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About the IBPFT
The IBPFT Caucus History page
- for information on former IBPFT chairs, presentations at past TESOL conventions by IBPFT members, & important moments in the caucus's history


Mission & goals
The IBPFT Goals & Purpose page
- fundamental information on why the IBPFT exists, what is stands for, & what the caucus seeks to do as an active participant in the TESOL community


Current Leadership
The IBPFT Caucus Leaders' page
- find out who the people are who have come forward to push on the caucus's many projects this year


Member Publications

IBPFT Newsletters:

Preview back issues of the IBPFT Newsletter here. You can either print them out here or send an email with your name and contact information to ibpft_tesol@yahoo.com to receive the entire issue by mail. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader software to view these files. If you do not have Adobe Reader, please click the icon below for a free download:

Publications of note by IBPFT members

James Kennedy - current editor, IBPFT Newsletter

Kennedy, J. 1995. Celebrate with us, 1st edition. Columbus, Ohio: McGraw-Hill.
Kennedy, J. 1991 Relatos latinoamericanos. Columbus, Ohio: Glencoe/ McGraw-Hill.

Kennedy, J. 2001. Holiday Resources for ESL Teachers. ERIC.  ED 462 836.

Kennedy, J. 1993. Multicultural Holiday Bulletin Boards for ESL and Multicultural Classrooms. National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education. BE19138.

Kennedy, J.1985. The Lexical Adaptations of Americans in Brazil. Journal of English Studies (Rio de Janeiro). Jan.- Mar. pp. 5-7.


Gyl Mattioli - current webmaster, IBPFT website
CLP homepage

Mattioli, G. 2004. An English-language library in a Malagasy field. ELF Alumni Reflections newsletter.
Mattioli, G. 2004. On native language intrusions and making do with words. English teaching forum. 42(4). 20-25.

Shondel Nero  - IBPFT Past Chair
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Articles

Nero, S.  (2005).  Language, identities, and ESL pedagogy.  Language and
Education 19, (3), 194 - 211.
Nero, S. (2002). Englishes, attitudes, education. English Today 18(1), 53 - 56.
Nero, S. (2000). The changing faces of English: 
A Caribbean perspective. TESOL Quarterly 34(3), 483 - 510.
Nero, S. (1997b). ESL or ESD? Teaching English
to Caribbean English speakers. TESOL Journal 7(2), 6 - 10.
Nero, S. (1997a). English is my native language....or so I believe. TESOL Quarterly 31(3), 585 - 593.

Chapter in an Edited Book

Nero, S. (2002). Coping in school: Language and academic performance of Indo-Caribbean students in New York City. In A. Camacho-Gingerich (Ed.), Coping in America: The case of Caribbean East Indians (pp. 141-148). New York: GEICA.

Section in a Book

Nero, S. (1998). Some notes on Caribbean English. In L. Parascandola (Ed.), Winds can wake up the dead: An Eric Walrond reader (pp. 44 - 48). Detroit, MI: Wayne State UP.

Books

Nero, S. 2001.  Englishes in contact:  Anglophone Caribbean students in an urban college.  Cresskill, NJ:  Hampton Press.
Nero, S. 2006.  Dialects, Englishes, Creoles, and Education.  (Ed.) Mahwah, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Mary Romney - IBPFT Past Chair

Mama, R. & Romney, M. 2001. Pearls of Wisdom: African and Caribbean Folktales. Illustrations by S. W. Feeney. Brattleboro, Vermont: Prolingua Associates.
Curtis, A. & Romney, M. (eds.) (forthcoming). Color, race, and English language teaching. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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Projects

The Origins and History of the IBPFT’s Book Drive
By Tamara Rollie-Thorpe

 At the IBPFT’s Open Meeting held during the 2002 TESOL Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, a colleague from West Africa talked about the lack of ESL/EFL textbooks and other teaching aids in her region. About the only materials she had at her disposal were English newspapers and she was forced to make use of them for long stretches of time.

Moved by her plight and that of others working in similar conditions, the caucus leadership decided to address this issue. At the 2003 TESOL Convention in Baltimore, Maryland, the IBPFT launched a book drive in order to collect instructional materials to donate to ESL/EFL professionals working outside of the United States who lacked adequate resources. On this occasion, some forty books were collected and donated.

Recognizing the potential and merits of this type of assistance, the IBPFT was keen on making the book drive a permanent feature of TESOL’s annual convention. Consequently, the caucus leadership submitted a proposal to this effect to the association’s Board of Directors, who gave their approval in 2004. In accordance with the proposal, the IBPFT will annually identify geographical regions that are to receive the donated materials. TESOL affiliates in the region(s) identified will act as intermediaries between the donor (TESOL) and the schools or institutes in specific countries in need of textbooks.

In 2004, the nearly 2,000 books donated during the TESOL Convention in Long Beach, California were shipped to China, South Africa, Tanzania, Ukraine, and Vietnam as well as to various schools, learning centers, and residential centers in Long Beach itself and other parts of Southern California. In 2005, Thailand was identified as the primary beneficiary of the material donated. The IBPFT and TESOL are looking forward to many more generous donations in the years ahead.
 
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