1. Non-Native English Speakers in TESOL – (pronounced /ɛnˈn
ɛst/ or ennest)
NNEST INTEREST SECTION
Electronic Village Online (January 13 – February 16, 2014)
FREE & OPEN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS
AND WORKSHOPS TO TEACHERS OF ENGLISH
• Learn more about the non-native English speakers
in TESOL movement
• Opportunities to discuss, share, interact, engage in,
collaborate with and learn from the experiences of
native and non-native English-speaking
professionals
• Be a part of an initiative that strives for establishing
a professional landscape defined by equity,
expertise, and professionalism
HOW TO JOIN?
GO TO (Jan 6-12)
http://tiny.cc/NNESTEVO2014
REQUEST TO JOIN THE
GOOGLE+ GROUP
VISIT THE NNESTEVO WEBSI
http://tiny.cc/NNESTEVO2014Wiki
2. Non-Native English Speakers in TESOL – (pronounced /ɛnˈn
ɛst/ or ennest)
NNEST INTEREST SECTION
Electronic Village Online (January 13 – February 16, 2014)
• promotes the awareness and advocacy
among ELT professionals
• prioritizes such values as
collaboration, participation, equity, justic
e and professionalism
• create a nondiscriminatory professional
environment for all TESOL members
regardless of native
language, race, gender, religion and
place of birth
3. Non-Native English Speakers in TESOL – (pronounced /ɛnˈn
ɛst/ or ennest)
NNEST INTEREST SECTION
Electronic Village Online (January 13 – February 16, 2014)
• identify and address multilingual,
multicultural, and multinational
perspectives to re-examine our
assumptions, practices, and theories in
the field
• benefit from this unique networking and
professional development opportunity
• be connected to like-minded ELT
professionals from different parts of the
world
4. Non-Native English Speakers in TESOL – (pronounced /ɛnˈn
ɛst/ or ennest)
NNEST INTEREST SECTION
Electronic Village Online
(Week 1 – January 13-19, 2014)
NNEST Movement:
Contextual Opportunities and Challenges in NNEST
Issues
Guest Speaker: Ali Fuad Selvi, PhD (Middle East Technical University
–
NNEST IS Chair)
Myths and Misconceptions about the NNEST Movement
Live Session: January 14, 2pm
Moderators: Aiden Yeh & the NNEST EVO GMT
Team
Dr. Aiden Yeh is a full-time Asst. Professor at Wenzao Ursuline University in Southern Taiwan.
She teaches creative writing and other ESP courses (Research Writing, Advertising & PR, Mass Media,
and Cross-Cultural Communications, and English Language Teaching). She is a member of the Electronic
Village Online Coordinating Team and has served the TESOL CALL-IS Steering Committee and the
TESOL Technology Advisory Committee. She has also served as the NNEST-IS chair in 2010.
E-mail: aidenyeh@gmail.com
5. Non-Native English Speakers in TESOL – (pronounced /ɛnˈn
ɛst/ or ennest)
NNEST INTEREST SECTION
Electronic Village Online
(Week 2 – January 20-26, 2014)
Taking on Leadership Roles in Regional and International
Professional Organizations
Guest Speaker: Yilin Sun, PhD (TESOL Incoming President)
Getting involved in Leadership Roles in Regional and International
Professional Organizations -- A Non-native English Speaker's Perspective
Live Session: January 24, 3pm GMT
Moderators: Geeta Aneja & Liz England
Geeta Aneja is a a doctoral candidate and
graduate teaching assistant in the Educational
Linguistics program at the University of
Pennsylvania. She is currently an Editor-in-Chief
of the Working Papers in Educational
Linguistics.
E-mail: ganeja@gse.upenn.edu
Dr. Liz England is a full-time Professor at
Shenandoah University. Her most recent
publications include "Online Language Teacher
Education:
TESOL
Perspectives"
(Routledge, 2012) and "Reigniting, Retooling and
Retiring for Language Teachers (University of
Michigan
Press,
2012).
E-
6. Non-Native English Speakers in TESOL – (pronounced /ɛnˈn
ɛst/ or ennest)
NNEST INTEREST SECTION
Electronic Village Online
(Week 3 – January 27-February 2, 2014)
NNEST Mentoring Practices
Guest Speaker: Valerie S. Jakar, PhD (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Mentoring and Being Mentored as Teachers of English: NNESTs’ Effective
Roles and Practices
Live Session: January 28, 7pm GMT
Moderators: Katya Nemtchinova & Bedrettin Yazan
Dr. Katya Nemtchinova is a Professor of TESOL
and Russian at Seattle Pacific University. She is
the former Chair of the NNEST Interest Section.
Her
recent
publications
include
Poslushajte! (University Press of the South,
2011), Teaching Listening (TESOL, 2013).
E-mail: katya@spu.edu
Bedrettin Yazan is a doctoral candidate in the Second
Language Education and Culture program at the
University of Maryland. He is the current president of
the WATESOL NNEST Caucus and the editor of TESOL
NNEST IS Newsletter. He is the co-author of Teaching
English as an International Language (TESOL Press,
2013). E-mail: byazan@umd.edu
7. Non-Native English Speakers in TESOL – (pronounced /ɛnˈn
ɛst/ or ennest)
NNEST INTEREST SECTION
Electronic Village Online
(Week 4 – February 3-9, 2014)
Doing Research on NNEST Issues
Practical Suggestions for Graduate Students
Guest Speaker: Kyung-Hee Bae, PhD (Rice University – NNEST IS Chair-Elect)
Promoting Professional Growth for NNESTs What Does It Mean (and What Do We
Need) to Become Successful Professionals/Scholars?
Moderator: Kyung-Hee Bae
Dr. Kyung-Hee Bae is the Associate Director of the Center for Written, Oral, and Visual Communication
(CWOVC), as well as a lecturer in the Program for Writing and Communication at Rice University. She is
also the incoming Chair-Elect of the NNEST Interest Section. Her recent publications include a chapter
in Generation 1.5 in College Composition: Teaching Academic Writing to U.S.-Educated Learners of ESL.
E-mail: kbae@rice.edu
8. Non-Native English Speakers in TESOL – (pronounced /ɛnˈn
ɛst/ or ennest)
NNEST INTEREST SECTION
Electronic Village Online
(Week 5 – February 10-16, 2014)
Building and Implementing Sustainable
Practices against
Unprofessional, Discriminatory Treatments of
NESTs/NNESTs
Guest Speaker: Nathanael Rudolph, PhD (Mukogawa Women's
University, Japan)
Constructing and Approaching Native Speakerism in Glocalized ELT
Moderators: AidenLive Session:NNEST EVO2pm GMT
Yeh & the February 12, Team
9. Non-Native English Speakers in TESOL – (pronounced /ɛnˈn
ɛst/ or ennest)
NNEST INTEREST SECTION
Electronic Village Online (January 13 – February 16, 2014)
NNEST EVO 2014 TEAM
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Ali Fuad Selvi – selvi@metu.edu.tr
Aiden Yeh – aidenyeh@gmail.com
Liz England – lenglan2@su.edu
Katya Nemtchinova – katya@spu.edu
Bedrettin Yazan – byazan@umd.edu
Geeta Aneja – ganeja@gse.upenn.edu
Kyung-Hee Bae – kbae@rice.edu
Nathanael Rudolph –
njrudolph123@gmail.com
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