Event

The 2008 Asia TEFL International Conference

Dates

August 1 - 3, 2008

Venue

Sanur Paradise Plaza Hotel, Bali, Indonesia

Organizer

Asia TEFL

Theme

Globalizing Asia: The Role of ELT

Plenary speakers

* David Nunan, Director of the English Center, The University of Hong Kong, China

* Rod Ellis, professor, the Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics, University of Auckland, New Zealand

* Jack Richards, professor of applied linguistics, Regional English Language Center (RELC), Singapore

* Paul Nation, professor of applied linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

* Thomas S. C. Farrell, professor of applied linguistics, Brock University, Canada

* Melani Budianta, Head of Department of Literary Studies, University of Indonesia, Indonesia

* Yonglin Yang, Director of Center of Linguistic Studies, Tsinghua University, China

Content areas

* ELT: Asia Global Visa

* Asianizing English

* English and Asian Languages

* Responding to Global Competition in Providing English Language Services

* Educating the Teachers: Preparing International Standard Professionals

* The Use of Information Technology in ELT Resulting from Local-Global Interaction and the Global Market

* Cultural Values in Language Teaching

* Facing the Realities of Asian Classrooms

* Reconsidering the Use of International Proficiency Tests

* Using Local Literatures in English or Translations for Teaching English

* Education / Language Policy

* Language Acquisition

* Testing, Assessment, and Evaluation

Registration fee

* Asia TEFL-Members: $90

* Non-members: $100

Contact

Tel/Fax: (62) 21 4786 5781

E-mail: info@asiatefl-teflin.com

For more information, go to http://www.asiatefl-teflin.com