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Recent Events2010 Conference reports and videos are available (mainly to members) here IATEFL YLT Sig and Pronunciation Sig joint event The University of Kent campus, Kent. Sunday 8th
August, 2010 Theme: Get them speaking properly! And young! Teachers of young learners, working with children
aged 3 to 12, often have concerns about their learners' pronunciation.
Many believe that children are more likely to develop native like pronunciation
if they begin English while they are 12 or under. The IATEFL Young Learners and Teenagers SIG
together with the Pronunciation SIG will bring you a day of presentations
together with workshops to help you deliver state of the art pronunciation
instruction for learners ages 3-12. Through the use of storytelling, drama,
phonemic awareness, reading strategies amongst others, experts in their field
will help you improve the pronunciation instruction that you deliver. You
will have the opportunity to take part in activities which practice
pronunciation in a way that will be appealing to young learners. Programme Robin Walker on Pronunciation Matters and Telling Tales * Paul
Seligson on Pronunciation Activities with Young Learners * Wendy Arnold on
Early Literacy : Beginning Sounds * Caroline Linse on Real Pronunciation
for Young Learners * Charles Goodger on the Power of Action Songs * Kerry
Powell on Why songs? * Harry Kuchah on Oral story telling as a way
to improve pronunciation * Susan Hillyard on Drama and Pronunciation * Helen
Emery as Plenary summing up. CAMEROON ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION The 9th Annual Conference: 16 - 21 August, 2010. Theme Achieving Quality ELT in Difficult Circumstances: Experiences and
Successes of Teachers in Practice. Venue: Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaounde Guest Plenary Speakers: Shelagh
Rixon (University of Warwick) Wendy
Arnold (IATEFL YLT SIG*) Helen
Emery (University of Essex) Cameroonian teachers work in very
difficult circumstances some of which are inconceivable to teachers in other
parts of the world. With classes of more than 150 pupils from a multiplicity of
first language backgrounds, with the near absence of prescribed course books and
pupils learning in very high temperatures; with only blackboard and chalk in a
world where technological advancements are influencing classroom cultures,
Cameroonian teachers are still able to continue to achieve through creative
ways that respond to the realities of their working context. CAMELTA is soliciting proposals
from ELT professionals around the world. The conference is intended to be very
low-tech, so presenters will be required to use only board and chalk. The British Council and Macmillan supported by IATEFL YLT SIG In cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, and UNRWA Palestinian Schools’ Conference Learner Centred, Learning Centred Palestine Red Crescent Society 24 – 25 April, 2010 In many societies, the teacher is seen as an instructor, a provider of knowledge, but increasingly the teacher is seen as a facilitator. In this conference we will look at how we focus on the learner and learning in our classrooms. What are the benefits of this approach to the learner and the teacher? What techniques can the teacher use to increase the focus on the learners? And is this practical in large classes? The conference will be held on Saturday 24 April and Sunday 25 April at the Palestine Red Crescent Society. Our keynote speakers and workshop presenters will focus on practical suggestions for implementing a learner-focussed approach in the classroom. The conference will be conducted in the form of keynote presentations and concurrent workshops with a focus on practical tasks, and with reference to English for Palestine, that can be easily used in your own classroom.
Extracts from event can be seen at: to follow shortly
British Council supported by IATEFL YLT Sig regional Middle East Series 20th March – 3rd April, 2010 The series of one-day events, held at various venues, will give Government teachers from primary, preparatory and secondary schools new techniques to deal effectively with mixed ability classes and to adapt classroom materials to better meet the needs of all students. This is the first regional mini-conference circuit organised under the British Council’s English for the Future programme and it will tour Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the UAE between 20 March – 3 April. The circuit is supported by the International Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) Young Learners and Teenagers Special Interest Group and is the first time that they have worked in the Middle East. All presenters are IATEFL affiliated and include UK education experts such as Wendy Arnold, Noreen Caplen-Spence, Coralyn Bradshaw and Martin Goosey. They are all specialists in the teaching of young learners and have previous experience of working in the Middle East. Sponsors for the Regional Mini-Conference Circuit are Garnet Education (platinum sponsor), Heinle Cengage Ltd (gold sponsor), MacMillan Education, Oxford University Press and Pearson Longman (silver sponsors).
Powerpoints from events can be accessed from British Council website and search on name of country.
IATEFL YLT SIG pre-conference event PCE Challenging changes or changing challenges? A YLT reality check.
By the end of the day, you will be clearer about how the YLT community is addressing these issues. IATEFL Annual Conference IATEFL holds its International Annual Conference & Exhibition every spring. It is attended by around 1500 ELT professionals from 70+ countries. It involves a 4-day programme of over 300 talks and workshops and, in addition to giving delegates a chance to meet leading theorists and writers, and exchange ideas with fellow professionals from all sectors of ELT, it enables them to see the latest ELT publications and services in a large resources exhibition involving around 60 ELT-related exhibitors. The next IATEFL Conference takes place in Harrogate, UK, in April 2010. For further details please see the IATEFL Annual Conference webpage
Hildesheim University, Germany supported by IATEFL YLT Sig 25-27th February, 2010
Children’s Literature in Language Education - from Picture Books to Young Adult Fiction
call for papers : www.childrenslit.de/ Plenary speakers Stephen Krashen (Professor Emeritus University of Southern California) Prof. Dr. Eva Burwitz-Melzer (University of Giessen) Dr. Alan Maley and Andrew WrightThe Power of Story and Poetry
2009
24 - 26th October, 2009 15th annual NAFLE (National Association of Foreign Language Education) supported by the British Council and IATEFL YLT SIG Registration at venue. Website for full details: http://www.eltchina.org/beijing2009/ Registration: RMB 300 payable cash at venue Special hotel rate: RMB 450 (standard double with breakfast) bookable through NAFLE
A conference for all English Language Teaching (ELT) professionals. Calls for papers: contact Wendy Arnold arnoldworld@gmail.com Teaching English in a Chinese context Symposiums, panels and presentations will take place over Day 1 and Day 2. The conference audience will consist of three main groups: IATEFL members (local and international), Chinese & other state school teachers, British Council and YLT SIG specialists.
Papers are particularly welcome which develop links between the following strands: 1. Second and foreign language acquisition and pedagogy 2. Classroom teaching, management and observation 3. Learning strategies and Learner Autonomy 4. Teaching materials and new media 5. Professional Development for ELT teachers and teachers’ training 6. Testing, Evaluation and Assessment
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