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Dear IATEFL Associate,
Let me begin this time with a link to a very interesting blog on teachers’ associations to read and perhaps add your own comments to:
https://blog.iatefl.org/2018/05/things-can-always-get-better-teaching-associations-change-lives-bozica-saric-cvjetkovic/
Summer is around the corner! Hooray, at least in this hemisphere we are going to start the summer holidays soon, or perhaps some of you have already started them.
However, there are quite a few events soon to happen in IATEFL WORLD so please check below.
Contact Information
As always, we would ask you to ensure that we have the correct key contact information for your association. These can be found once you log in to your Associate membership in the Member Area and click ‘edit your personal information’.
A list of all current IATEFL Associates can be found on the IATEFL website: https://www.iatefl.org/associates/list-of-associate-members. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your Association’s website so we can ensure this is up-to-date.
Discounted Membership
Remember, as an IATEFL Associate your members can join IATEFL at a discounted price. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for the Basic Membership form to give to your members.
Scholarships
Don’t forget to let your members know about the IATEFL Conference Scholarships. You can see the full list of awards, their guidelines and all the information an applicant needs by visiting https://conference.iatefl.org/scholarships. The deadline for applications is 16.00 (UK time) on Thursday 12th July 2018. New for this year: the IATEFL Bill Lee, Gill Sturtridge First-Time Speaker and Ray Tongue Scholarships are now open to all IATEFL members, including those with Basic or WMIS membership. If your association falls within the relevant geographic region, please pass this message onto your members.
I look forward to hearing from you,
With best wishes,
Marta Bujakowska
IATEFL Associates Committee Member
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Upcoming IATEFL Associate Events
There are three events coming next weekend in Bulgaria, Azerbaijan and Japan. If you happen to be somewhere nearby get ready and join them. I am sure they are going to be great conferences just at the beginning of summer.
EVENT: 27th BETA-IATEFL Annual International Conference 22 - 24 June 2018
THEME: Promoting 21st century ELT: language, life skills and digital literacies
EVENT: 13th AzETA International Conference 23-24 June 2018
THEME: Teaching is a Life-Long Learning
EVENT: JALT TBL SIG in Asia 23-24 June 2018
- Venue: Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan
- Web: http://www.tblsig.org/conference
- Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Event coordinator: Nicholas D. Marx
If you miss that look at July events below:
EVENT: ACPI-TESOL Convention 2018 - 58th Anniversary 4- 6 July 2018
THEME: New Trends in Language Teaching Approaches, Assessment, and Technology Mediated Learning.
- Venue: San Jose, Costa Rica
- Web: http://www.acpi-tesol.com/
- Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Event coordinator: ACPI
EVENT: TELTA - 1st African Lake Zone English Language Consortium 5-7 July 2018TELTA in collaboration with the other Teachers Associations ATER - Rwanda, UNELTA - Uganda, ZAPELATO - Zanzibar and CLASS - Congo THEME: Innovate, Integrate and Connect Language Teaching
- Venue: Saint Augustine University (SAUT), Mwanza, Tanzania
- Contact: : Jamal Maringo This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Event coordinator: TELTA
EVENT: ETAI National Summer Conference 3-4 July 2018
THEME: Speaking about Speaking
- Venue: Ramat Rachel Resort, Jerusalem, Israel
- Web: http://www.etai.org.il/summer-2018/
- Contact: : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Event coordinator: ETAI
August seems to be idle for IATEFLers but in September we start being active again: EVENT: HELTA Conference for in-company teachers in Northern Europe 1 September 2018 THEME: English at Work
EVENT: JALT Business Communication SIG 3rd Annual Conference 8-9 SeptemberTHEME: 'The Spark: Igniting Innovations in Communications for Global Businesses'
- Venue: Hakusan Campus, Tokyo University, Tokyo
- Web: www.bizcomsig.org
- Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Event Coordinator:JALT
EVENT: 27th IATEFL Poland Annual International Conference 21 - 23 September 2018 THEME: The Meeting Place for Experts
- Venue: Wrocław university of Science and Technology, Poland
- Web: https://iatefl.org.pl
- Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Event Coordinator: IATEFL Poland
There are still a few months before the following autumn events, about which you will be reminded in the next issues of the e-bulletin too: EVENT: 16th TESOLANZ National Conference 5-7 October 2018THEME: Transforming our Landscape
- Venue: Christs College, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Web: https://www.clesol2018.org.nz/
- Contact: Arna Wahl Davies or Nerida Ramsay This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
EVENT: FAAPI Conference 11- 13 October, 2018THEME: Redefining English Language Teaching and Learning: Adapting to Meet Diverse Needs
- Venue: Santa Cruz, Rio Gallegos, Argentina
- Web: www.faapi.org.ar
- Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
EVENT: 26th Annual Korea TESOL International Conference 13- 14 October 2018THEME: Focus on Fluency
- Venue: Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, South Korea
- Web: https://koreatesol.org/ic2018
- Contact: Kathleen Kelley This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Event Coordinator: KOTESOL
EVENT: JALT 44th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning, and Educational Materials Exhibition 23 - 26 November, 2018THEME: Diversity and Inclusion
EVENT: KOTESOL National Conference 5 December,2018 THEME: Crossing Borders: Korean ELT in the Modern World
- Venue: Kangnam University, Yongin, South Korea
- Web: https://koreatesol.org/nc2018
- Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Please allow me to include the following letter from our Research SIG: Dear IATEFL Associates, We write in our roles as IATEFL’s Research SIG outreach coordinators. The Research SIG brings together teachers, teacher-researchers, teacher educators and researchers from around the world to discuss and get involved in various forms of research into (or relating to) English language teaching (ELT). We would be very interested to hear from you, IATEFL’s associates, about: (1) whether а Research SIG exists in your association and (2) about any ELT research initiatives that you were involved in over the past years, or are in the pipeline, in the contexts you operate in. We are looking for brief descriptions (300-500 words) of any such initiatives, outlining the aims of the project, its timeline, who it was sponsored (if so) and run by, the number of teachers that got involved, the outcomes of the project, and any other information that you consider to be relevant. We are planning on including your contributions in one of our next issues of ELT Research, our SIG’s newsletter. This is a good opportunity for you to promote your research-related work and read about what the other associates are doing on the research front, so don’t miss out! If you think we can help in the process of setting up a Research SIG within your organisation, please let us know. We are looking forward to hearing from you by 30th June at the latest. Please write to: Elena Oncevska Ager: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and/or Loreto Aliaga: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.If you have questions about any of the above, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Best wishes, Elena and Loreto, Research SIG Outreach Coordinators
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IATEFL Special Interest Groups
Find out about the IATEFL Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and explore the possibility of hosting an event with them. Each month we focus on one SIG.
Information on the Inclusive Practices & Special Educational Needs SIG (IPSENSIG) can be accessed via their website where you can check out their blog and posts via upcoming online events.
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