The Future of Tesol: Challenges and Opportunities. Plenary session.

The Future of Tesol: Challenges and Opportunities. Plenary session.

Dr. Jun Liu. Associate provost for International Initiatives at Georgia State University.

Today 80% of English speakers are nonnative. By 2040 there will be more speakers of Chinese than English.

The common factor between the the following three is globalization. 

1. Tesol as an association
2. Tesol as a profession
3. Tesol as a field of study

Percentage of nonnative English speakers in the global market according to the World Trqde Organization:

1996- 30%

2006- 50%

2011- 70%

Tesol as an association was founded in 1966.

Percentage of members per country:

1. U.S.A 73.3%
2. China 3.3%
3. –
4. –
5. Brazil 1.2%
6. Mexico 1.1%