News From CETC

CELT Scholarships Available

Please make nonnative English-speaking teacher professionals aware of the CELT Scholarships for presenters at the CELT 2007 conference or the TESOL 2007 convention. Further details are available on the CETC Web site, at www.cetesol.org/scholarship.html.

CETC Is Seeking a New E-list Moderator!

Would you like to be more involved in CETC? Add to your professional growth? CETC needs a new e-list moderator who can oversee the list, suggest topics for discussion, and so on. Serving as the e-list moderator is the perfect way to begin or to continue contributing to CETC, TESOL, and your own professional development. If you’re interested in this position, please contact Gena Bennett at [email protected].

North American Christian Foreign Language Association

For those not yet aware, NACFLA is the North American Christian Foreign Language Association, a group whose activities and scholarship will be of interest to many CETC members. Their Web site is at www.spu.edu/orgs/nacfla/index.htm if you would like to learn more. For example, readers of David Smith and Barbara Carvill’s (2000) book The Gift of the Stranger might be interested in Smith’s (2006) editorial in the current issue of NACFLA’s Journal of Christianity and Foreign Languages, which laments the lack of mention of the importance of being or becoming “a particular kind of stranger” in various discussions or citations of the book. Those who are interested can read the editorial (and check out abstracts for the journal) online: www.spu.edu/orgs/nacfla/index.htm.

Web Site Updated

Thanks to Frank Tuzi, the caucus web manager, the CETC Web site at www.cetesol.org has recently been updated. Please check out what is on the site, such as the Earl Stevick collection, and consider contributing a notice or article, or adding to the bulletin board discussion. Enjoy!