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TESOL Convention 2012
Philadelphia, PA
March 28-31, 2012
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Lydia Stack, ARKTESOL Conference 2011 Keynote Speaker

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"Academic Language:  The Key to Expanding Horizons"

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Lydia Stack is an internationally well-known teacher educator and author. She currently presents SIOP workshops for the Center for Applied Linguistics. Previously she worked in the San Francisco Unified School District where she was an Elementary and Secondary English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher. After leaving the classroom, she coordinated ESL professional development, secondary ESL programs and Special Education Psychological Assessments for the School District. In addition, she taught Second Language Acquisition classes at Stanford University and San Francisco State University. 

In 1991-92 Lydia was President of TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages), an international association of teachers concerned with English language teaching worldwide.

She is involved in writing ESL standards for students and teachers, curriculum writing and teacher training. She is past-chair of the TESOL Pre-K-12 Teacher Education Standards Committee. Her awards include the an Exceptional Educator award from the California Lottery and Legislature (2005); Heinle Lifetime Achievement Award (2004); the TESOL James E. Alatis Award (2003) for outstanding service to the English as a Second Language Teaching profession; the CATESOL Sadie Iwataki Leadership Award (1991); and the San Francisco STAR Teacher Award (1989).

Lydia Stack has co-authored several textbooks and programs for English Learners, including American Themes – a literature anthology for ACCESS students for the Office of English Language Programs (In production). On Our Way to English, K-5 – an ESL program for elementary students, 2010; The McDougal-Littell Literature and Language Arts Program, 2007; ESL Guide to McDougal-Littell Social Studies Program, 2004; On Our Way to English, Rigby, 2003; Visions (Books 1-3), Heinle, 2003; Voices in Literature (Bronze, Silver and Gold), Heinle, 1996; Making Connections (Books 1-3); Heinle, 1995; and WordWays (Gameboards, Cubes, and Cards), Alta Book Publishers, 1979.