INTERNATIONAL TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) CONFERENCE ( November 25-27, 2010)

With Professor Rod Ellis, TESOL and Linguistic Professor of the University of Auckland, New Zealand

LSIS Teacher Attends International TESOL Conference-by Chrisha Faye Andal

            Teacher Paulo C. Dorongon, the high-school grammar and literature teacher of Living Stone International School has attended the recently concluded TESOL International Conference held at Clark Education City Australian College. TESOL, an acronym for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages aims at improving the teaching skills of English teachers. Teacher Paulo said that the conference exposed him to different teaching techniques and methodologies in the field of English Language Teaching. Moreover, the conference trained teachers on how to teach foreign students like Koreans, Americans, Chinese , Taiwanese, Vietnamese and Japanese;design curriculums and develop teaching methodologies appropriate for them “It was indeed and meaningful and informative convention. Aside from meeting different nationalities, I gained knowledge on how to improve my teaching styles in the ESL Teaching. I’m glad I have something to share to my colleagues and of course to the students; they will all benefit from it.” The lectures and teacher’s trainings were delivered by the world’s leading experts in Second Language Acquisition like Professor Rod Ellis of the University of Auckland in New Zealand, Professor Eva Bernat of the University of New South Wales in Australia, Professor Guzman of the University of the Philippines, and Professor Maria Dobrenov of Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. The Conference has drawn thousand participants from De La Salle University, Philippine Normal University, University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, University of New South Wales (Australia), University of Auckland (New Zealand), Taipei University and other Asian Universities.