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TESOL France Colloquium 2010

The 29th Annual Colloquium
A Great Event


TESOL France's 29th Annual Colloquium

The 2010 Annual Conference will be held in Paris, France over the weekend 26 - 28 November.

David Crystal
David A. Hill
Ben Crystal

Plenary Speakers: David Crystal, David A. Hill and Ben Crystal

This year we are proud to bring you a truly international conference with 50 speakers and 20 poster presenters from over 25 countries from around the world.

Whether you are coming from out of town or live just down the street, we recommend you download the preliminary program and conference information packet to familiarize yourself with what the conference has to offer this year. In the packet, you'll find useful travel and accommodation information, detailed directions to the venue, a conference preliminary schedule and all the speakers' abstracts and bios.

DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM AND CONFERENCE INFORMATION [updated Oct. 31st 2010]

General Information

Venue

Télécom ParisTech, 46 rue Barrault, 75013 Paris, France

Conference times

  • Friday 26 November 11.00 to 15:30 Stand representatives and poster presenters arrive to set up
  • Friday 26 November 15.30 to 17.00 Registration, Poster session, Visiting stands & networking
  • Friday 26 November 17.00 to 18.00 Opening Plenary: David A. Hill Why Extensive Reading is Essential
  • Friday 27 November 18.00 to 19.00 Cocktail dînatoire, Poster session & Visiting stands
  • Friday 27 November 19.00 to 20.30 Friday Evening Entertainment! A comedy event not to be missed! David, Ben and Hilary Crystal present: Language Players
  • Saturday 27 November 09.00 to 18.45 conference sessions
  • Saturday 27 November 13.00 to 13.30 Poster session & Visiting stands
  • Saturday 27 November 14.45 to 16.00 Plenary Session: David Crystal Language Play: From Scrabble to Babble
  • Saturday 27 November 18.45 to 19.30 Reception, Poster session, Visiting stands
  • Saturday 27 November 19:30 to 21.30 Open Mic Night! Music, songs, stand up comedy, and more! With your host David A. Hill
  • Sunday 28 November 9:00 to 12:00 conference sessions
  • Sunday 28 November 12:15 to 13:00 Closing Plenary: Ben Crystal Shakespeare on Toast and Prize Draw!

Conference Fees

  • TESOL France members, speakers and poster presenters attend free of charge
  • Non-member registration fee: 49EUR and thus automatic membership into TESOL France for an entire year! (attendees can chose to opt out if they wish, but why would you want to when coming to this conference would mean free access to all TESOL France events and receiving our handy Teaching Times magazine for an entire year!)
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