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#tesolBlog: 3 Reasons (and Ways!) to Embrace Mother Languages in the Classroom. Read about them at https://bit.ly/41yxNX4 #TESOL #TEFL #TESL #ELT @ericgomezburgos

Join the Bilingual-Multilingual Education Interest Section for a FREE webinar on 28 February at 9:00 a.m. ET! More information here: https://bit.ly/439pxy3 #TESOL #TESL #TEFL #ELT

🏠We’re excited to share that the #TESOL Resource Center is getting a new home and new features! Starting this March, the TESOL Resource Center will be exclusively available on myTESOL, offering an enhanced experience for members. What’s New? ✅ More Interactivity – Comment, discuss, and engage with resources. ✅ More Resources – Members can more easily share their own materials, lesson plans, and research. ✅ More Community – Connect and collaborate with other dedicated TESOL members. This move will make it easier than ever to find, share, and engage with the best TESOL resources, all within myTESOL’s member community. Stay tuned for the launch! #TEFL #TESL #ELT

#TESOL President Debra Suarez recently sat down with Anna Ciriani-Dean and Shélynn Riel of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast to talk about #TESOL2025 and the excitement and joy that connects every English language educator across the globe. Debra also shares tips on how to make the most out of your time at the convention! 🔊 Listen: ⭐ YouTube: https://bit.ly/41vlQkS ⭐ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4h1YYy1 ⭐ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4h4UnuN Are you ready for #TESOL2025? Tell us what you're looking forward to most! #TESL #TEFL #ELT #teachingenglish #tesolteacher #eslteacher The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast website: https://bit.ly/3CX7oZJ

February is Black History Month in the U.S.! To honor this month, we're sharing a video of our incredible opening keynote speaker from #TESOL2024. National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts embarked on a life-changing journey alongside a team of Black scuba divers in search of slave shipwrecks around the world. In her speech, hear about her travels and the stories of the divers, historians, archaeologists and communities she met along the way. 🎥 Watch: https://bit.ly/4h1iyu6 #BlackHistoryMonth

COMING SOON! 📖 TWO new additions to our best-selling No-Prep Activity Cards series! Joining our Literacy & Oracy sets, these new activity cards on AI and Assessment feature versatile and time-saving activities that can be incorporated into your daily lessons with no prep needed. 🤖 No-Prep Activity Cards for English Language Teaching: AI - 100 ideas using AI to ignite creativity and collaboration in your classroom 📝 No-Prep Activity Cards for English Language Teaching: Assessment - 100 activities that double as fun ways to assess the language skills of your multilingual learners of English These cards will be first available at the #TESOL2025 Convention & Expo in Long Beach, CA, in March! You can also preorder them TODAY on the #TESOLpress website. Preorder the AI and Assessment cards at the link 🔗 in our bio! #LittleCardsBigImpact #TESL #TEFL #ELT #TESOL

📢 TESOL International Association is seeking individuals who share TESOL’s commitment to excellence in education and English language teaching to help lead our Interest Sections—the heart of our professional community. This is your opportunity to connect with like-minded peers, share expertise, and shape discussions in your area of interest. Fifteen Interest Sections Are Currently Seeking New Leaders: Adult Education Applied Linguistics Bilingual-Multilingual Education Computer-Assisted Language Learning English for Specific Purposes Higher Education Intercultural Communication International Teaching Assistants Materials Writers Program Administration Second Language Writing Social Responsibility Speech, Pronunciation, and Listening Supporting Student with Disabilities Teacher Educator 🗓️ Deadline to apply: 26 February 2025 🔗 Learn more & apply: https://bit.ly/41vpifD

Join us for a webinar on the new TESOL Press book, Building Classroom Culture Through Translanguaging: Theory to Practice. This book is a comprehensive guide for educators who want to create inclusive and effective classrooms that celebrate the diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds of their students. The webinar will introduce the concept of translanguaging, a pedagogy that moves beyond traditional methods by encouraging students to use their full linguistic repertoire and will discuss the new book.

Join the Higher Education Interest Section for a FREE webinar on 28 February at 10:00 a.m. ET! More information here: https://bit.ly/42SMEg2 #TESOL #TESL #TEFL #ELT

Join the Adult Education Interest Section for a FREE webinar on 3 March at 2:00 p.m. ET! More information here: https://bit.ly/4jEg3kh #TESOL #TESL #TEFL #ELT