Keynote speaker: Diane Larsen-Freeman
Plenary Session "Thinking Anew"

Invited speaker: Helene Grossman
"Bright Futures for Iowa and Missouri, Our Communities and Our Students"

Call for papers: due August 1, 2008   2008 Call . doc    2008 Call.pdf

It's time to start thinking about October's MIDTESOL Conference, entitled Bright Futures.

MIDTESOL conferences are professionally rewarding and enjoyable. TESOL professionals from all areas (K-12, IEPs, adult ed, etc.) are encouraged to attend. You need not be a member of MIDTESOL, nor a resident of Iowa or Missouri to attend - out-of-state colleagues are cordially invited.

You will find the Call for Proposals for the 2008 MIDTESOL conference on the next page of this document. The deadline for proposal submissions is September 1, 2008.
Storm Lake is in northwestern Iowa. Here is a link for driving directions to Buena Vista University:
http://www.bvu.edu/living_at_bvu/driving_directions.dot

Where: Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, Iowa

Keynote Speaker: Diane Larsen-Freeman with a plenary session "Thinking Anew"

Diane Larsen-Freeman (Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Michigan, 1975) is Professor of Education, Professor of Linguistics, and Research Scientist at the English Language Institute at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is also a Distinguished Senior Faculty Fellow at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont. Dr. Larsen-Freeman has been a conference speaker in over 60 countries of the world and has published over 100 articles in her areas of interest: second language acquisition, language teacher education, English linguistics, and language teaching methodology. Her books include: Discourse Analysis in Second Language Research(edited, Newbury House, 1980), The Grammar Book: An ESL/EFL Teacher's Course (co-authored with Marianne Celce-Murcia, Newbury House, Heinle & Heinle, 1983; 1999), Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching (authored, Oxford University Press, 1986; 2000), An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research (co-authored with Michael Long, Longman, 1991), Grammar Dimensions: Form, Meaning, and Use (Series Director, Heinle & Heinle, 1993; 1997; 2000; 2007), Teaching Language: From Grammar to Grammaring (authored, Heinle & Heinle, 2003), Olympic English (Series Director, McGraw-Hill, 2005) and Complex Systems and Applied Linguistics (co-authored with Lynne Cameron, Oxford University Press, 2008). From 1980-1985, Dr. Larsen-Freeman was Editor of the journal Language Learning. In 1997, Dr. Larsen-Freeman was inducted into the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1999, she was selected by ESL Magazine as one of "the ESL pioneers." In 2000, she received the lifetime achievement award from Heinle & Heinle Publishers.

Accommodations: Accommodations in Storm Lake, IA