pedagogy), which I co-teach with a CRLT instructional consultant, currently Michelle Majeed. The TESOL meeting is one of the very few conferences where those of us involved in Teaching Assistant/Graduate Student Instructor education can meet and exchange ideas. I offer more specific reasons underlying my funding request in this next section.