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Literatures
English
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Literacy
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2007
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North Carolina State University's
6th Annual ESL Symposium
for K-12 teachers, trainers
and other
educators interested in ESL
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Thursday, May 31,
and Friday, June 1, 2007
Jane S. McKimmon Center,
Raleigh, NC
With a pre-conference
Literacy
Institute on Wednesday, May 30,
and two
Post-Conference
Workshops on Friday, June 1
Registration for the 2007 Symposium has closed.
Plenary speakers
include:
Virginia
Collier
Professor Emerita of
Bilingual, Multicultural, and
ESL Education at George
Mason University; author,
researcher; keynoter and
presenter internationally
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June
Atkinson
North
Carolina State
Superintendent of Public
Instruction, NC Department
of Public Instruction
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Henry
Johnson
Former US Assistant Secretary for
Elementary and Secondary
Education; Associate State
Superintendant of the NC DPI;
Director of Policy Development
and Research for the NC School
Boards Association
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Axel Lluch
Director of Hispanic/Latino
Affairs, Office of the
Governor, State of
North Carolina
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Alan Muriera
Executive Director
of Kid Gloves,
a non-profit organization
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Walt Wolfram
Linguist and William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of English at NC State |
Featured speakers include:
Dr.
Vicki Gibson
Teacher,
trainer, curriculum
and instruction expert.
Founder of four private
schools. Author and
consultant for Macmillan
McGraw-Hill reading programs.
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Dr.
Paul Heacock
Editor
of the Cambridge
Dictionary of American Idioms.
ELT Electronic Publishing
Systems Manager for Cambridge
University Press. A leader in the
field of instructional technology.
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Glenda Reece
Owner
of ESL Training
Services. Teacher, trainer,
textbook author, workshop
and conference speaker.
Past president of Carolina
TESOL.
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