34.2290, Calls: TESOL Italy 48th Annual Convention ("Getting to the HEART of ELT")

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Subject: 34.2290, Calls: TESOL Italy 48th Annual Convention ("Getting to the HEART of ELT")

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Date: 24-Jul-2023
From: Michael Ennis [mennis at unibz.it]
Subject: TESOL Italy 48th Annual Convention ("Getting to the HEART of ELT")

Full Title: TESOL Italy 48th Annual Convention ("Getting to the HEART
of ELT")

Date: 01-Dec-2023 - 02-Dec-2023
Location: Online, Italy
Contact Person: Michael Ennis
Meeting Email: tesolitaly at gmail.com
Web Site: https://forms.gle/TLw9RsM8M3YiH5Yx9

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition
Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 20-Sep-2023

Meeting Description:

Please see call for papers.

Call for Papers:

Getting to the Heart of ELT

The title of TESOL Italy’s 48th National Convention is “Getting to the
HEART of ELT”. This year’s title is a play on the common idiomatic
expression “to get to the heart of” something, which means to discover
or understand the essential features of a problem or issue. For TESOL
Italy members, the word “HEART” also signifies that this process of
discovery and understanding—not to mention ELT as a whole requires
empathy and love: for our learners, for our colleagues, for our
profession, for our societies, and for our world. In our view, this
sentiment is intentionally aligned with the DEI (diversity, equity,
and inclusion) Initiative of TESOL International Association, our
parent organization. We recognize that we could have just as easily
used the plural form of “HEARTs” to indicate that the core features of
ELT are embedded in specific contexts and may be perceived differently
by each practitioner according to their lived experiences. Regardless
of how you perceive the HEARTs of ELT, the word “HEART” should also be
read as an acronym which stands for some of the core features of ELT
which we hope speakers and participants will explore during our
National Convention.

Given this year’s broad focus, the potential themes of the Convention
are limitless, but some of the HEARTs important in the Italian
context, include:

Humanizing diversity
Highlighting Democracy
Empowering learners and teachers
Engaging learners and teachers
Agency fostering
Advocating for learners and teachers
Raising awareness
Reflecting on practices
Translanguaging
Transforming perspectives

Over the past two decades, Italy, like many nations, has become a much
more diverse society. This is reflected especially in the composition
of classrooms at every level of education. Diversity presents many
opportunities, in general, and in language education, in particular.
But especially “new” diversity also presents certain challenges. One
of the greatest challenges currently faced in Italy is that the
diversity of student populations has not yet been reflected within the
teaching profession. Put simply, although women are well-represented
among teachers in Italy, albeit less so in leadership positions, other
populations are marginalized. With this in mind, this year’s National
Convention also seeks to confront attendees with speakers who might
explore the aforementioned HEARTs of ELT from underrepresented and
less-privileged perspectives. The organizing committee will as always
welcome the perspectives of persons of color, the LGBTQ community,
immigrants, refugees, and representatives of other marginalized groups
who are active in TESOL in Italy and around the world.

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