50th RELC International Conference 16 - 18 March 2015
TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES IN LANGUAGE LEARNING: LANGUAGE ARTS AND ELT ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
Language learning thrives in a content-rich environment. Language Arts teaching constitutes an important area in teacher education. A target language becomes more meaningfully integrated when it is learned through content and when there is a balanced emphasis on literacy and oracy. Increasingly, education systems in Asia and beyond are bringing about sustainable learning outcomes by adopting more innovative approaches to language teaching and learning as they undertake systemic reforms in language teaching practice and policy.
The current trend in English Language Teaching (ELT) and Language Arts leans towards better integration of the language skills and content used in teaching and learning. These two major strands, Language Arts and ELT across the curriculum, enrich and enhance the pedagogies in the language classroom and transcend boundaries in language learning. Language teaching invariably includes the six macro skills of the Language Arts, namely, reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing and visually representing (visual literacy) which permeate the curriculum.
This conference marks a significant milestone for RELC as a Centre of Choice for the region. It will be hosting its 50th Conference in 2015, and the Conference will bring language professionals who have come from many different countries the world over to share their findings, ideas and insights into Language Arts and ELT across the curriculum.
Aims
The 50th RELC International Conference has the following aims:
Topic Areas
For information, please contact:
The Conference SecretariatSEAMEO Regional Language Centre30 Orange Grove RoadSingapore 258352Email: conference@relc.org.sg
For more information visit http://www.relc.org.sg/Conference/
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Ensuring Quality in English Language Teacher Education
The British Council in partnership with English and Foreign Languages University (EFL-U) Hyderabad will come together again to host the fifth International English Language Teacher Educator Conference (TEC15) in Hyderabad from 27 February - 1 March 2015. The underlying theme of the previous conferences was improved learning outcomes through quality teacher education and teaching. This year, we will focus on ensuring quality in teacher education in the belief that quality in teachers’ learning leads to better learning outcomes for our learners.
The bottom line of teacher education is the quality of teacher performance in terms of its impact on the learner and indirectly on larger social transformation. (National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education 2009/10 p. 4)
The theme will allow a wide-ranging exploration of teacher education in India and beyond, with a focus on quality in both pre-service education and in-service training. Key policy initiatives and documents in India such as the Teacher Education Mission launched in April 2013, the NCFTE (cited above) and the Planning Commission of India’s 12th Five Year Plan highlight issues of quality as fundamental to all aspects of the initial and continuing professional development of teachers, whether it is delivered face to face or online, moderated or self access.
