TESOL International Association

{{Short description|Professional association and educational organization}} {{Infobox organization | name = TESOL International Association | full_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = AcademicSaturday11201.JPG | image_size = | image_alt = A speaker and two assistants are on stage with a digital presentation displayed on a screen behind them. The slide on the presentation reads: "Great Ideas for Kids from 10 to 12 Years Old: Songs Inspire Delight in Words and Enrapture in Culture". | caption = Presentation at an Academic Saturday event with the MexTESOL chapter in Mexico City | formation = 1966 | headquarters = Alexandria, Virginia, United States | website = {{URL|www.tesol.org}} | former_name = Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages }} '''TESOL International Association''', formerly '''Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages''',<ref name="RapatahanaBunce2012">{{cite book | author1 = Vaughan Rapatahana | author2 = Pauline Bunce | title = English Language As Hydra: Its Impacts on Non-English Language Cultures | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=54CklVkeirwC&pg=PR23 | access-date = 26 May 2013 | year = 2012 | publisher = Multilingual Matters | isbn = 978-1-84769-749-3 | pages = xxiii–xxiv }}</ref> is the largest professional organization for teachers of English as a second or foreign language.<ref name="Collin2005">{{cite book | author = Simon Collin | title = The Guide to English Language Teaching Yearbook 2005 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=iUY-ZVqLHUQC&pg=PA287 | access-date = 26 May 2013 | date = 1 February 2005 | publisher = Modern English Publishing | isbn = 978-1-904549-08-6 | page = 287 }}</ref> It was founded in 1966 and is based in Alexandria, Virginia, in the United States.<ref name="Candraningrum2008">{{cite book | author = Dewi Candraningrum | title = The Challenge of Teaching English in Indonesian's Muhammadiyah Universities (1958–2005): Mainstreaming Gender Through Postcolonial Muslim Women Writers | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=lD6lIzDMcc0C&pg=PA20 | access-date = 26 May 2013 | year = 2008 | publisher = LIT Verlag Münster | isbn = 978-3-8258-1742-8 | page = 20 }}</ref> As of 2018, it had 10,113 members worldwide<ref name="MembershipApril2013">{{cite web |date=August 2018 |title=2018 August Membership Statistics |url=https://www.tesol.org/docs/default-source/membership/1-monthly-membership-stats-for-public-revised4fc48f42f2fd6d058c49ff00004ecf9b.pdf?sfvrsn=4239e2dc_0 |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=TESOL}}</ref> and was affiliated with 109 language education organizations, just over half of which were based outside the United States. TESOL's total number of members, including those of affiliate organizations, was around 44,000.<ref name="Affiliates2013">{{cite web | url = http://www.tesol.org/docs/affiliate-library/worldwide-affiliates-list-jan-2014.pdf?sfvrsn=4 | title = An introduction to TESOL's global affiliates | publisher = TESOL | access-date = May 26, 2013 }}</ref>

TESOL publishes two peer-reviewed academic journals{{snd}} the ''TESOL Quarterly'' and the ''TESOL Journal''.<ref name="TESOLQuarterly">{{cite web | url = http://www.tesol.org/read-and-publish/journals/tesol-quarterly | title = TESOL Quarterly | publisher = TESOL | access-date = May 26, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="TESOLJournal">{{cite web | url = http://www.tesol.org/read-and-publish/journals/tesol-journal | title = TESOL Journal | publisher = TESOL | access-date = May 26, 2013 }}</ref> During the summer, the organization holds professional development seminars called "TESOL Academies" across the United States. It also hosts an annual convention.<ref name="Collin2005" />

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Category:English as a second or foreign language Category:Organizations established in 1966 Category:Organizations based in Alexandria, Virginia