2015 TESOL International Convention was “Crossing Borders, Building Bridges.”

Year 2016, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 43 - 56, 17.05.2016

Yilin Sun

https://doi.org/10.32959/tojelt.229331

Abstract

Building Bridges, Crossing Borders: Journey to a Better Future for TESOL

Abstract

This paper stems from the presidential keynote speech I gave at the 2015 TESOL International Convention with in Toronto, Canada last year.  The theme for the 2015 TESOL International Convention was “Crossing Borders, Building Bridges.”

Keywords

2015 TESOL International Convention, Crossing Borders, Building Bridges

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