The 42nd Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibit was held in Hilton Hotel, New York on April 2-5, 2008 with the theme “Worlds of TESOL : Building Communities of Practice, Inquiry and Creativity.”
Well-known authors like Penny Ur, Suresh Canagarajah, Bonny Norton, William Grabe, Lia Kamhi-Stein and Sandy Briggs among others served as plenary speakers.
Dr. Rosario Alonzo, Vice-President of PALT delivered a talk on “Integrating the Three Modes of Communication” on the second day of the convention. She discussed how the three modes of communication be integrated among English Foreign Language students with intermediate proficiency.