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         PAN-ASIA:  A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
        January 5-7, 1997, The Ambassador Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

                   Thai TESOL 17th Annual Conference
                In Partnership with JALT and Korea TESOL

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Theme:  PAN-ASIA:  A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
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The conference will explore common interests and issues on English language 
teaching from an Asian perspective:
	- Culturally relevant techniques and materials
	- Appropriate technology relating to education
	- Effective use of English throughout Asia

Rationale and Aims:
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Asia is one of the most rapidly developing regions in the world. It has 
risen to prominence in all areas of industry, manufacturing and economy.  
Yet Asia is characterized by its diversity as much as by its uniformity.  
Development has brought increased links with the world as well as within 
Asia itself and the primary medium of communication is the English 
language. This conference will be the first to provide teachers of English 
language from various countries across Asia a forum to meet, discuss, 
compare experiences, share knowledge, methods, and techniques, and to 
explore whether a new and common vision for English language teaching in 
Asia may be forged.

Date:  January 5-7, 1997
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Venue:  The Ambassador Hotel, 171 Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok, Thailand
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Participants:  
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There will be about 2,000 language and teaching professionals including 
teachers from all educational levels, teacher trainers, program 
administrators, curriculum developers, and test developers. The majority 
of participants will be from the Asia Pacific region.

Language of the Conference:  English
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CONFERENCE ENQUIRIES: Naraporn Chan-Ocha <fflnnco@chulkn.car.chula.ac.th>

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                         CALL FOR PAPERS

Proposals are invited for papers, workshops, demonstrations, poster 
presentations and publisher's sessions.

KINDS OF PRESENTATION:

1.  Papers - These are lecture presentations to a formal audience. The 
duration is 45 minutes including time for questions and comments from the 
audience. The Conference Committee reserve the right to assign papers to 
either plenary or parallel sessions.

2.  Demonstrations - Rather than describing and discussing, a demonstration 
shows techniques for teaching. Normally, the presenter's statement of the 
theory underlying the technique takes no more than five minutes. The rest 
of the demonstration is used for showing, rather than telling. The presenter 
usually has handouts and may also use audiovisual aids. The abstract should 
include a brief statement of the presenter's central purpose and a 
description of what will be demonstrated (e.g. role playing) and how it 
will be done (e.g. some of the audience participating as students or an 
unrehearsed lesson with actual students). The duration is 45 or 90 minutes, 
inclusive of questions and comments from the audience.

3.  Workshops - These are demonstrations or discussions of classroom 
practices in which audience members are expected to be actively involved.
The duration is 90 minutes. Certain workshops may be repeated where 
desirable and feasible.

4.  Poster Sessions - A poster session allows for informal discussion with 
passers-by while a self-explanatory exhibit is on display. The exhibit is 
presented on a four-foot by eight-foot (roughly one meter by two meters) 
bulletin board. It includes a title, the name and affiliation of the 
presenters, and a brief text with clearly labeled photographs, drawings, 
graphs or charts. Appropriate topics would include projects in progress, 
or materials development.

5.  Publisher's Sessions - This is an opportunity for an exhibitor to 
present materials and to explain the thinking behind them more fully than 
is possible at an exhibition booth. These sessions are presented by book 
publishers, authors, editors or distributors, equipment manufacturers, 
and others whose goods or services have significance for the participants.

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For important dates, information for presenters, registration form, proposal 
form, please contact:  ttesol@nwg.nectec.or.th

Full information will be available on Thai TESOL WWW Page. To be announced.

