ELTAI Lucknow NEWS

Hi Folks!
Congrats! On your wise decision of joining the ELTAI Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow Chapter. You have the distinction of being the founder members!
Well, the ELTAI Lko Chapter has found its feet and is surely and steadily gaining ground. Lots been done since we applied for opening a chapter here; for one, we’ve received the letter of recognition and yes, our first meeting of the chapter was a great success (for those who couldn’t attend-we missed you!). I’m also sure you got the first taste of being a part of ELTAI Lko, a community of caring and committed professionals, when you received your membership receipts and a copy of the prestigious ELTAI journal, JELT from our office in Chennai. By the way, JELT’s also announced an international conference in Gujrat coming early next year (check your copy for details).
We request active participation from all our members so we can be a vibrant community of language teachers and achieve some of the association’s objectives of:

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fostering and promoting scholarship relating to language teaching
Ø fostering high academic and professional standards
Ø breaking down the isolation that teachers experience both in their classrooms and in
their institutional settings
Ø encouraging cooperation and mutual support
Ø fostering the articulation and development of teacher-theory concerning classroom

language learning
Ø offering a regular forum for the introduction, production and exchange of
materials and other ELT resources
Ø learning about upcoming conferences and ELT courses
Ø Providing excellent networking opportunities to all its members.
Looking forward to catching up with you at our, soon to be announced next meeting.

Cheers!
Nalina Singh
Secretary
ELTAI Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow Chapter

From the President's Pen (ELT@I Lucknow)

ELT@I is a body, which reflects on ELT teaching and learning process with an overall purpose and core values. We believe in Improvement of efficiency and effectiveness and Maximizing human resources. Our parameters are enhancing student learning; identifying and documenting the best practices; benchmarking, creating team environment; creation of transparency; leadership development and mentoring; and informal staff feedback. Furthermore, we would also like to develop open communication/discussion on latest ELT technology, shared decision making with data-driven decisions and last but not the least faculty motivation and developing network of excellent institutions.

Prof. Shefali Bakshi (PhD)

Forthcoming Event From ELTAI

International Conference on Interactive Media in Pedagogy: Learning English In & Beyond Classrooms, 8-10 January 2010

International Conference on Interactive Media in Pedagogy: Learning English In & Beyond ClassroomsDate: 8-10 January 2010Venue: H M Patel Institute of English Training and ResearchVallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat.Theme: "Managing Mixed-Ability Classes"Call for Papers: ELT@I and H M Patel Institute of English Training and Research, Vallabh Vidyanagar invite papers, workshop proposals and poster proposals from teachers of English from schools, colleges, universities and government academic departments, teacher trainers, research scholars, and interested professionals on the theme of the conference. ‘Interactive Media in Pedagogy: Learning English in & Beyond Classrooms’. The sub-themes of the conference are:

1. Developing Critical Thinking through Technology
2. Managing Mixed Ability Groups & Scope for Individualization: The Role of Interactive Media
3. Using Technology for Distance Learning
4. Role of Technology in English Teacher Education
5. Using Multimedia for Self Instruction Materials in the English Classroom
   Using Web Resources for English Language & Literature Teaching
6. Technology-based Teacher Produced Materials
7. Implications of Technology for Second Language Contexts
   Teaching Literary Genres through Technology
8. Creative Writing and Multimedia
   Technology, Testing and Assessment
9. Evaluation of Multimedia Materials

Both abstracts and completed papers are to be typed as Microsoft Word documents in Times New Roman font of 12 points and 1.5 line spacing. Each presentation would be of 25 minutes. The word limit for abstracts is 200 words and that of full articles is 2500 words. Selected papers would be published in a special volume of the ELT Quarterly (ISSN 0975-0258), a journal published by the Institute on a quarterly basis.
Download Registration Form Submission: One soft copy (either in a CD or as an e-mail attachment) and one hard copy.
Submission Deadline
Abstract
October 30, 2009
Paper
December 14, 2009

As the Conference can only accommodate a limited number of presentations, we recommend early registration.
Conference Fees: The Conference fees include conference pack and food (breakfast, lunch, dinner and tea/ coffee). Registration Fee:
For Indian Delegates: Rs. 1000/-
For foreign Delegates: US$ 50/-
For Indian Research Students: Rs. 500/-
Payment: Cheques or Bank Drafts may be sent in favour of ‘The Director, H M Patel Institute of English Training and Research, Vallabh Vidyanagar’ payable at Vallabh Vidyanagar. Please use at par cheques.
Accommodation for Indian Delegates:
Limited accommodation is available at the venue, so delegates are requested to make early bookings. The accommodation would be simple, modest and on a twin-sharing basis. An additional amount of Rs 700/- needs to be sent as accommodation charges.
To book accommodation, you can request an accommodation booking form by emailing sunilshah76@gmail.com and returning the form directly by e-mail to him. If you do not receive confirmation one week after sending your booking form, you are advised to contact him at the above email address or by telephoning to +91 2692 230193 (between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Mon-Sat) or on +91 9924246069.
For more details, please contact the Coordinators at the following addresses:
Atanu Bhattacharya+91 2692-230193, +91 9227160619Email: atanu1071@gmail.com
Kiran Chauhan+91 2692-230193, +91 9724342778Email: kiran.elthmp@gmail.com
Dharmendra Sheth+91 9825442418Email: shethdharmendra@gmail.com; shethdharmendra@hotmail.com
Please visit the following website for the latest information on the conference:
www.hmpenglish.edu.in
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