Special Interest Groups
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Statement of Purpose
The ORTESOL Higher Education Special Interest Group works
to represent the interests and needs of those ESL professionals
working in higher education environments in Oregon. Among
our concerns are the following:
Professional Concerns
- To promote recognition of ESL as an established academic
discipline;
- To promote professional standards and practices among
ESL professionals in higher education;
- To improve professional standing and employment conditions
for full-time and part-time ESL professionals in higher
education;
- To cooperate in appropriate ways with others having
similar concerns.
Academic Concerns
- To provide a forum for exchange of views and research
related to ESL in higher education;
- To promote research pertinent to ESL in higher education,
methods and materials, and program administration;
- To survey the membership to determine the needs, problems,
and projects specific to ESL in higher education.
Activities may include but are not limited to the
following:
- To disseminate news, information, and research vital
to ESL in higher education.
Thanks to the TESOL Higher Education Interest Section
for providing verbiage for this mission statement.
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