ELTeCS project funding results spring/summer 2006

Training programs of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) through subjects teaching

Project managers: Daya Ram Gaudel, Nepal and DanicaLaukova, Slovakia

ELTeCS project funding results autumn 2005

1. Exploiting authentic materials for English language teaching

Project manager: Ms Kamal Kumari Bhandari (Timilsina), Tribhuvan University, Nepal, and Athar Munir Siddiqui, Pakistan
Teachers from: Nepal and Pakistan

Aims: To give teachers at intermediate level the skills to exploit authentic materials for language teaching in the classroom.  To enhance teachers' confidence and competence.  To enable teachers to transfer these skills to other teachers to increase the number of teachers who will benefit from this training.  The ultimate objective is to provide learners with trained teachers who will motivate them to use readily available resources for ongoing language and development.

Report from Nepal

Report from Pakistan

Final report from Nepal

ELTeCS project funding results autumn 2003

1. Workshop on designing materials for human rights education and English language development for upper secondary students in Pakistan, Azerbaijan and Nepal
Project manager: Sabiha Khuram, Pakistan
Teachers from: Azerbaijan, Nepal and Pakistan
Aims:

			Provide training in human rights education to teachers of English
			Provide initial training in human rights syllabus design to teachers of English
			Design an innovative framework for human rights education and English language development relevant to the South Asian and Caspian Basin contexts
			Provide language development opportunities for the participants
			Raise teachers’ intercultural awareness as the basis for teaching English for international communication
			Encourage further networking and co-operation among participants over the finalising of the syllabus and the implementation in class
			Create opportunities for future projects at the national or regional level
			Increase the role of the teachers’ associations in the design and delivery of ELT projects

Report

2. Study skills project workshop (initial stage; partly funded)
Project manager: Almas Taufiq, Pakistan
Teachers from: Nepal, Pakistan
Aims:

			Evaluate the initial project proposal in terms of feasibility, sustainability and required impact
			Finalize SMART objectives
			Identify timelines for each stage of the project
			Identify and allocate clear roles for group members
			Cost analysis
			Agree to follow-up actions.

ELTeCS project funding results autumn 2002

1. Publication of Language Policy, Planning and Practice: a South Asian Perspective
Project manager: Sabiha Mansoor, Pakistan
Teachers and policy makers from: Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Aims: The book will

			Present a regional perspective that will help to bring the countries of South Asia on a single platform, and share their views and experiences on Language Planning and English language Teaching (ELT)
			Bring with it the possibility of future collaborations with countries in the region in terms of research and investigation
			Cover comprehensively the Pakistani and the South Asian perspective on language planning, as well as the reflections of different authors on various areas of English language teaching (ELT)
			Contain articles on a relatively new area: ELT and Information Technology.

At the end of the project as many as 500 copies of the book will be circulated in Pakistan and major South Asian countries.