Thanks to the generous support of the CLS travel fund, I was able to participate at the annual conference of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), held on November 21-23, 2014 in San Antonio, TX. It was…
At last year’s ACTFL conference in San Antonio, I attended several panels that concentrated on using literature at various levels in the language classroom, which was also the topic of the session in which I presented. In one session, instructors…
ASEEES Convention 2014, San Antonio, TX On November 20 – 23, 2014, I attended the 46th annual conference ASEEES in San Antonio, TX. ASEEES stands for the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. It is the largest conference…
My experience at the annual conference of Middle East Studies Association (MESA) this November, 2014, can be divided into three points: 1. Literature Because I have been teaching some of the literary works of Najib Mahfouz, the noble prize winner…
The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) brings together scholars, educators and all those who are interested in studies (language, literature, culture, politics, etc.) related to that area of the world from all over the world. It holds a yearly meeting in the…
I was able to attend the ACTFL convention this year, the theme of which was ‘Reaching Global Competence’. As those who have attended an ACTFL convention before will know, the number of attendees, the number of presentations and the physical…
