**** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ETAI's Gala Opening From: "susan" <holzms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Hi to all, I have written in the ETAI FORUM about all the important reasons to attend conferences...In 1996, I attended TESOL which was held in Chicago for all the reasons I have mentioned...and also because my mother lives there and it was an opportunity to visit her!...For those of you who do not know Chicago, it has an amazing Art Museum and it is also famous for its architecture--so the theme of that conference was "The Art of TESOL". One of the special events of that conference was a debate..the topic was : TESOL is a science, not an art"...[ http://www.njcu.edu/cill/vol5/larsen-freeman.html ] and the participants were Diane Larsen Freemen, Henry Widdowson and Elana Shohamy. We are sorry that Henry is not joining us...but we are very excited and pleased that Diane is giving the opening plenary, and Elana is giving the closing plenary... Our opening Gala event covers art, science and social...please join us on Sunday and for the rest of the week! Shabbat Shalom, Susan Holzman, Chair, ETAI ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx #####