Thursday, June 7, 2007

Collaborative Teaching and Learning at the MEXTESOL Regional Conference in Xalapa, Veracruz


On May 26th, 2007 the MEXTESOL Xalapa Chapter hosted their regional conference at the Universidad Veracruzana, Humanidades Auditorium with four presentations on English Teaching, various publishers and a raffle.
The conference, organized by local chapter president Aurora Varona and the MEXTESOL committee, which took place from 9a.m. – 3 p.m. on a rainy Xalapa Saturday was attended by approximately 42 English teachers and students.
The presentations opened with Senior English Language Fellow Brigitte Miller’s workshop “Collaborative Teaching and Learning: From the Local to the Global” then, Professor Oscar Narvaez Trejo’s presentation on “Affectivity in Language Learning”, Professor Adriana Abad Florescano’s talk on “English Language Levels and Certification in Mexico” and closed with Senior English Language Fellow Russell Barczyk’s presentation “Technology and Cooperative Learning: From Bahrain to Mexico”. For more information, see Russell's blog at http://techmextesolxalapa.blogspot.com/







Hope to see you in Veracruz for the MEXTESOL national conference in November, 2007!