Announcing the MIDTESOL 2021 Student Essay Awards

MIDTESOL is pleased to invite its members to announce and submit student essays for the Best K-12 ELL Student Essay Award and the Best Adult ELL Student Essay Award. Topics reflect this year’s Fall 2020 conference theme: “Paradigm Shift in ELT Education:  Forging an Educational Framework for a Post-Pandemic World“. Eligibility Best K-12 ELL Essay…

Announcing MIDTESOL 2020 Student Essay Contests

MIDTESOL is pleased to invite its members to announce and submit student essays for the Best K-12 ELL Student Essay Award and the Best Adult ELL Student Essay Award. Topics reflect this year’s Fall 2020 conference theme: “Community at a Crossroads: The Right to Education”. Eligibility Best K-12 ELL Essay Award – The student must…

Announcing MIDTESOL 2019 Student Essay Contests

MIDTESOL is pleased to invite its members to announce and submit student essays for the Best K-12 ELL Student Essay Award and the Best Adult ELL Student Essay Award. Topics reflect this year’s Fall 2019 conference theme: “Bridges to Success”. The 2019 MIDTESOL Student Essay Contest has ended. Winners are announced here. Eligibility Best K-12…

Announcing MIDTESOL 2017 Student Essay Awards

MIDTESOL is pleased to invite teachers to announce and submit student essays for the Best K-12 ESL Student Essay Award and Best ESL Student Award. Topics reflect this year’s conference theme: Crossroads of Cultures. Eligibility Best K-12 Essay Award – The student must be a K-12 school student in good standing who is enrolled—or was enrolled…

2016 MIDTESOL Awards

by Denise Mussman, Awards Chair This year has been an exciting one when it comes to MIDTESOL awards. As our conference attendance and membership has grown, we have added new awards and expanded others. Here’s an update on the conference-related awards for 2016. Essay Awards Last spring, we had our annual essay contest for K-12…

Winners Announced for MIDTESOL 2016 Best Essay Awards

MIDTESOL is pleased to announce the winners of our annual Best Student Essay contests. Students responded to essay questions related to this year’s conference theme of “Innovation and Improvisation”. The winner of the Best ESL Student Essay is Manou Maeva Boko. She is a student at the University of Missouri’s  Center for English Language Learning.…