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This list is outdated maybe but should never have been removed from people's access.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
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 Association
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

MEXICO

MEXTESOL
ANUPI (Asociation Nacional Universitaria de Profesores de Ingles, A.C.)
MEXTESOL Aguascalientes

CENTRAL AMERICA

COSTA RICA
Costa Rica TESOL: No URL
ACPI (Asociacion Costarricense de Profesores de Ingles): no URL

PANAMA
Panama TESOL: No URL, e-mail

CARIBBEAN

CUBA
GELI 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 URL

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

AUSTRALASIA

AUSTRALIA
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

Far East Teachers' Coop
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

MIDDLE EAST

SAUDI ARABIA & GULF NATIONS
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

RUSSIA

SPELTA (St. Petersburg English Language Teachers Association): No URL, contact
Yakut 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 Europe
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:

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

CAMEROON
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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