<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><br><div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="2"></font></span></div><h1 id="m_5404386417676384860gmail-PageTitleH1" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:27px;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(115,168,66);vertical-align:middle;max-width:1200px;padding-left:10px;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;border-bottom:none;margin:0px auto">The Oral History, Odyssey, and Identity in English Language Teaching</h1><div><br></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;max-width:1200px;padding-left:10px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px"></div><div id="m_5404386417676384860gmail-MainCopy_ContentWrapper" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:none;max-width:1200px;margin:0px auto 30px;padding-top:30px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;max-width:1200px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;float:left;width:900px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"></div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.2em;padding-bottom:10px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;width:900px"><span id="m_5404386417676384860gmail-MainCopy_ctl05_EventWhenSpan" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(132,132,132)">When:  </span>Feb 6, 2021 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (ET)</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;width:900px"><a href="https://my.tesol.org/events/event-description?CalendarEventKey=73bcfbd5-17d1-444a-9051-01ede776d57e&Home=/home&utm_content=buffer98eed&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer">Link</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"></div></div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"></div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(15,13,11);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:22.5px;vertical-align:middle;background-color:transparent;text-transform:uppercase">DESCRIPTION</h2><div id="m_5404386417676384860gmail-MainCopy_ctl09_DescriptionSection" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;float:left;width:750px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">The power of storytelling has been the foundation of culture, human communication, and cross-generational connection. Black history, past and present is shared through the research and experiences of the presenters with the ultimate goal of empowering English language educators and their students.  </p><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_5404386417676384860gmail-MainCopy_ctl09_DescriptionSection" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;float:left;width:750px"><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(15,13,11);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:22.5px;vertical-align:middle;background-color:transparent;text-transform:uppercase">PANELISTS<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><b style="box-sizing:border-box"></b></h2><img src="https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/TESOL/641eb7ef-ce17-4ee4-b362-14bb8bcede5a/UploadedImages/MRomney.png" alt="" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;vertical-align:middle;display:block;height:auto;max-width:100%;float:left;margin-left:8px;margin-right:8px"><b style="box-sizing:border-box">Mary L. Romney, Independent Consultant</b><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><b style="box-sizing:border-box">An Afro-Caribbean in World War II: Oral History in ELT</b><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(32,31,30)">How did an Afro-Caribbean sailor become a political prisoner during World War II and spend the final year of the war in a concentration camp? The presenter answers this question, discusses the importance of oral history within the context of Black history, and offers suggestions for the use of oral history in ESOL.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></p><b style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><img src="https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/TESOL/641eb7ef-ce17-4ee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