Dr. David Nunan to give Plenary Presentation
World-acclaimed linguist Dr. David Nunan will give the plenary presentation at the Multicultural Education Conference in Anaheim (MECA) on Saturday, August 19th, 2017 from 10:15 am to 11:00 am in Room 213 A of the Anaheim Convention Center. In addition, he will co-present “Blended Language Learning” with Dr. Julie Choi on Sunday, August 20th from 2:00 pm to 3:45 pm in Room 211 A.
Dr. David Nunan is former president of TESOL, the world’s largest language teaching organization and the world’s leading textbook series author. David Nunan, Director of the Anaheim University David Nunan TESOL Institute, was the founding Dean of the Anaheim University Graduate School of Education and served as President of Anaheim University from 2006 to 2008. Dr. Nunan is a world-renowned linguist and best-selling author of English Language Teaching textbooks for Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Thomson Learning. His ELT textbook series “Go For It” is the largest selling textbook series in the world with total sales exceeding 2.5 billion books. In 2000, David Nunan served as President of TESOL, the world’s largest language teaching association, and was the first person to serve as President from outside North America. David Nunan has been involved in the teaching of graduate programs for such prestigious institutions as the University of Hong Kong, Columbia University, the University of Hawaii, Monterey Institute for International Studies, and many more. In 2002 and 2015 Dr. Nunan received congressional citations from the United States House of Representatives for his services to English language education through his pioneering work in online education at Anaheim University. In 2003 he was ranked the 7th most influential Australian in Asia by Business Review Weekly, and in 2005 he was named one of the top “50 Australians who Matter”. David Nunan was invited by the Australian Prime Minister to attend a summit in Sydney Australia in December 1996 as one of the Leading 100 Global Australians. In 2015, he received the James E. Alatis Award for Service to TESOL and in 2016 he was selected for TESOL International’s 50 at 50, honoring 50 applied linguists who made a significant contribution to the TESOL profession within the past 50 years.