Currently as the Head of the Training, Research, Assessment & Consultancy Department of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education (SEAMEO), Regional Language Centre (RELC) Singapore, Dr Chan Yue Weng is dedicated to the development of language teacher education and promotion of international cooperation among language professionals in the region.
Gloria C. Kismadi holds a Master’s degree in Literature but her lifetime concern, by choice, has been language teaching, be it ESL, EFL Teacher Training and Professional Development, and the appropriateness of English language teaching materials. “Literature is my passion,” she says, “language teaching my vocation. So be it.”
Joseph Foley is Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program in the Graduate School of English at Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand since June 2006. Previously, he was Head of English Language in the Department of English Language and Literature at the National University of Singapore where he taught for more than 25 years. He has published widely, mainly in the area of Systemic Linguistics, Language Development and World Englishes. He was for many years been the editor of the RELC Journal and is now editor of The New English Teacher.
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The tremendous demands for the use of English in the 21st century have forced language teaching experts and professionals to look into other concerns besides language teaching and learning alone but language teaching and learning in different settings, cultures, and linguistic backgrounds.
by: Idwar Ruslan Tuesday, November 9, 2010, I got an e-mail invitation to participate in a roundtable chatting with the theme “Situational Awareness (SA)”. The sender elaborated a little bit about the theme with a short abstract. I was really curious what the chatting would be like; how it was operated and conducted, whether it [...]
Politeknik Negeri Jember, Jember, Indonesia 31 March – 1 April 2011 (Thursday – Friday) Conference Flyer can be downloaded here. INTENDED NUMBER OF CONFERENCE PRESENTERS & PARTICIPANTS: 11 Invited Speakers and Presenters from Core Teacher-Writers Group from UK and Asia 70 Presenters: Local and International Teachers and Faculty Members 200 Participants: Local and [...]
US English, Canadian English, Australian and New Zealand English, South African English, Indian English, West Indian English. US English is of course particularly influential, on account of America’s dominance of cinema, television, …
Dormitory = Dirty Room Desperation = A Rope Ends It The Morse Code = Here Come Dots Slot Machines = Cash Lost in ‘em Animosity = Is No Amity Snooze Alarms = Alas! No More Z’s Alec Guinness = Genuine Class Semolina = Is No Meal The Public Art Galleries = Large Picture Halls, I [...]
The Reading Year, World Englishes, Teaching Reading, Reading Strategies and Speed Reading, Graphic Organizers, Cooperative Learning, Bloom’s Taxonomy Revisited, Teaching Aids and Multimedia.