The Excitement of Conference
TESOL Conference is always exciting. Hundreds of sessions to choose from to quench the thirst of teachers who always want to professionally grow. I attended some sessions that were on the plenary and spotlight lists. Maybe I had more choices of topics because I did not have a class to teach. I used the conference more as a chance to see broader possibilities to professionally equip myself to cater the demand of ELT in Indonesia.
The other 12 TESOLers in the group also seemed to enjoy themselves, too. We crossed path several times and without realizing, we kind of choose a certain corner to get together. Every time I met one of the gangs I always asked how she/he enjoyed it so far and they always said they had a good time, they had the right choice, they met someone so far they knew only by name, etc. They all had fun, it seemed.
I recalled Nida told me excitedly that she talked to Diane Larsen Freeman and was even able to get her say something for Indonesian teachers over her video camera. Diane said "Selamat Siang" or something. I asked Nida whether she asked for her email so that she make further contact because UIN was preparing to host TEFLIN conference in 2007. Who knows Diane would like to come. Nida said she did, abd sge was delighted.
Dian, Jannah, Merry (remember we called Ibu Siti Mariam this way..) and Wulan were excited over the piles of books they could get for free. They kept on coming back to the exhibition booth for more books.
Jati was so excited he met many bloggers so far he only knew virtually. He was even invited to a special meeting of blog headers. He was so excited when he told me that in one of the sessions he attended his student's writing was mentioned. He enjoyed his 3 days in the Electronic Village.
The other 12 TESOLers in the group also seemed to enjoy themselves, too. We crossed path several times and without realizing, we kind of choose a certain corner to get together. Every time I met one of the gangs I always asked how she/he enjoyed it so far and they always said they had a good time, they had the right choice, they met someone so far they knew only by name, etc. They all had fun, it seemed.
I recalled Nida told me excitedly that she talked to Diane Larsen Freeman and was even able to get her say something for Indonesian teachers over her video camera. Diane said "Selamat Siang" or something. I asked Nida whether she asked for her email so that she make further contact because UIN was preparing to host TEFLIN conference in 2007. Who knows Diane would like to come. Nida said she did, abd sge was delighted.
Dian, Jannah, Merry (remember we called Ibu Siti Mariam this way..) and Wulan were excited over the piles of books they could get for free. They kept on coming back to the exhibition booth for more books.
Jati was so excited he met many bloggers so far he only knew virtually. He was even invited to a special meeting of blog headers. He was so excited when he told me that in one of the sessions he attended his student's writing was mentioned. He enjoyed his 3 days in the Electronic Village.
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