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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Mextesol 37th International Convention</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">10th <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Caribbean</st1:place> and Central American Conference</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Cancun, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Quintana Roo</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region></st1:place></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">November 4 - 7, 2010</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">“Revolutionary Teaching, Independent Learning”</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><BR>CALL FOR PARTICIPATION</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><BR>DEADLINE: May 15, 2010</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Description of Types of Presentations</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Academic Demonstration (50 minutes). An academic presentation is used for showing, rather than telling, a technique for teaching or testing.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Academic In-Progress Research Report (25 minutes). An opportunity for graduate students, administrators, teacher trainers, classroom teachers, or any other interested persons to report on research, programs, textbooks or techniques that are "in progress" and to meet others interested in the topic. Two in-progress reports will be programmed within the same 50-minute block. Each talk should be no longer than 20 minutes with an additional 5 minutes for questions.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Academic Paper (50 minutes). An oral summary. The presenter discusses and describes something the presenter is doing or has done in relation to either theory or practice. The presenter often has handouts and may also use audiovisual aids.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Academic Workshop (1 hour 20 minutes). Very little lecturing by the leader; the emphasis is, rather, on the participants' activity, which is carefully structured by the leader. The leader works with a group, helping participants solve a problem or develop a specific teaching or research technique.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Poster Session (1 hour). <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A poster session allows for short, informal discussions with other participants during the time period that the self-explanatory exhibit is on display. The exhibit is presented on a large (120 cm wide x 150 cm high--approximately 4 feet wide x 5 feet high) display board that includes a title; the name and institutional affiliation of the presenter(s); and a brief text with clearly labeled photos, drawings, graphs, or charts. The poster should not be just a collection of individual sheets of paper taped onto the display board. The title of the poster must coincide with the title submitted in the Call for Participation. The poster session must not promote commercial interests. The presenter is responsible for setting up and dismantling the poster at the times designated by the Program Committee. Also, presenters must be on site with their posters during the designated time that the poster session takes place.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Exhibitor’s Session (50 minutes). These are presentations by book publishers, authors, editors, distributors, manufacturers, and others whose goods or services have significance for EFL/ESL students and educators.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Topic Area</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Classroom Methods/Techniques: Ideas that can be applied to ELT classes.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Applied Linguistics: Theoretical aspects of ELT, i.e., research.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Technology in EFL/ESL: Technological advances, such as computers, videos, DVDs.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Testing: Presentations related to classroom evaluation situations.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Teacher Training/Supervision: Related to teacher training or supervision situations.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Program/Syllabus Development: Ideas for material or course development.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Program Administrators: Directed at administrators and their work.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Area of Interest</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Pre-primary: Under 6 years old; before first grade of primary school.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Primary: Elementary School. 6 to 12 years old. Grades 1 to 6.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Secondary: Junior High School. 13 to 15 years old. Grades 7 to 9.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Preparatory: High School. 16 to 18 years old. Grades 10 to 12.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Bilingual Education: ESL Programs. English and Spanish are taught equally.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">University: <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Post</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">High School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. 18 years and older. Higher education programs.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Adult: Over 18 years old. Usually in private language institutes.</P>
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