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44th Annual International IATEFL Conference& Exhibition

 7th - 11th April, 2010, Harrogate, UK 

 

 IATEFL HARROGATE ONLINE

If you can't make it to the conference, join us for IATEFL Harrogate Online!

http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2010

IATEFL Harrogate Online is British Council / IATEFL partnership which offers free, interactive coverage of this year's Harrogate IATEFL Conference.

 The 2010 Harrogate IATEFL Conference takes place between 7th to 11th April and online activity has already started.

Visit the Harrogate Online website http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2010

for news, moderated discussion forums and video sessions and interviews

- join in and be part of the conference!

 Last year over 20,000 teachers took part in Cardiff Online and watched over 10,000 hours of video sessions recorded as part of the IATEFL Online project. This year, you'll be able to watch the conference coverage live.

 

8th International Language & Development Conference

Date: 23rd-25th June 2009

Venue:  Sonargaon Pan Pacific Hotel, Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

The Conference is being hosted by British Council Bangladesh in partnership with the University Grants Commission (UGC), InstituteEducation and Research, University of Dhaka, the Department for International Development (DFIDB), Ministry of Education and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. of

 

There will be 89 presenters (31 international and 58 national) with a total of 69 papers. The keynote speaker is Prof Chris Kennedy, Centre for English Langauge Studies (CELS), University of Birmingham UK. 

http://www.britishcouncil.org/bangladesh-development-language-and-development-conference.htm

 

March 31-April 4, 2009 : BELTA joins IATEFL conference 

 

Each year IATEFL invites representatives of its associate members to join the annual conference. As an associate member BELTA has also been invited to send one of its representiatives to IATEFL conference in Cardiff this year. This is a rare opportunity to meet associates from around the world and bring in fresh perspectives for Teachers' Associations. BELTA representative, Razima Selim Chowdhury will be attending the 5 day long program in Cardiff. 

Click here to join IATEFL online at http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2009 for updates and information on one of the most happening events for ELT practitioners around the world.

 

Cardiff Online
September 7-8, 2007 : 4th BELTA International Conference
The ELT Profession: Challenges & Prospects
 
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Call for Papers
 
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Presenter's Proposal Form
 
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Registration Form for All Participants
 
BELTA fights back after Conference postponement!
After being completely devasted by the sudden turn of events in the country leading to the postponement of the scheduled conference, BELTA was able to rise from the ashes like the proverbial phoenix, thanks to the exhilarating presence of teacher trainer and writer Jeremy Harmer and the group of 6 facilitators led by Prof William Balsamo, who had arrived for the conference.

Before that it had been pandemonium. The presenter from Delhi had to turn round and go home after flying as far as Kolkata. Others (from Pakistan and Nepal) were urgently called not to start their journeys. Richard Boyum had been warned of the situation by the US Embassy so did not venture on to the plane. Poor George Pickering from Britain spent a single day and night cooped up in the curfew in a hotel in Dhaka before taking the first flight back home.

In the meantime, BELTA members rallied round and organised an impromptu programme that attracted about 90 ELT people for 2 full days of workshops and demos on the 25th & 26th of August at Presidency University !


Ann McLelland & Jeremy Harmer at Presidency University

And with the support of the British Council BELTA organised a seminar by Jeremy Harmer at the hotel Sonargaon - it was a stunning event with about 170 people attending at a day's notice. Jeremy Harmer was able to make both his scheduled presentations before leaving for Britain.



Jeremy Harmer at Sonargaon Hotel

BELTA then went on to hold its previously scheduled 2-day TT programme at the National Academy of Educational Management on the 27th and 28th of August. (See below: August 27-28 Third Intensive Teacher Training Programme For secondary school teachers link to Visiting ELT specialists through the Teachers Helping Teachers project).

So it was a very busy 5 days for BELTA, in spite of the enormous setback it had suffered. And to organize all this, members had to work hard round the clock behind the scenes.

 
August 27-28, 2007: Third Intensive Teacher Training Programme 
For secondary school teachers.
Visiting ELT specialists through the Teachers Helping Teachers project.

Cecilia Silva at NAEM
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Participants during a break at NAEM

 
September 14-16, 2005: 3rd BELTA International Conference
Future Directions in ELT
 
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332 delegates
 
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9 Foreign presenters
 
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44 papers/ workshops / panel discussions
 
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Book exhibitions & stalls
 
 
July 15 -16, 2004 : National Conference
ELT in Bangladesh: Issues Arising
 
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249 delegates
 
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24 papers
 
 


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