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The Board of the Latvian Association of Teachers of English ( LATE ) would like to invite all LATE members and teachers of English in Latvia to participate in its 20th Anniversary conference 23 - 24 August 2012 at the English Studies Department at Visvalzu iela 4. Local teachers are invited to share their good practice with colleagues, and the participants of the conference will also have the opportunity to hear world class professionals in the ELT field.

For more detailed information, as well as registration forms, contact LATE late@latnet.lv

The British Council’s LearnEnglish has launched ‘Languages for the Games’,a global competition for schoolchildren to encourage second language use around the theme of Paralympic sports and values. Competition entrants must use their foreign language skills to demonstrate their creativity and awareness of the Paralympic Games. Entrants must create a short multimedia online presentation which can be viewed over the web and on mobile devices. Schoolchildren must enter as learners of English as a foreign language, and there are two age groups: Primary (users aged 8 to 11) and Secondary (users aged 12 to 16). The winners will get great class and individual / team prizes including a visit to the UK!

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