Asia TEFL grantees Group

6 of Master English Teachers will attend International conference Asia TEFl in Bali on Aug 1-3,2008, funded by ITC. May it will bring betterment for all of us.

JAKET WORKSHOP 2007

English Training Center(ETC) Jakarta will conduct a two-day refresher course for English teacher in Jakarta. The event ,to be held in Jakarta from November 14-15,2007,is carefully crafted to meet your professional needs as English teachers in vocational school. To experience the international experience we will invite International speakers to brighten your method of teaching. RELO,ITC,VEDC,TELKOM,SATA-ALUMNI will be very happy to guide,to assist ,to inform and to help you during the program.
It's free of charge.
For detail pls visit http://jaketworkshop.blogspot.com

TEFLIN 2007

TEFLIN is a professional organization which stands for “Teachers of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia”. The members of TEFLIN are institutions and individual teachers of English in secondary and tertiary educational institutions in Indonesia as well as instructors at non-formal English courses. The objectives of TEFLIN are to provide English teachers with opportunities to share and discuss contemporary issues, trends and development in language teaching in Indonesia.

To achieve its purpose, TEFLIN conducts annual international conferences organized by its member institutions. The conference is a major event and attended by some 300 to 400 participants from institutions all over Indonesia and abroad. The speakers at the conference are invited scholars, university lecturers, and secondary school teachers.


TIME : 4-6 December 2007

THEME

Human Resources Development in English Language Teaching (ELT)

AIMS

To examine the current state of the art of teachers of English in Indonesia
To study different approaches for promoting the quality of English teachers
To examine the current policy and issues of human resources development in English Language Teaching
TOPIC AREAS:

Teacher qualifications
Learning styles and strategies
Research in English Language Learning and Teaching
The “good” language teacher
Teachers Certification
English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
English Language Teaching Materials
Autonomous Learning
Information technology in TEFL
Professionalism of the teaching profession
English Language Teachers Education
Empowering Teachers through Literature
Language Assessment

DAY 4

From Teacher to Teacher : Best teaching practices to inspire better ELT in the archipelago.

DAY 3

seasoned and internationally-well-known ELT experts on Teacher Leadership, Professional Development and CALL

DAY 2

The second day of the Colloquium is designed essentially as a small group workshop day.More dynamic interaction between speakers and participants; as well as amongs participants themselves are encouraged.

DAY 1

the first day of the Colloquium aims at exposing the participants to new information with regard to Assessment-Based English Language Learning,Definition of the Proficiency Assessment,world-known standardised proficiency scales( ILR, ACTFL, CEF),components of English Proficiency.