The TEFL/TESL Student Association (TTSA) had another successful year filled with professional development activities, social gatherings, and community building events. As a registered GSA, TTSA strives to promote linguistic and cultural diversity, both here on campus and in the larger Fort Collins community. They do this through many activities, including the Advocacy Week, a yearly event including engaging faculty presentations and student-led colloquia, a guest speaker, and community outreach.

This year, there were many presentations, including talks led by Dr. Sue Doe, Dr. Kristina Quynn, and Dr. Fabiola Ehlers-Zavala. There were also panel presentations led by graduate students and alumni, as well as INTO CSU faculty. The keynote address given by Dr. Eli Hinkel, “Teaching and Learning Vocabulary for Academic Writing,” wrapped up the week of events.

For this year’s community outreach project, TTSA collected new or gently used paperback books to benefit the Larimer County Jail library. We are excited to share that thanks to all your help they collected over 100 books! TTSA thanks you for your support and donation during this project. “We hope to keep helping the community in the following year!”

 

This year TTSA also celebrated their 10th Anniversary, and their activities were featured in the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Newsletter — “Planting the Seeds to Grow and Nurture Future AAAL Leaders.” On May 11, 2017 the TTSA hosted their traditional end-of-semester picnic to celebrate the end of the school year and to say their goodbyes to graduating students. Congratulations, class of 2017!!!!