The 2016 IATEFL Conference starts tomorrow and though, like me, you may not be able to be there, a lot of the talks will either streamed live online or (more conveniently if you're in a very different time zone) posted online later.
To see the list of live streamed talks, check out the IATEFL Live Schedule page. All the early morning plenaries are being streamed at 9am UK time, and include :
Wednesday - David Crystal : Who would of thought it? The English language 1966-2066. This is my personal "mustn't miss" talk. - and I'll tell you why in tomorrow's post.
Thursday - Silvana Richardson : The ‘native factor’, the haves and the have-nots. I know this is going to be followed by a panel discussion will post a link to that too as soon as it's available.
Friday - Diane Larsen-Freeman The justice and imperative of girls’ secondary school education – a model of action. This one intrigues me - I'm wondering what contexts she's going to be discussing. having taken an active part in the feminist movement of the late 60s and 70s, this is a battle that i'd thought won - at least in the west. I'm interested to see if she disagrees.
Saturday - Scott Thornbury . 1966 and all that: A critical history of ELT. Another "mustn't miss" and particularly relevant to anyone coming up to the Delta Module One exam this June.
And then there's the closing plenary at 13.15 UK time : Jan Blake Man, woman, life, love: stories from Africa, the Caribbean, and beyond A must for anyone who enjoys storytelling activities in the classroom.
Apart from the plenaries, there will also be live interviews with speakers every day. See the site page (link above) for details.
What else will be going online? Well Cambridge English are sponsoring a number of talks which will be filmed and made available later. I shall add the links as they become available, but watch out for them if you are doing delta Modules One and Three - there 's a lot that looks as if it will be useful both regarding testing in general and the specialist subjects of Module Three in particular. See their programme here.
What else will be going online? hard to say. Most of the major ELT publishers have sponsored talks - but will they be posted online? They don't say. But I'll keep my eyes open and this page will be updated daily with anything that I find . And if anyone wants to let me know about anything - feel free to use the comments box below.
Want to see other IATEFL posts?
A blast from the past - David Crystal's opening plenary
... more will be added as the conference progresses