Job Title: Tutor for Intensive English Program (ESL Services)

Responsibilities: Help international students individually or in small groups with their English writing, reading, listening and speaking skills.

Hours: 6 hours a week, on the main campus.

Requirements: BA plus some related experience, have completed any required EIS courses.

Pay rate: depends on experience, minimum of $7.25/hour

For interviews: Please…

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Anyone interested in presenting at the TABE Conference in San Antonio between October 24-27th 2012 needs to submit their proposals by 31 May 2012. 

I have a few links with all the requirements and the online submission link for you!

TABE Proposal…

A big congratualations to MA-TESL Student Elizabeth Hubbs, who received 2nd Place in the Poster Competition of the 2012 College of Education and Human Development Research Symposium! Elizabeth's research explored policy issues related to indigenous education in Taiwan. 

Dr. Peter Sayer (who is on leave in Puebla, Mexico) and other colleagues presented to the project of National English Program to the state secretary of education and national director in Mexico. The entire article can be found in Spanish at: Certifican el inglés que imparte el IEA

Dr. Wayne Wright and a former UTSA doctoral student recently had a chapter on sheltered English immersion published. The reference and website for the book are below:

Wright, W. E., & Sung, K.-Y. (2012).…

The Texas Association for Bilingual Education (TABE) invites students to submit articles on accountability, assessment, high stakes tests, policy, social justice, classroom procedures etc. surrounding bilingual education and learning in Texas. 

Articles may be written in English or Spanish.

Articles should be between 15-25 pages, double spaced in 12 point font. APA format should be utilised. Grammatical and stylistic errors should be addressed by the author before being sent in…

Here is a quick guide to some Fiesta highlights. 

The full list of events is here:  http://www.fiesta-sa.org/events/date/

Fiesta is a city-wide party celebrating spring time in South Texas.  Most events are crowded, but filled with great food and live music.  Come out and explore some San Antonio culture!!

4/20-4/21    A Taste of New Orleans (Sunken Garden…

World Refugee day (WRD) will be 16 June 2012.

For MA-TESL students enrolled in summer courses, or available during the summer, please contact Sharon Marr (via the Ning). She will need volunteers to help set up tables on campus and talk about WRD as well as talk about the TESL program.

Thanks! More information to come!