Although this is a sleepy site, as I have been retired from ESL/EFL for many years, I feel that it's necessary that I say this no matter who is reading/listening/paying attention.
The current president has been described as the meanest, lowest, most racist president ever, and I agree. If you are against equity, what are you for - inequity? His platform is to have ICE go drag out people, legal or illegal, from their jobs oor even from their immigration hearings. This basically tells people not to go to their immigration hearings. Splitting up families will make generations of angry people.
The vast majority of the people I taught were legal and stayed that Way. But these days, they're going after everyone - legal, illegal, married, working, following the rules, doesn't matter. If you are not white they're coming after you.
I urge my fellow Americans to get out in the street. This is wrong and they need to know. To my many international friends, I'm sorry. The USA is better than this, but it's not a good place to be right now.
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Friday, September 13, 2024
new book on the horizon
OK here's the story. Now I'm seventy, looking back on a thirty-year career teaching ESL. I'd like to use this site to talk about everything I learned and know; after all, I'm a perpetual loudmouth and have always been vocal about my opinions. But lately I'm putting it all in a book, or maybe two.
The main book will be Vowels in an Elevator: Language as a self-organizing system. I might have it done by the end of the year, if I'm lucky. I use this site to talk about my thinking both about the book itself, and about the topic. It has been a lifetime of gathering information and evidence. But here's the kicker. I've run out of time. I've had a cochlear implant operation; I've gone back to work (door-dashing); I have grown kids addicted to pot in a way that has made me look like an amateur, and I'm trying to avoid paying for it; and finally, my peace and quiet, and ability to research psychology or sociology, has run out. I have to take what I've got and lay it on the table.
Much of the book is written. I have been saying that language is a self-organizing system for many years and I could take any one of those tracts and slip it in there. But I don't want to simply keep repeating myself; just saying it is does not make it true. I want to show how the parts of the system work together to make a whole system, a system which, from above, looks like a fantastic mandala, evolving and changing and adjusting to minor abberations. It's a system that organizes itself because its moving parts organize themselves in similar ways. We just have to idemtify those parts and show how they relate to each other.
I will keep you posted here on my general progress on the book. This morning I tried to print it out and the printer wore out about halfway through, leaving me about sixty pages of mostly white, small-printed text that is not in very good order. I am not even sure I will use what I've printed except that I'm always short of scrap paper and can surely use it for that. The central question for the book is order - how soon should I bring in Chomsky? How thoroughly should I discuss or disprove other major language theories? What kind of lit review should I have or should I even separate it out? I've been stuck on that lit review question because, frankly, I have tons of sources yet no coherent organization. I need the overall organization to be solid before I go further.
But then, I'm ok with going with what I've got. I've got plenty. I have a strong argument. People can take it or leave it. And the title is good; it shows what I'm doing. I can explain this theory in a short elevator-rap where I give people the boiled down version: Chomsky was wrong. Language is a self-organizing system.
My other book is a novel, Sorry for Late. It will document my ESL teaching years in the same way Tall Corn State documented my life as a vegetarian cook. Like most novels it will have fictional characters, a plot, and an intense setting. I have no idea when it will be done. It too is at least half written. The characters are good. I like what it's becoming; I just need time to delve in and finish.
My ESL compatriots have turned out to be my best friends over the years. As a tribute to them, a gift to them, I want both of these to be as good as I can make them. They may or may not read what I've written, and that's true for my family and family books too. I can't control how much someone really cares about who we are or where we came from, or about what it's like to be an ESL teacher. I myself have been almost unable to think about it for years, I was so burnt out from working so hard. But now I feel the obligation to document what I learned. I didn't do all that work for nothing, or rather, if feeding myself and my kids was the only outcome, that would be ok but would not be ideal. I want to say I got something else out of it, knowledge that I can share.
The main book will be Vowels in an Elevator: Language as a self-organizing system. I might have it done by the end of the year, if I'm lucky. I use this site to talk about my thinking both about the book itself, and about the topic. It has been a lifetime of gathering information and evidence. But here's the kicker. I've run out of time. I've had a cochlear implant operation; I've gone back to work (door-dashing); I have grown kids addicted to pot in a way that has made me look like an amateur, and I'm trying to avoid paying for it; and finally, my peace and quiet, and ability to research psychology or sociology, has run out. I have to take what I've got and lay it on the table.
Much of the book is written. I have been saying that language is a self-organizing system for many years and I could take any one of those tracts and slip it in there. But I don't want to simply keep repeating myself; just saying it is does not make it true. I want to show how the parts of the system work together to make a whole system, a system which, from above, looks like a fantastic mandala, evolving and changing and adjusting to minor abberations. It's a system that organizes itself because its moving parts organize themselves in similar ways. We just have to idemtify those parts and show how they relate to each other.
I will keep you posted here on my general progress on the book. This morning I tried to print it out and the printer wore out about halfway through, leaving me about sixty pages of mostly white, small-printed text that is not in very good order. I am not even sure I will use what I've printed except that I'm always short of scrap paper and can surely use it for that. The central question for the book is order - how soon should I bring in Chomsky? How thoroughly should I discuss or disprove other major language theories? What kind of lit review should I have or should I even separate it out? I've been stuck on that lit review question because, frankly, I have tons of sources yet no coherent organization. I need the overall organization to be solid before I go further.
But then, I'm ok with going with what I've got. I've got plenty. I have a strong argument. People can take it or leave it. And the title is good; it shows what I'm doing. I can explain this theory in a short elevator-rap where I give people the boiled down version: Chomsky was wrong. Language is a self-organizing system.
My other book is a novel, Sorry for Late. It will document my ESL teaching years in the same way Tall Corn State documented my life as a vegetarian cook. Like most novels it will have fictional characters, a plot, and an intense setting. I have no idea when it will be done. It too is at least half written. The characters are good. I like what it's becoming; I just need time to delve in and finish.
My ESL compatriots have turned out to be my best friends over the years. As a tribute to them, a gift to them, I want both of these to be as good as I can make them. They may or may not read what I've written, and that's true for my family and family books too. I can't control how much someone really cares about who we are or where we came from, or about what it's like to be an ESL teacher. I myself have been almost unable to think about it for years, I was so burnt out from working so hard. But now I feel the obligation to document what I learned. I didn't do all that work for nothing, or rather, if feeding myself and my kids was the only outcome, that would be ok but would not be ideal. I want to say I got something else out of it, knowledge that I can share.
Sunday, May 5, 2024
OK so I admit, this site has gone a little stale over the years. Back when I was active in ESL, ESL had no job-seeking links, no TESOL directory either, and I addressed those needs. I got links for many years from people who appreciated that I had two of the best directories around, and I kept them updated the best I could. But then I retired, and that was twelve years ago, aand things went downhill fast. It wasn't that I didn't want to keep them up, I just couldn't bear thinking about it; it was like work. After too much ESL, I just couldn't go back.
I'm still that way. I have two books, both important to me, and they're each half done, but when I get into them I have a hard time applying myself to the work angle of it, because basically I'm retired. I just don't want to think about it anymore, sometimes.
One of them is a novel that documents the most interesting aspects of my teaching. It is actually the coolest of projects, because it moves like a novel, has heroes and villains, has a plot, etc. Yet it's like going back to work: almost unbearable. I can practically feel the classroom when I write about it.
The second is the language as a self-organizing system project, which actually requires linguistic thinking, thus making it even harder to finish. Yet it is even more important, because it is my legacy, what I leave to the language world, and language philosophy badly needs the voice of someone who has watched thousands of learners cross the line into fluency. My writing is important, at least to me, yet I can barely sit down and finish it.
Back to this site. I have a couple other sites related to my experience teaching. One is about how we adopt technology without thinking about its effects on our language or on learners. Another is about the chat revolution. But the only one I really keep updated successfully is the wiki people site. I was once a good materials creator, and could have done well in textbooks but just didn't want to get involved with publishers; in my era they were already overcharging by 2 or 300 percent for every textbook, and worse, changing them every year so people couldn't trade old ones. But the wiki site is the last of my work.
I will organize, and put it here, I promise. Right now it appears this site is not even linked to any of them. That will change.
I'm still that way. I have two books, both important to me, and they're each half done, but when I get into them I have a hard time applying myself to the work angle of it, because basically I'm retired. I just don't want to think about it anymore, sometimes.
One of them is a novel that documents the most interesting aspects of my teaching. It is actually the coolest of projects, because it moves like a novel, has heroes and villains, has a plot, etc. Yet it's like going back to work: almost unbearable. I can practically feel the classroom when I write about it.
The second is the language as a self-organizing system project, which actually requires linguistic thinking, thus making it even harder to finish. Yet it is even more important, because it is my legacy, what I leave to the language world, and language philosophy badly needs the voice of someone who has watched thousands of learners cross the line into fluency. My writing is important, at least to me, yet I can barely sit down and finish it.
Back to this site. I have a couple other sites related to my experience teaching. One is about how we adopt technology without thinking about its effects on our language or on learners. Another is about the chat revolution. But the only one I really keep updated successfully is the wiki people site. I was once a good materials creator, and could have done well in textbooks but just didn't want to get involved with publishers; in my era they were already overcharging by 2 or 300 percent for every textbook, and worse, changing them every year so people couldn't trade old ones. But the wiki site is the last of my work.
I will organize, and put it here, I promise. Right now it appears this site is not even linked to any of them. That will change.
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
wiki people readers
This little pop-art represents an experiment which I will explain. It is here.
At this site you will find esl/efl exercises. At one time I was really good at making them, but now I admit to being a little rusty. I am trying to get my chops back by working on these.
The genius of the project, from an esl point of view, is that you can read about the people you are interested in, or the people whose names you recognize. If this project is successful it will have hundreds. People's names will make up a nice huge list in the template, and you can just work your way down getting the ones you like. I may categorize them as high, intermediate and low, or short, medium and long, depending on how hard they are or how much English they have in them. I plan to provide the answers as well. It's kind of a long-range project.
After thirty years in ESL I can say this much: I can get this skill back easily, but, having burnt out a little (in esl one works very hard for a very long time, for very little pay), I find myself giving up easily as well. In other words, I am enjoying retirement.
I am experimenting with ways to develop a market for books. My books are on the esl/efl side: they are readable americana. I am hoping that these exercises will also be readable, practical, and interesting, in that interesting people will be in there. I hope you enjoy them.
Saturday, August 22, 2020
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Directory of ESL/EFL Teachers' Organizations
This list is outdated maybe but should never
have been removed from people's access. I will update it
as possible. -TL
Tom's ESL/EFL
WAOE (World Association for Online Education)
International Assoc. for Language Learning Technology
International Writing Centers Association
International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication
FORTELL (Forum for Teachers of English Language and Literature)
-by country-
AAIEP (Amer. Assoc. of Intensive English Programs)
ACTFL (Amer. Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
Center for Applied Linguistics
NABE (National Association of Bilingual Educators)
NAFSA (Nat'l Assoc. of Foreign Student Advisors)
National Center for ESL Literacy Education
U.S. Department of Education and its office of English Language Acquisition
National Network for Early Language Learning
NAWE (National Association of Writers in Education)
Assembly for Teaching of English Grammar
TESOLS BY STATE:
Illinois: (Illinois TESOL-BE: Illinois TESOL-Bilingual Educators)
Alabama: AMTESOL (Alabama-Mississippi TESOL)
Alaska: AKABE (Alaska Association of Bilingual Education)
Arizona: AZ-TESOL, Arizona TESOL
Arkansas: ARKTESOL, Arkansas TESOL, no URL
California: CATESOL (California and Nevada)
Colorado: CoTESOL, Colorado TESOL
Connecticut: ConnTESOL
Florida: Sunshine State TESOL
Georgia: Georgia TESOL
Guam: TESOL Guam
Hawai'i: Hawai'i TESOL
Idaho: I-TESOL (Intermountain TESOL: Utah and Idaho)
Indiana: Indiana TESOL
Iowa: MIDTESOL (MidAmerica TESOL: MO, IA, NE, KS)
Kansas: KATESOL; also MIDTESOL (MidAmerica: MO, IA, NE, KS)
Kentucky: KYTESOL, Kentucky TESOL
Louisiana: LaTESOL, Louisiana TESOL
Maryland: Maryland TESOL
Maine: NNETESOL (Northern New England)
Massachusetts: MATSOL (Mass. Association of TESOL)
Michigan: MITESOL
Minnesota:MinneTESOL
Mississippi: AMTESOL (Alabama-Mississippi TESOL)
Missouri: MIDTESOL (MidAmerica: Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas)
Nebraska: MIDTESOL (MidAmerica: Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas)
Nevada: CATESOL (California and Nevada)
New Hampshire: NNETESOL (Northern New England)
New Jersey: NJTESOL/NJBE (New Jersey TESOL/N.J. Bilingual Educators)
New Mexico: NMTESOL
New York: NYSTESOL (New York State TESOL)
North Carolina: Carolina TESOL (North and South Carolina)
Ohio: Ohio TESOL
Oklahoma: OKTESOL
Oregon: ORTESOL
Pennsylvania:
PennTESOL-East (Eastern Penn.)
3-R TESOL (Three Rivers-Western Penn.) Puerto Rico: PRTESOL
South Carolina: Carolina TESOL (North and South Carolina)
Tennessee: TNTESOL
Texas:
TEXTESOL
TEXTESOL I (El Paso area)
TEXTESOL II (San Antonio area)
TEXTESOL III (Austin area)
TEXTESOL IV (Houston area)
TEXTESOL V (Dallas area)
Utah: I-TESOL (Intermountain: Utah and Idaho)
Vermont: NNETESOL (Northern New England)
Virginia: VATESOL
Washington: WAESOL (Wash. Assoc. for the Education of Speakers of Other Languages)
Washington DC: WATESOL (Washington Area)
West Virginia: WVTESOL
Wisconsin: WITESOL, Wisconsin TESOL
Wyoming: Intermountain TESOL
Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers
SPEAQ (Societe pour la promotion de l'ensignement de l'anglais (langue seconde) au Quebec)
ATEQ (The Association of Teachers of English of Quebec)
TESL Canada
TESOL Ontario
British Columbia Teachers of English as an Additional Language
TESL Nova Scotia
ANUPI (Asociation Nacional Universitaria de Profesores de Ingles, A.C.)
MEXTESOL Aguascalientes
Costa Rica TESOL: No URL
ACPI (Asociacion Costarricense de Profesores de Ingles): no URL
PANAMA
Panama TESOL: No URL, e-mail
GELI Cuba (Grupo de Especialistas en Lengua Inglesa): No URL
HAITI
MATE: No URL, e-mail
ARGENTINA
Argentina TESOL
FAAPI (Federacion Argentina de Asociaciones de Profesores de Ingles)
APIBA: Asociacion de Profesores de Ingles de Buenos Aires
ASPI: Asociacion Santafesina de Profesores de Ingles
BRAZIL
TESOL Brazil
CHILE
TESOL Chile
IATEFL Chile
COLOMBIA
ASOCOPI- contact
(Association of Colombian Professors of English)
ECUADOR
FENAPIUPE: (Federacion Nacional de Profesores de Ingles de Universidades y Politecnicas del Ecuador)
PARAGUAY
Paraguay TESOL: No URL
PERU
Peru TESOL
Peru TESOL (earlier)
APPI: contact
URUGUAY
URUTESOL (Uruguay TESOL)
VENEZUELA
VENTESOL (Venezuela TESOL): No URL
AVEALMEC: contact
Australia TESOL
ACTA (Australian Council of TESOL Associations)
QATESOL (Queensland TESOL)
ATESOL NSW (New South Wales Association of TESOL)
National Centre for Eng. Lang. Teaching and Research, Macquarie Univ., Sydney
VATME (Victoria Association of TESOL and Multicultural Education)
Applied Linguistics Association of Australia
English Australia
NEW ZEALAND
TESOLANZ (TESOL Association of Aotearoa New Zealand)
CLESOL: Conference on Community Languages and ESOL in New Zealand
Asia-Pacific Association for CALL
Asia TEFL
AFGHANISTAN
ELTAA: Azerbaijan English Teachers' Association
BANGLADESH
BELTA: Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association
UKBET: UK-Bangladesh Education Trust
CAMBODIA
CamTESOL
CHINA
NFLTRA: National Foreign Language Teaching and Research Association, Education Society of China, Beijing
Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics
INDIA
ELTAI: English Language Teachers' Association of India
JAPAN
Japan Association of College English Teachers
JALT (Japan Association for Language Teaching)
Kyushu JALT
ELT Japan
KOREA
KOTESOL (Korea TESOL)
ALAK: Applied Linguistics Association of Korea
KATE: contact
MALAYSIA
MELTA: contact
PELLTA: Penang English Language Learning and Teaching Association
NEPAL
NELTA: (Nepal English Language Teachers' Association (British Council)
PAKISTAN
SPELT (Society of Pakistani English Language Teachers) - contact
PHILIPPINES
PALT: Philippine Association for Language Teaching, No URL
SINGAPORE
ELLTAS (English Lang. & Literature Teachers Assoc.)
SEAMEO RELC: contact
SRI LANKA
ACUET: contact
TAIWAN
ETA-ROC, English Teachers Association, Rep. of China
THAILAND
Thai TESOL
UZBEKISTAN
UzTEA: Uzbekistan Teachers of English Association
Samarkan UzTEA
TESOL Arabia
KSAALT- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Association of Language Teachers (No URL)
EGYPT
EgypTESOL
ISRAEL
ETNI (English Teachers Network of Israel)
ETAI (English Teachers' Association of Israel)
LEBANON
ATEL (Assoc. of Teachers of English in Lebanon)- No URL
QATAR
Qatar TESOL
TURKEY
ELEA (English Language Educators' Association)
INGED
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
TESOL Arabia UAE: contact
Yakut TESOL (see profile)
FEELTA, Far Eastern English Language Teachers Assoc., Vladivostok
OMELTA: Omsk English Language Teachers' Association
LATEUM: contact
NATE: contact
European Society for the Study of English
European Association for Language Testing and Assessment
European Association of Quality Language Services
EUROCALL- European Association for Computer Assisted Learning
ALBANIA
ELTA: contact
ARMENIA
AELTA (Association of English Teachers of Armenia)
AUSTRIA
Teachers of English in Austria
BELARUS
BELNATE: Belarusian National Association of Teachers of English
BELGIUM
Flemish Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
BULGARIA
IATEFL-BULGARIA:
CANARY ISLANDS
TEA Canarias
CROATIA
HUPE: Croation Association of Teachers of English
CZECH REPUBLIC
ATECR (Assoc. of Teachers of English of the Czech Republic)
AMATE: contact
MSATE/MSSUA
DENMARK
SELF: contact
ESTONIA
EATE: Estonian Association of Teachers of English
FINLAND
ATEF: contact
FRANCE
TESOL France
RANACLES (Rassemblement national des centres de Langue de l'Enseignement Superieur)
GERAS (Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherche en Anglais de Specialite)
GERMANY
MELTA: Munich English Language Teachers' Association
ELTAB-B (English Language Teachers' Association- Berlin-Brandenberg
English Language Teachers' Association- Stuttgart and Frankfurt/Main
ELTAF- Frankfurt/Rhine-Main-Neckar
FMFTESOL (Fachverband Moderne Fremdsprachen)
GREECE
TEFL Greece
TESOL Greece: contact
TESOL Macedonia-Thrace Northern Greece (IATEFL)
Panhellenic Association of State School Teachers of English
HUNGARY
IATEFL Hungary
older sites and references:
Angoltanarok Nemzetkozi Egyesulete- no URL
IATEFL-Hungary's newsletter
ICELAND
FEKI: No URL. contact
ITALY
TESOL Italy
TESOL Italy (more recent)
KOSOVO
ETAK: contact
LATVIA
LATE
LVASA: Latvian Association of Language Teachers
LITHUANIA
LAKMA: contact
MACEDONIA
ELTAM: English Lang. Teachers' Association of Macedonia
MALTA
MATEFL: Malta Assoc. of Teachers of EFL
MONTENEGRO
ELTAM: contact
NETHERLANDS
Levende Talen
POLAND
IATEFL Poland
PORTUGAL
APPI (Associacao Portuguesa de Professores de Ingles)
ROMANIA
RATE- Romanian Assoc. of Teachers of English (see profile )
SERBIA
ELTA: contact
SLOVAKIA
SAUA/SATE: Slovak Association of Teachers of English
SLOVENIA
IATEFL Slovenia
SPAIN
TESOL-Spain
APAC: Associació de Professors d'Anglès de Catalunya
GRETA: Grenada English Teachers' Association
AELFE: Asociacion Europea de Lenguas para Fines Especificos
SWEDEN
LMS (Swedish Modern Language Society): contact
SWITZERLAND
ETAS, English Teachers Association of Switzerland
UKRAINE
TESOL Ukraine
IATEFL UKRAINE: contact
UNITED KINGDOM
Association for Language Learning
International House: UK language teaching group
SATEFL (Scottish Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language)
NALDIC: National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum
British Association for Applied Linguistics
British Association for Lecturers in EAP
Linguistics Assoc. of Great Britain
North West Centre for Linguistics
Centre for Discourse Intoanation Studies
NATECLA
LATE: London Association for the Teaching of English
CAMELTA: Cameroon English Language and Literature Teachers Association (No URL)
KENYA
BETA-SIAYA: contact
MOROCCO
Moroccan Association of Teachers of English
NAMIBIA
NETA: contact
SENEGAL
APAS/ATES (Association of Teachers of English in Senegal): No URL
SOUTH AFRICA
SATEIL: contact
SUDAN
contact
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Tom's ESL/EFL
Directory of
Teachers' Organizations
WORLDWIDE
IATEFL (International Assoc. of Teachers of EFL)WAOE (World Association for Online Education)
International Assoc. for Language Learning Technology
International Writing Centers Association
International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication
FORTELL (Forum for Teachers of English Language and Literature)
-by country-
NATIONWIDE (USA)
AAAL (Amer. Assoc. of Applied Linguistics)AAIEP (Amer. Assoc. of Intensive English Programs)
ACTFL (Amer. Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
Center for Applied Linguistics
NABE (National Association of Bilingual Educators)
NAFSA (Nat'l Assoc. of Foreign Student Advisors)
National Center for ESL Literacy Education
U.S. Department of Education and its office of English Language Acquisition
National Network for Early Language Learning
NAWE (National Association of Writers in Education)
Assembly for Teaching of English Grammar
TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
TESOL's homepage (login required)TESOLS BY STATE:
Illinois: (Illinois TESOL-BE: Illinois TESOL-Bilingual Educators)
Alabama: AMTESOL (Alabama-Mississippi TESOL)
Alaska: AKABE (Alaska Association of Bilingual Education)
Arizona: AZ-TESOL, Arizona TESOL
Arkansas: ARKTESOL, Arkansas TESOL, no URL
California: CATESOL (California and Nevada)
Colorado: CoTESOL, Colorado TESOL
Connecticut: ConnTESOL
Florida: Sunshine State TESOL
Georgia: Georgia TESOL
Guam: TESOL Guam
Hawai'i: Hawai'i TESOL
Idaho: I-TESOL (Intermountain TESOL: Utah and Idaho)
Indiana: Indiana TESOL
Iowa: MIDTESOL (MidAmerica TESOL: MO, IA, NE, KS)
Kansas: KATESOL; also MIDTESOL (MidAmerica: MO, IA, NE, KS)
Kentucky: KYTESOL, Kentucky TESOL
Louisiana: LaTESOL, Louisiana TESOL
Maryland: Maryland TESOL
Maine: NNETESOL (Northern New England)
Massachusetts: MATSOL (Mass. Association of TESOL)
Michigan: MITESOL
Minnesota:MinneTESOL
Mississippi: AMTESOL (Alabama-Mississippi TESOL)
Missouri: MIDTESOL (MidAmerica: Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas)
Nebraska: MIDTESOL (MidAmerica: Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas)
Nevada: CATESOL (California and Nevada)
New Hampshire: NNETESOL (Northern New England)
New Jersey: NJTESOL/NJBE (New Jersey TESOL/N.J. Bilingual Educators)
New Mexico: NMTESOL
New York: NYSTESOL (New York State TESOL)
North Carolina: Carolina TESOL (North and South Carolina)
Ohio: Ohio TESOL
Oklahoma: OKTESOL
Oregon: ORTESOL
Pennsylvania:
PennTESOL-East (Eastern Penn.)
3-R TESOL (Three Rivers-Western Penn.) Puerto Rico: PRTESOL
South Carolina: Carolina TESOL (North and South Carolina)
Tennessee: TNTESOL
Texas:
TEXTESOL
TEXTESOL I (El Paso area)
TEXTESOL II (San Antonio area)
TEXTESOL III (Austin area)
TEXTESOL IV (Houston area)
TEXTESOL V (Dallas area)
Utah: I-TESOL (Intermountain: Utah and Idaho)
Vermont: NNETESOL (Northern New England)
Virginia: VATESOL
Washington: WAESOL (Wash. Assoc. for the Education of Speakers of Other Languages)
Washington DC: WATESOL (Washington Area)
West Virginia: WVTESOL
Wisconsin: WITESOL, Wisconsin TESOL
Wyoming: Intermountain TESOL
INTERNATIONAL, by country & region
CANADA
Language Industry AssociationCanadian Association of Second Language Teachers
SPEAQ (Societe pour la promotion de l'ensignement de l'anglais (langue seconde) au Quebec)
ATEQ (The Association of Teachers of English of Quebec)
TESL Canada
TESOL Ontario
British Columbia Teachers of English as an Additional Language
TESL Nova Scotia
MEXICO
MEXTESOLANUPI (Asociation Nacional Universitaria de Profesores de Ingles, A.C.)
MEXTESOL Aguascalientes
CENTRAL AMERICA
COSTA RICACosta Rica TESOL: No URL
ACPI (Asociacion Costarricense de Profesores de Ingles): no URL
PANAMA
Panama TESOL: No URL, e-mail
CARIBBEAN
CUBAGELI Cuba (Grupo de Especialistas en Lengua Inglesa): No URL
HAITI
MATE: No URL, e-mail
SOUTH AMERICA
Asociacion de Profesores de Lengua Inglesa de America Latina: No URLARGENTINA
Argentina TESOL
FAAPI (Federacion Argentina de Asociaciones de Profesores de Ingles)
APIBA: Asociacion de Profesores de Ingles de Buenos Aires
ASPI: Asociacion Santafesina de Profesores de Ingles
BRAZIL
TESOL Brazil
CHILE
TESOL Chile
IATEFL Chile
COLOMBIA
ASOCOPI- contact
(Association of Colombian Professors of English)
ECUADOR
FENAPIUPE: (Federacion Nacional de Profesores de Ingles de Universidades y Politecnicas del Ecuador)
PARAGUAY
Paraguay TESOL: No URL
PERU
Peru TESOL
Peru TESOL (earlier)
APPI: contact
URUGUAY
URUTESOL (Uruguay TESOL)
VENEZUELA
VENTESOL (Venezuela TESOL): No URL
AVEALMEC: contact
AUSTRALASIA
AUSTRALIAAustralia TESOL
ACTA (Australian Council of TESOL Associations)
QATESOL (Queensland TESOL)
ATESOL NSW (New South Wales Association of TESOL)
National Centre for Eng. Lang. Teaching and Research, Macquarie Univ., Sydney
VATME (Victoria Association of TESOL and Multicultural Education)
Applied Linguistics Association of Australia
English Australia
NEW ZEALAND
TESOLANZ (TESOL Association of Aotearoa New Zealand)
CLESOL: Conference on Community Languages and ESOL in New Zealand
ASIA
Far East Teachers' CoopAsia-Pacific Association for CALL
Asia TEFL
AFGHANISTAN
ELTAA: Azerbaijan English Teachers' Association
BANGLADESH
BELTA: Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association
UKBET: UK-Bangladesh Education Trust
CAMBODIA
CamTESOL
CHINA
NFLTRA: National Foreign Language Teaching and Research Association, Education Society of China, Beijing
Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics
INDIA
ELTAI: English Language Teachers' Association of India
JAPAN
Japan Association of College English Teachers
JALT (Japan Association for Language Teaching)
Kyushu JALT
ELT Japan
KOREA
KOTESOL (Korea TESOL)
ALAK: Applied Linguistics Association of Korea
KATE: contact
MALAYSIA
MELTA: contact
PELLTA: Penang English Language Learning and Teaching Association
NEPAL
NELTA: (Nepal English Language Teachers' Association (British Council)
PAKISTAN
SPELT (Society of Pakistani English Language Teachers) - contact
PHILIPPINES
PALT: Philippine Association for Language Teaching, No URL
SINGAPORE
ELLTAS (English Lang. & Literature Teachers Assoc.)
SEAMEO RELC: contact
SRI LANKA
ACUET: contact
TAIWAN
ETA-ROC, English Teachers Association, Rep. of China
THAILAND
Thai TESOL
UZBEKISTAN
UzTEA: Uzbekistan Teachers of English Association
Samarkan UzTEA
MIDDLE EAST
SAUDI ARABIA & GULF NATIONSTESOL Arabia
KSAALT- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Association of Language Teachers (No URL)
EGYPT
EgypTESOL
ISRAEL
ETNI (English Teachers Network of Israel)
ETAI (English Teachers' Association of Israel)
LEBANON
ATEL (Assoc. of Teachers of English in Lebanon)- No URL
QATAR
Qatar TESOL
TURKEY
ELEA (English Language Educators' Association)
INGED
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
TESOL Arabia UAE: contact
RUSSIA
SPELTA (St. Petersburg English Language Teachers Association): No URL, contactYakut TESOL (see profile)
FEELTA, Far Eastern English Language Teachers Assoc., Vladivostok
OMELTA: Omsk English Language Teachers' Association
LATEUM: contact
NATE: contact
EUROPE
Association of Language Testers in EuropeEuropean Society for the Study of English
European Association for Language Testing and Assessment
European Association of Quality Language Services
EUROCALL- European Association for Computer Assisted Learning
ALBANIA
ELTA: contact
ARMENIA
AELTA (Association of English Teachers of Armenia)
AUSTRIA
Teachers of English in Austria
BELARUS
BELNATE: Belarusian National Association of Teachers of English
BELGIUM
Flemish Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
BULGARIA
IATEFL-BULGARIA:
BETA-IATEFL, Bulgarian English Teachers' Association
IATEFL-Bulgaria's site for the IATEFL-East conference
IATEFL-Bulgaria's Forum for Across-the curriculum teaching Special Interest Group
IATEFL-Bulgaria's Teacher Education and Development Special Interest Group (with a discussion group at http://tedsig.listbot.com
CANARY ISLANDS
TEA Canarias
CROATIA
HUPE: Croation Association of Teachers of English
CZECH REPUBLIC
ATECR (Assoc. of Teachers of English of the Czech Republic)
AMATE: contact
MSATE/MSSUA
DENMARK
SELF: contact
ESTONIA
EATE: Estonian Association of Teachers of English
FINLAND
ATEF: contact
FRANCE
TESOL France
RANACLES (Rassemblement national des centres de Langue de l'Enseignement Superieur)
GERAS (Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherche en Anglais de Specialite)
GERMANY
MELTA: Munich English Language Teachers' Association
ELTAB-B (English Language Teachers' Association- Berlin-Brandenberg
English Language Teachers' Association- Stuttgart and Frankfurt/Main
ELTAF- Frankfurt/Rhine-Main-Neckar
FMFTESOL (Fachverband Moderne Fremdsprachen)
GREECE
TEFL Greece
TESOL Greece: contact
TESOL Macedonia-Thrace Northern Greece (IATEFL)
Panhellenic Association of State School Teachers of English
HUNGARY
IATEFL Hungary
older sites and references:
Angoltanarok Nemzetkozi Egyesulete- no URL
IATEFL-Hungary's newsletter
ICELAND
FEKI: No URL. contact
ITALY
TESOL Italy
TESOL Italy (more recent)
KOSOVO
ETAK: contact
LATVIA
LATE
LVASA: Latvian Association of Language Teachers
LITHUANIA
LAKMA: contact
MACEDONIA
ELTAM: English Lang. Teachers' Association of Macedonia
MALTA
MATEFL: Malta Assoc. of Teachers of EFL
MONTENEGRO
ELTAM: contact
NETHERLANDS
Levende Talen
POLAND
IATEFL Poland
PORTUGAL
APPI (Associacao Portuguesa de Professores de Ingles)
ROMANIA
RATE- Romanian Assoc. of Teachers of English (see profile )
SERBIA
ELTA: contact
SLOVAKIA
SAUA/SATE: Slovak Association of Teachers of English
SLOVENIA
IATEFL Slovenia
SPAIN
TESOL-Spain
APAC: Associació de Professors d'Anglès de Catalunya
GRETA: Grenada English Teachers' Association
AELFE: Asociacion Europea de Lenguas para Fines Especificos
SWEDEN
LMS (Swedish Modern Language Society): contact
SWITZERLAND
ETAS, English Teachers Association of Switzerland
UKRAINE
TESOL Ukraine
IATEFL UKRAINE: contact
UNITED KINGDOM
Association for Language Learning
International House: UK language teaching group
SATEFL (Scottish Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language)
NALDIC: National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum
British Association for Applied Linguistics
British Association for Lecturers in EAP
Linguistics Assoc. of Great Britain
North West Centre for Linguistics
Centre for Discourse Intoanation Studies
NATECLA
LATE: London Association for the Teaching of English
AFRICA
CAMEROONCAMELTA: Cameroon English Language and Literature Teachers Association (No URL)
KENYA
BETA-SIAYA: contact
MOROCCO
Moroccan Association of Teachers of English
NAMIBIA
NETA: contact
SENEGAL
APAS/ATES (Association of Teachers of English in Senegal): No URL
SOUTH AFRICA
SATEIL: contact
SUDAN
contact
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