UAE: English language education experts visit Sharjah

[Harold F. Schiffman]

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English language education experts visit Sharjah for the fourth annual
ELTS Conference

>>From November 23rd to 24th, under the patronage and in the presence of His
Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Education and
Chancellor of the Higher Colleges of Technology, the Sharjah Higher
Colleges of Technology will host the fourth annual English Language
Teaching in Schools (ELTS) Conference. United Arab Emirates: Sunday,
November 13 - 2005 This special event will bring over 800 delegates to
Sharjah University City Hall including English language teachers,
principals, zone officials, academics and education leaders from both
across the country and internationally.

This year's conference theme, 'New Directions, New Possibilities,'
acknowledges the fact that the Ministry of Education now encompasses all
levels of education within the UAE, thereby providing excellent
opportunities for interaction between these levels and a widened horizon
of educational possibilities. Breaking tradition from the past, this
year's conference targets a wider audience of education professionals
which will include teacher educators, English teachers from tertiary
institutions as well as English teachers in private schools. As a result
of the new focus, a second day has been added, making the conference for
the first time, a two-day event.

Keynote speeches will be presented by Joseph Lo Bianco, Chair of Language
and Literacy Education at the University of Melbourne and an expert in the
area of language policy, peace education, literacy planning, bilingualism
and multicultural education, and Sarah Phillips, a teacher, teacher
trainer and author who has specialized in the area of young learners and
language learning. The conference will be of significant interest to
educational professionals interested in teacher and faculty development,
sharing, and learning.

The fourth annual ELTS conference is proudly sponsored by the Higher
Colleges of Technology, The UNESCO Chair Program, The Centre for Applied
Studies in Education at the Sharjah Higher Colleges of Technology, and the
University City Professional Network. The conference is also supported by
Cambridge University Press, Macmillan, Pearson Longman, Findel Education
International Division, Oxford University Press, Almoe, Thompson Heinle,
and Promethean.

This story was posted by Anne-Birte Stensgaard, Senior News Editor
Sunday, November 13 - 2005 at 13:14 UAE local time (GMT+4)

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