Our History
The NNLEI Interest Group was approved by the CATESOL Board in December,
1999. The NNLEI IG responds to the concerns of more than 80 CATESOL members
who attended a colloquium titled "Overcoming the Barriers Faced by Nonnative
English-speaking Teachers" during the 1998 CATESOL Conference in Pasadena.
A frank and lively discussion during the colloquium led several CATESOL
members to push for the formation of the new IG.
Approximately 25 CATESOL members
attended the first NNLEI Business Meeting held at the CATESOL Conference in
Sacramento in April, 2000. The group decided to create a listserv to
facilitate communication among IG members. The group also decided to create
its own Web site. Furthermore, at the meeting, members of the IG agreed to
organize conference presentations and rap sessions. Finally, during the
meeting, Lía Kamhi-Stein, a member of the IG, announced that the theme
section of the 2001 issue of The CATESOL Journal will be
devoted to various aspects of the topic of nonnative language educators.
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