Professional Growth and Enhancement

Facilitator:
Keith Folse

How to Get Published

Many teachers have great teaching materials that they have developed while teaching a certain course. As these materials are developed and improved over time, the teacher may wonder if the materials could be published. In this talk, we will consider the steps involved from this initial question all the way to the final published product. Topics covered include: how to organize the materials, how to choose a publisher, how and when to contact a publisher, what to include in the proposal that you send the publisher, as well as many other steps in the publishing process. The speaker will go over some of the most commonly asked questions about ELT publishing. Handouts with detailed information as well as publisher contact information will be provided.

Dr. Folse has a PhD in Second Language Acquisition and Instructional Technology. He has taught ESL/EFL for 23 years at various programs in the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Japan, and Kuwait. He is the author of 26 textbooks on areas including ESL grammar, reading skills, composition, and discussion. He has done teacher training in the US, Morocco, Mexico, Argentina, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. His main areas of research interest are in explicit teaching methods, especially for L2 vocabulary, and his dissertation is one of the few empirical works on L2 vocabulary practice. He is currently the Coordinator for the M.A. TESOL program at the University of Central Florida in Orlando

Bio

Kathy Bird has an MA in TESOL. She teaches in the English Language Center, Zayed University. She is the former English Coordinator for the Center for the Professional Development, and has worked on Teacher Appraisal and Assessment Committees. She has organized three conferences for the supervisors of teachers of English in the UAE, and is Chair of a Ministry of Education and Youth Curriculum Reform Committee. She is President of TESOL Arabia and Chaired the International TESOL Arabia Conferences in 2001 and 2003. She was Guest Editor, with Dr Christine Coombe, of Perspectives, June 2003; and is on the 2003 Conference Proceedings Review Committee.

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