INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
MEET ASOCOPI'S 55th CONGRESS INTERNATIONAL PLENARY SPEAKERS (Alphabetically)

Deborah Short
President, TESOL International Association
(USA)
Deborah J. Short, Ph.D., founded and directs Academic Language Research & Training, and provides professional development on academic literacy, content-based English, and sheltered content instruction worldwide. She has directed many research projects and program evaluations related to English learner education and co-developed the SIOP Model for sheltered instruction. Publications include The 6 Principles books for TESOL, SIOP Model books for Pearson, ESL textbooks like Reach Higher for National Geographic Learning, and professional journal articles. She has taught ESL and EFL, in New York, California, Virginia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. She is TESOL International’s President for 2020-21.

Dario Luis Banegas
University of Strathclyde
(Argentina)
My name is Darío Luis Banegas and I am a Lecturer in TESOL with the School of Education, University of Strathclyde. My teaching experience with young learners and (future) teachers comes from Argentina. In Argentina, I worked as a primary and secondary English-as-a-foreign-language teacher, teachereducator in BA and MA programmes, and as a curriculum developer with the Ministerio de Educación del Chubut.
My main areas of expertise and interest include: CLIL, teaching young learners, initial English language teacher education, and professional development through action research.
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Grazzia María Mendoza
Board Member for TESOL International Association (Honduras)
Grazzia María Mendoza has two master’s degrees, one in International Education and one in TESOL. She is a US State Department Alumna recognized for project development for teachers’ professional growth projects. She has been in the TESOL field for 27 years. Her research interests include CALL, Competency Based Language Teaching and Methodological Improvements for Professional Development. She is the founder of HELTA TESOL in Honduras, Representative of Honduras in the Latin America Regional TESOL Group and Board Member for TESOL International Association. At present she is an education specialist for the US Government at USAID Honduras
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Ulrich Schrader
Board Member for Central American and Caribbean Basin (CA&CB) TESOL regional
(México)
Ulrich Schrader. Master’s Degree in German Literature, University of Colorado-Boulder, USA. Master’s Degree in TESOL, University of the Americas, Mexico City, Mexico. He obtained most of his teaching experience at the Colegio de Postgraduados in the State of Mexico and at private language institutes and the two Binational (US/Mexico) Centers in Mexico City. An active member of the Mexican Association of English Teachers (MEXTESOL), 1976-2018, and TESOL International Association, 1987-2020. (Co-)Editor of the MEXTESOL Journal, 2003 2010. Currently he is an independent educational consultant in English teaching and participates in the Central American and Caribbean Basin (CA&CB) TESOL regional affiliates group.