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naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

I tried a search, but couldn't find anything. And IATEFL doesn't have any Chinese group in their list of their associates. Are there annual conferences or congresses for English teachers in China? Or workshops, training sessions held by any TEFL organisation?

Lobster · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:33 am Post subject:

This spring I was invited to attend theFirst International Conference on Early Childhood Education in Shanghai. It was a three-day event and despite the lack of workshops very well run.

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naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

How do you find out about the conferences? Is there a nation TEFL organisation or something similar?

kev7161 · Joined: 06 Feb 2004 Posts: 5880 Location: Suzhou, China

Wouldn't that be cool and oh-so forward thinking for there to be conferences, workshops, seminars, etc. for foreign teachers to attend? Wouldn't it be neat-o to actually share ideas, not only with other FTs but with Chinese counterparts as well? Wouldn't it be wise for people in the Chinese education bureaus to actually recognize the validity of foreign teachers in the field of English education and try to understand the problems they encounter?

Saying all that . . . who here would actually attempt to attend these workshops if they were offered in your neck of the woods? Would you attend on your own time and dime or would you expect your school to send you and pick up the tab (time served, transportation, hotels, food . . . )?

InTime · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Posts: 1676 Location: CHINA-at-large

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naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Thanks. I'm also going to check out the British COncil. Maybe they'll have info.

InTime · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Posts: 1676 Location: CHINA-at-large

http://www.elt-china.org/english/default.asp

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