The TESL Nova Scotia Spring Conference will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2015, at Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS) in Halifax. The Spring conference is an annual event for ESL professionals from across the province to network and share knowledge with the goal of enhancing professional practice of the teaching of English […]
TESL Event: Activity Swap When: Thursday, March 12. 5:00-7:00. (5:00-6:00 social hour, activity swap 6:00-7:00 ) Where: Dalhousie University Club Pub What: Informal TESL fun. This activity swap is both a networking social with the TESL community, as well as a chance to share ideas and go home with an activity you can take into […]
Highlights from November 20 TESL NS Board meeting: 1. Volunteer positions with TESL Nova Scotia: Jennifer MacDonald has stepped forward to take on the Webmaster’s duties again this year and Tiffany MacDonald will be our Publications Editor. You’ll be hearing from Tiffany looking for your articles and your input for our next Newsletter/Magazine. 2. The […]
Greetings everyone! Let me start my farewell message with a few lines from Tennyson’s “Ulysses”: I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch where through Gleams that untraveled world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. Yes, I have met TESL and it […]
TESL Canada Board Election, November 12 -14, 2014 All TESL Canada members (/ATESL/TESL ON/TEAL MB/TEAM MB/BC TEAL/TESL SK/TESL NS/TESL NB/TESL NL) are requested to kindly participate in the election in the following ways: To vote online for TESL Canada Board election, please go to tesl.symmcom.com Your member email is your username Click on Forgot your […]
The TESL NS board will be appointing two positions for 2015: newsletter editor and webmaster. If you are interested in being considered for either of these positions, please email info@teslns.com before Nov. 14, with the details of why you are interested in and qualified for the position.
At this year’s AGM on October 25, we will be voting on some by-law amendments, related to the roles of publication editor, webmaster, communications coordinator and members at large. Click here to download a copy of the by-laws which includes the proposed amendments.
The newest issue of the TESL Ns newsletter has just been released! Click here to download it. This issue features articles, a lesson plan, and more! Real-Life Errors as a Learning Tool by Tiffany MacDonald What is a Good Book? by Fe Leonor Baculi Paraphrase as an Expression of Meaning by Kris Mitchell Immigration Challenges […]
– The board continued working on the Fall Conference 2014. – The September Swap Shop Theme is “Ice Breakers, Warmers and Class Building Activities”. Swap Shop will be held on Sept. 23 at teh Stubborn Goat Pub. – Chris Klatecki has been appointed as a TESL Canada Representative for the remaining of the year of […]
TESL Nova Scotia’s annual Fall Conference will be held on Friday and Saturday, October 24-25, at Dalhousie University. The Fall conference is an annual event for ESL professionals from across the province to network and share knowledge with the goal of enhancing professional practice of the teaching of English in Nova Scotia.The conference will include […]
