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TESOLSudanNewsletter IssueNo.1,December2010Dear All,

It gives us great pleasure to welcome you to our 1st

newsletter issue. We wish

you all a happy and peaceful new year!

TESOL Sudan Board

Dr. Ishraga Bashir, President

Abeer Elzeen, Acting Secretary

Rasha Mohamed Hassan, Editor/Acting Vice President

Aymen Elsheikh, Liaison Officer

Dr. Mohamed A. Elshingeety, Advocacy Rep

Hind Sinada, Acting Academic Affairs Officer

Muntasir Hassan Mubarak, Acting Treasurer

Hafiz Waly, Acting Administrative Affairs Officer

Mission

TESOL Sudans mission is to develop and maintain professional expertise in English language

teaching and learning for speakers of other languages.

Objectives

1. To develop strategies to enhance the development of teaching methodologies amongstthe English language teaching community of Sudan.

2. To develop practice that reflects both the needs of the nation and the realities of thewider world.

3. To contribute positively to teacher training institutions and to promote lifelongprofessional development.

4. To develop a spirit of cooperation and ongoing dialogue within the English languageteaching community.

5. To provide high-quality professional development opportunities utilizing both localand expatriate expertise.

6. To encourage and promote interaction and dialogue between research and reflectivepractice for educational improvement.

7. To share and co-ordinate information with other regional and internationalprofessional organizations.


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OrganizationNews

TESOL Affiliation

We are in the process of being affiliated with TESOL. We hope

to complete our application before TESOL 2011 Convention to be

officially recognized in New Orleans, LA, USA. TESOL SudanPresident, Dr. Ishraga Basheer and Liaison Officer, Aymen Elsheikh,

will be attending the convention to represent TESOL Sudan.

Official Registration

Following the one day conference (see activities below), TESOL Sudan underwent a

formal process of registration with the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC), a

government agency overseeing NGOs in Sudan. Under HACs supervision, TESOL

Sudan convened its General Assembly in May 2010 and elected its Executive Board.

From left to right: HAC representative, TESOL Sudan Past President,

Executive Secretary.Part of General Assembly


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IATEFL Affiliation

We have become fully affiliated with IATEFL in

April 2010. We look forward to utilizing our affiliation

with IATEFL to better achieve our objectives and fulfill our

mission.

TESOL Sudan Website

We are excited about the launching of our website (www.tesol-sudan.org) in the very

near future. We will continue to revise it and add more materials. Please help by giving

us your feedback.

TESOL Sudan International Conference

We plan to hold our first International Conference next year (2011)

between June and October. Visit the website for updates.


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Sudan Scholar Exchange

In collaboration with the African Studies Program at IndianaUniversity, Bloomington, the Cultural Affair Office at the US Embassy

in Khartoum, TESOL Sudan initiated the first formal exchange

opportunity with Indiana University. Khalil Ismail, an active TESOL

Sudan member, is the Sudan scholar who will visit Indiana University

in March to participate in different activities on the campus and the

community. Dr. Beth Samuelson, a TESOL professor at Indiana

University will visit Sudan in the Autumn as part of the scholar

exchange program to hold several workshops and other professional

develo ment activities for teachers and rofessors.

Sudan Scholar: Khalil Ismail US Scholar: Dr. Beth Samuelson

ELT Lecturer Assistant Professor

Teachers College Literacy, Culture, and Language Education

Dalanj University Indiana University, Bloomington

Dalanj, Sudan Indiana, USA


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Activities

Opening Remarks by Fawatih Nagila, TESOL Sudan Past

President

Ways to Encourage Oral Communication Skills in the Classroom. Presentation

by Jason Muhl, a teacher at Khartoum Intl Community School (KICS).

TESOL Sudan successfully organized, in February 2010, its first locally-based conference.

The conference was funded by the Regional Language Office in Cairo, Board memberscontributions, and local businesses. The theme of the conference was Problems, Challenges &

Trends in EFL and ESP in Sudan. A total of 8 sessions addressed different parts of the theme.

Testing acrossCultures and Values, Presenter: Dr. Ishraqa Basheer. TeachingVocabulary Presenter: Ustaz Zainab. Venue: Al-Neelain University, Khartoum,

Sudan, October 23rd

, 2010.

TESOL Sudan has established partnership with ASTEL and ECS, local NGOs

working with teachers and learners of English. The partnership culminated in

organizing a monthly forum. The following are the forums TESOL Sudan organized

and artici ated in their or anization:

Teaching Young Learners Presenter: Dr. Ibraheem Alfaki. Venue: AlahfadUniversity for Women, August 6

th, 2010.


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English for the Workplace. Presenter: Dr. Amna Badri. Venue: Alahfad UniversitySep 25

th, 2010.

Characteristics of the Successful Language Learner & EffectiveLanguage Teaching.Presenters: Tagaldeen Hawa. Venue: Sudan National Center for Languages (SELTI).

August 8th, 2010.

ActionResearch. Presenter: Dr. Ishraga Basheer. Teaching Young Learners.Presenter: Alsir Bashoom. Venue: College of Languages and Translation, Alribat

University, July 5th

, 2010.

Autonomous Learning: Advice for Teachers. Presenter: Sheila Mullooly. Venue:Sudan International University, Khartoum, Sudan, October 6

th, 2010.

In tandem with the forum, TESOL Sudan organized several workshops for

public school and tertiary level teachers in collaboration with the Cultural

Affairs Office at the US Embassy in Khartoum:

Materials Development. Presenter: Sheila Mullooly. Venue: Nileen University,Khartoum, Sudan, October 7

th, 2010.

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