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BILC 2012 Prague Professional Development Opportunities at DSL and in the UK Jean Meakin

BILC 2012 Prague Professional Development Opportunities at DSL and in the UK Jean Meakin Senior Lecturer, English Language Wing, Defence School of Languages, UK. Outline. ‘Best Practice’ Staff Development Programme at DSL The IATEFL Conference in the UK. ‘Best Practice’. Mission

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BILC 2012 Prague Professional Development Opportunities at DSL and in the UK Jean Meakin

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  1. BILC 2012 Prague Professional Development Opportunities at DSL and in the UK Jean Meakin Senior Lecturer, English Language Wing, Defence School of Languages, UK

  2. Outline • ‘Best Practice’ Staff Development Programme at DSL • The IATEFL Conference in the UK

  3. ‘Best Practice’ Mission Deliver a staff development programme of sharing best practice for instructors across the whole of DSL Aims • Share skills and ideas • Get to know colleagues • Increase uniformity

  4. Started May 2007 Workshops on different topics related to teaching All instructors encouraged to attend Sessions facilitated by different instructors from across the School Every 4 weeks, term time, Weds 3pm-4.30pm The Programme

  5. The Sessions • Refreshments • Introduction by facilitator • Group discussions • Plenary feedback

  6. Topics • See handout

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  8. Lessons Learnt • Informal • 3 sessions per term • No need for write-ups • Keep attendance register, no certificates • Refreshments • Publicise widely, various media • Find facilitators well in advance • Brief facilitators fully

  9. Feedback • Students • Instructors • Inspectors • 41 sessions so far, more planned • Average attendance 24 instructors

  10. IATEFLInternational Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language ‘Linking, developing and supporting English Language Teaching professionals worldwide’

  11. IATEFL Background • Founded in UK, 1967 • Annual Conference • Special Interest Groups • Newsletters • 4,000 members from 100 countries

  12. Glasgow IATEFL Conference, April 2012 • 4-day programme • 2,313 delegates, 116 countries • 581 talks, workshops, symposiums • 70 ELT related exhibitors: British Council, BBC, OUP, CUP, Macmillan etc • Watching online: 60,000 people from 170 countries • Social programme, cultural visits

  13. Benefits • Meet leading writers, theorists, practitioners, all sectors of ELT • Lots of free materials • Generous discounts • Your chance to present or exhibit • Try before you buy: whiteboards, interactive materials • 30 scholarships for 2013 conference

  14. Michael Swan Geoffrey Leech Raymond Murphy Henry Emery

  15. Talk to publishers Try the Technology Listen to experts Be an exhibitor

  16. 14 Special Interest Groups • Learner Autonomy • Teacher Training and Education • Pronunciation • Testing, Assessment and Evaluation (Collaboration with AMATE, Conference in Prague 12-13 Oct 12, Setting and Maintaining Assessment Standards. Call for papers now.)

  17. 47th Annual International IATEFL Conference: Liverpool • 8-12 April 2013 • Proposals by September 2012

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