Thursday, 27 January 2011
The British Council and the EFL-U (English and Foreign Languages University ) co-hosted a three-day conference on ‘Starting, Stimulating and Sustaining English Language Teacher Education and Development’ for the English Language Teacher Educators from 22-24 January 2011 in Hyderabad
As a part of District Centre scheme(DCS) I took part in it as a delegate. I was a tad reluctant to go and attend this conference as I was there for three months very recently. But second thoughts persuaded me into taking part. It was indeed the most wonderful of all conferences I have attended so far. Because it was an international conference for English teacher educators, it had the presence of heterogeneous group of people as delegates and speakers mostly from Asian countries likeNepal , Bangladesh , Singapore , Sri Lanka , Pakistan , Uzbekistan Russia , Spain and UK
The venue for the conference was famous and magnificent Novotel & HICC Complex, near Hitech city. The total no of delegates was a whopping 700. From DCS there were around 30 R.P.s and C.T.s and we all were given accomodation ( no, not in Novotel hotel but) in Dr.Y.S.R. NationalInstitute of Tourism
There were more than 100 speakers and distinguish experts on the subject. And because the conference was only for three days parallel sessions were held and audience thus was divided. However there were plenary sessions which, obviously, were more enriching than the sessions by the rest of the speakers.
I'd love to write more and in detail of the ambience and experience there and the wonderful people I came across, but time shackles my hands. So I just give below some of the objective of the coneference:
• to provide an opportunity for English Language pre and in-service teacher educators from across South Asia to meet and share best practice and experiences
• to provide English Language pre and in-service teacher educators an opportunity for professional development and updating which will enable them to become more effective
• to establish and build a sustainable community and network of English language teacher educators
As a part of District Centre scheme(DCS) I took part in it as a delegate. I was a tad reluctant to go and attend this conference as I was there for three months very recently. But second thoughts persuaded me into taking part. It was indeed the most wonderful of all conferences I have attended so far. Because it was an international conference for English teacher educators, it had the presence of heterogeneous group of people as delegates and speakers mostly from Asian countries like
The venue for the conference was famous and magnificent Novotel & HICC Complex, near Hitech city. The total no of delegates was a whopping 700. From DCS there were around 30 R.P.s and C.T.s and we all were given accomodation ( no, not in Novotel hotel but) in Dr.Y.S.R. National
There were more than 100 speakers and distinguish experts on the subject. And because the conference was only for three days parallel sessions were held and audience thus was divided. However there were plenary sessions which, obviously, were more enriching than the sessions by the rest of the speakers.
I'd love to write more and in detail of the ambience and experience there and the wonderful people I came across, but time shackles my hands. So I just give below some of the objective of the coneference:
• to provide an opportunity for English Language pre and in-service teacher educators from across South Asia to meet and share best practice and experiences
• to provide English Language pre and in-service teacher educators an opportunity for professional development and updating which will enable them to become more effective
• to establish and build a sustainable community and network of English language teacher educators
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