17th AsiaTEFL International Conference
27-29 June 2019
Ambassador Hotel Bangkok, Thailand

 

Theme:
ELT FOR GLOCAL SYNERGIES
ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND MULTILINGUAL AMBIENCES

 

 

Dear AsiaTEFL members,

Greetings from the AsiaTEFL Presidential Office.

We do hope this message finds you all in good health and with high vigour and spirit for actively participating in AsiaTEFL events. Asia TEFL will again hold its annual conference in 2019 in collaboration with the Language Institute of Thammasat University (LITU), Thailand. Members of AsiaTEFL, as ELT specialists and enthusiasts, are encouraged to share at this conference ideas and thoughts on professional collaborations or synergies across disciplines and multilingual ambiences, and on new innovative approaches, methods and techniques in ELT across disciplines and multilingual ambiences.

Please note the following important dates: November 1, 2018 – Feb 28, 2019: Abstract Submission
March 30, 2019: Notification of Acceptance
April 1 - 30, 2019: Early-bird Registration
May 1 - 31, 2019: Regular Registration
June 27 - June 29, 2018: The Conference
For further details and updates, please visit http://www.asiatefl2019.org

With best regards,

Fuad Abdul Hamied & Jihyeon Jeon
Asia TEFL Presidents

Change of Membership Period

 

Dear AsiaTEFL members,

At our annual Business meeting in Macau in June, it was decided that the AsiaTEFL would start from Jan. 1, 2019 the new membership system; the membership period will be valid for one calendar year (January to December) irrespective of the date of joining. For example, in the case of one year membership, no matter when you join, the membership will be ending on Dec. 31 in the year.

In order to make a smooth transition to the new membership period, we will make the following arrangements for those who have joined in 2018.

1. For those who joined AsiaTEFL for one year, before Jun. 30 2018, the membership will expire Jun. 29 2019. For example, if you joined Mar. 25 2018, your membership will expire in Mar. 24 2019. However, if you re-join one more year on Mar. 24 2019, it will expire in Dec. 31 2019 according to the new system. Those who participated in Macau Conference 2018 have got the discounted registration fee. And as you will pay in Mar. 24 2019, you will get a discounted registration fee in Thai Conference 2019.

2. For those who joined AsiaTEFL for one year, after Jul. 1. 2018, the membership will expire in Dec. 31 '2019'. For example, if you joined AsiaTEFL on Jul. 25 2018 your membership will end in Dec. 31 2019. You will get a discounted registration fee one time in 2019 Thai conference.

3. For those who joined for three or five year membership, how it works is the same as number 1 and 2. For example, if you joined 3 year membership on Apr. 12 2018, the expiration date will be Apr. 11 2021. Further if you re-join one year membership, it will end on Dec. 31 2021. If you joined after Jul. 1 2018 for 3 years, it will expire on Dec. 31 2021.

If you joined before 2018 for multiple years, you can refer to number 3 depending on whether your expiration date is before Jun 30 or after Jul 1.

If you have further inquiries, please contact atmembership@hanmail.net We would appreciate it if you give us your membership number (and the date you joined if possible) and the exact email address you used when you joined, in order to respond to you more quickly.

You can check your new membership period in the homepage (www.asiatefl.org) from Jan. 1, 2019 by going to [My page] > [Membership Period] after log-in.

Sincerely,
Masaki Oda, Ph.D.
Vice President for Membership

To Asia TEFL Members

 

A reminder
from Asia TEFL Presidents
re. participation in 2019 AsiaTEFL Conference

Dear Asia TEFL members,

Please accept our belated Happy New Year to each and everyone of you. We would also like to remind you that, as announced earlier, the 17th AsiaTEFL Conference is to be held in just a few months from now, 27-29 June 2019 at Ambassador Hotel Bangkok, Thailand, hosted by Language Institute of Thammasat University.

The conference will be another significant event for Asia TEFL members, as the conference organizer at Bangkok has lined up an impressive team of keynote and plenary, speakers such as Budsaba Kanoksipatham, Andy Kirkpatrick, Kurt Kohn, Alastair Pennycook, Willy Renandya, Yilin Sun, and Amy Tsui, plus a lineup of featured speakers from different countries in Asia. Please note the deadline for abstract submission is February 28, 2019.

We would like to have you all, Asia TEFL members, with your colleagues in TEFL/TESL professions, to participate and present ideas and research findings in this annual gathering, in addition to hearing from those powerful, authoritative speakers above and meeting with other ELT colleagues from different parts of the world during the three-day conference! For more information, please access the link to the conference website: http://www.asiatefl2019.org

We look forward to welcoming you all to Bangkok, Thailand, in June this year.

With best regards,

Fuad Abdul Hamied & Jihyeon Jeon
Asia TEFL Presidents