ELTWeekly Issue#3 – Worldwide ELT events

British Council’s 12th National ELT Conference 2009, Colombia

Conference theme: Perspectives in Bilingualism: Current views and trends

Day / Date: April 23 – 25, 2009

Place: Universidad de La Salle, Sede Chapinero, Bogotá, Colombia

Proposals for sessions should fall on one of the following topics in relation to Bilingualism: 

  • Issues in EFL, ESL, CLIL, Content Based Learning, immersion programmes, and international curriculum (IB, CIE etc)
  • Global views: Intercultural communication, culture and identity, English as a global language
  • Evaluation & Assessment: Benchmarks, testing, and the role of International Exams
  • Spanish and English coexisting in the bilingual classroom
  • EFL teachers in Content-Based learning classrooms
  • Teacher development for non ELT specialists
  • Non native English-speaking teachers: challenges and paradigms
  • Effective practices in the elementary, secondary and higher education classrooms
  • Research in bilingualism in the our context
ELT-CON 2009, Malaysia

ELT-Con 2009 is the fourth English language teaching conference organised by the Penang English Language Learning & Teaching Association (PELLTA). This biennial ELT conference offers a professional platform for teachers, teacher trainers, lecturers, researchers and all others involved in the field of English language teaching to exchange knowledge, expertise and experience, form networks and forge friendships among professionals.

Conference theme: Language Matters : New Ways of Looking at English Language Teaching & Learning

Day / Date: April, 22 – 24, 2009

Place: Bayview Hotel ~ Penang ~ Malaysia

Sub themes:

– Teaching & learning in the digital age

– Redefining the role of the language teacher

– Grammar in the language classroom

– Teaching the slow & the gifted

– Professional & teacher development

– Managing change in the ELT trends & curricula

– Teachers as learners & researchers

– English for specific purposes

– Material selection & production

– Testing & evaluation

– Multiliteracies & ELT

– English language for living skills

– Language teaching & culture.

More information available here: http://eltcon.webs.com

TESOL Convention Denver 2009

Day / Date: March, 26 – 28

Place: Denver, Colorado USA

The 43rd Annual TESOL Convention will start on Thursday March 26, 2009 and run through Saturday March 28, 2009 and will be held in scenic Denver, Colorado. Join TESOL to immerse yourself in the theme of Uncharted Mountains, Forging New Pathways. Meet us in the great west for all that the annual convention and Denver have to offer. 

More information available here: http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/convention2009/

 

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