India: Bringing grammar to life in the upper-primary classroom (Conducted by Ana Garcia Stone and Adrian Tennant)

Sri Lanka: English and ICT: using web-based learning tools and resources in the classroom (Conducted by Gavin Dudeney)

•  Intensive professional development seminars for teachers
•  Training on innovative and latest techniques tailored to the Indian and Sri Lankan context
•  Practical tips on becoming a ‘champion’
•  'Learning by doing’ approach
• Residential: aimed at enhancing networking and group cohesion

About the Hornby Trust
The Hornby Seminars are run with the support of the A. S. Hornby Educational Trust. The Trust was established in 1961 by A. S. Hornby, popularly known for the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

Hornby Seminars
Hornby Seminars provide Scholarships for English Language Teaching (ELT) professionals who wish to study in the UK. Each year these seminars have enabled teachers to develop their expertise and upgrade their English teaching skills. In India and Sri Lanka, Hornby Seminars have been running since 2000 and have helped directly train over 1000 teachers, many of whom have cascaded the workshops to hundreds of teachers across the region.

Seminar Objectives

At the end of all Seminars, participants will receive a collated booklet of all the work and lesson plans that the group has produced so that activities can be tried in a realistic classroom setting.

Hornby Seminar Participants: Who can apply?
Hornby Seminars are designed for English teachers working in the government sector and NGOs in India and all interested teachers in Sri Lanka.  All course materials will be tailored to this context.  If you are interested in applying, please contact the regional coordinators or download an application form:  

Seminar Dates and Application Deadlines

(* Cities to be confirmed)

Fees: 7000 Rs. / 19,500 LKR, per participant** which includes:

• tuition
• training materials and resources
• accommodation (on twin sharing basis)
• all meals  
• (** does not cover transport to and from the training venue)
  

Send applications to Regional Coordinators:
North India
Sumit Malik
Head – Project English (North India), British Council
E: sumit.malik@in.britishcouncil.org
T: +91-11-414977131

South India
Shobana Sairajkumar
Administrative Executive – Project English, British Council
E: shobana.sairajkumar@in.britishcouncil.org|
T: +91-44-42050600

East India
Debanjan Chakrabarti
Head – Project English (East India), British Council
E: debanjan.chakrabarti@in.britishcouncil.org
T: +91-33-2282 5370

West India
Havovi Kolsawalla
Head – ELT (West India), British Council
E: havovi.kolsawalla@in.britishcouncil.org
T: +91-22-2279 0120

Sri Lanka
Amina M M Ruwanpathirana
Assistant Manager, Programme Delivery, British Council
E: amina.ruwanpathirana@britishcouncil.org
T: +94-11-4521574