English Australia PD Update

25 July 2012

Workshops around the conference
English Australia, with the support of Pearson, is organising some workshops with plenary speaker Nicky Hockly around Australia.

As well as presenting at the pre-conference workshop in Sydney, Making learning technologies work for you, Nicky will be presenting a 1½ hour workshop on mobile learning in the following cities:

   Brisbane:      Monday 24 September
   Melbourne: Tuesday 25 September
   Perth:            Thursday 27 September (with Mark Pegrum)

We will let you know when venues and times are confirmed.

Other conference-related workshops:
ETS TOEFL are holding free workshops on Monday 17 September (Brisbane), 18 September (Melbourne) and Saturday 22 September (Sydney). Contact Katie Cook, kcook@etsglobal.org, for details of these.

Cambridge ESOL featured speaker Hanan Khalifa will be presenting free workshops in Sydney on Monday 24 September and in Melbourne on Tuesday 25 September. Details will be available shortly.

English Australia has released its latest Guide to Best Practice in ELICOS. Although we hope we never have a repetition of Cyclone Yasi or the Queensland floods of 2011 English Australia member colleges will be able to make sure they are prepared to deal with situations like these by referring to this compilation of good practice provided by staff at member colleges.

Member college staff can log in to access the documents at www.englishaustralia.com.au/best-practice-guides. Please contact the secretariat at easec@englishaustralia.com.au if you need help with your login.

IEAA is holding the Regional Symposium on South East Asia: TNE engagement across ELICOS, VET and Higher Education at Flinders University in Adelaide on 22 August. Click here for more information.

Cambridge English Language Teaching is bringing teacher trainer and author Craig Thaine to Sydney on 23 August for a free workshop on teaching EAP. To find out more and to register your interest please click here.

IEAA is offering financial grants under the Tony Adams Fund to staff working in the international education industry. If you are pursuing professional development or research in this industry and would like to apply you can find information and selection criteria at www.ieaa.org.au/tonyadamsfund.

Speaker slides from the recent Pronunciation Symposium and ACTA International Conference are now available – just click on the titles for access.

30 August - 2 September - Independent Learning Association Conference, Wellington, NZ

1 September -  University of Sydney TESOL Research Network Colloquium 

4 – 7 October - CLESOL Conference, Palmerston North, NZ

9 November - Symposium on Researching Language & Identity, Sydney, NSW

9 & 10 November - ALTAANZ Conference, Sydney, NSW

2013

23 – 24 February - CamTESOL 2013 , Phnom Penh, Cambodia
14 - 16 March - TESOL Arabia Conference, Dubai, UAE

18 - 20 March - RELC International Seminar, Singapore

20 - 23 March - TESOL Convention & Exhibition, Dallas, USA

8 - 12 April - IATEFL Conference, Liverpool, UK

26 - 27 September - English Australia Conference, Perth, WA

Navigating the new English Australia website
Having trouble finding information about professional development on the new English Australia website? Go to www.englishaustralia.com.au and click

COLLEGES > SERVICES & RESOURCES > PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT & DEVELOPMENT

to find information about professional development events, the English Australia Journal, action research, the English Australia Conference and the Awards program (the last two are also accessible in the ‘About Us’ menu).

Please get in touch with the English Australia secretariat on (02) 9264 4700 or email easec@englishaustralia.com.au if there’s anything you can’t find!

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