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Smith, Richard (2014) Transformations in ELT : contexts, agents and opportunities. In: NELTA 18th International Conference, Nepal, 16-18 Feb 2013. Published in: NELTA Conference Proceedings 2013 pp. 12-22. ISBN 2091-0487.
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Abstract
In my talk at the beginning of the 2013 NELTA conference I thought it would be appropriate to offer a concrete interpretation of the conference title, which is quite powerful but at the same time wide-ranging and in need of clarification. Considering what could be meant by ‘transformations’, ‘contexts’, ‘agents’ and ‘opportunities’ in ELT and how they might come together, I used this as a way of making explicit some personal theories developed in the course of my 30-year career in ELT. I also showcased recent investigations by members of two research groups I have been coordinating -- the international Teaching English in Large Classes (TELC) network (bit.ly/telcnet-home) and a smaller group at my own university (‘APT’ – i.e. the ‘Appropriate Pedagogy Thinktank’), constituted around the work of PhD researchers Mais Ajjan, Harry Kuchah Kuchah and Anyarat Nattheeraphong from 2009 to 2013.
The following short essay presents an outline of the argument I developed at the conference. Due to space limitations, this will appear less nuanced than a longer article might allow, but I hope that what I write here will nevertheless be thought-provoking and might serve to stimulate useful discussion among teachers in Nepal and elsewhere. To relate the argument throughout to ‘ground realities’, I incorporate some views previously expressed by Madhav Prasad Timilisina, a teacher of English in a rural public school in Nepal, from data collected by Prem Phyak for presentation at a TELC network event in 2011 (cf. Smith et al. 2012).
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | NELTA Conference Proceedings 2013 | ||||
Publisher: | NELTA (Nepal English Language Teachers’ Association) & Routledge | ||||
ISBN: | 2091-0487 | ||||
Book Title: | NELTA Conference Proceedings 2013 | ||||
Editor: | Shrestha, P. N. and Dhakal, K. R. and Ohja, L. P. and Rana, L. B. and Rawal, H. | ||||
Official Date: | 2014 | ||||
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Page Range: | pp. 12-22 | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | NELTA 18th International Conference | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
Location of Event: | Nepal | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | 16-18 Feb 2013 | ||||
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