Friday, August 17, 2012

[ELTeCS_PE​RU] IATEFL SCHOLARSHI​PS - -Come on! peruvian colleagues​..do apply!!

Scholarships for the Liverpool Conference: Newsflash 2


Here are the full details of the brand new IELTS Morgan Terry Memorial Scholarship plus all five Cambridge ESOL Scholarships which are available for the Liverpool IATEFL conference. Exceptionally for 2012/13, there is an extension on their application date. Applications must be made by 20th September 2012 and results will be announced in mid- October.

Please note that these scholarships do not require you to give a presentation and that they are open to people who are not yet IATEFL members so please pass the information along to your colleagues.

Applying – using the online application form


 apply for any of these scholarships, please visit

http://www.iatefl.org/information/scholarships


Select ‘Apply for a Scholarship’



Click ‘I am applying for the first time’

(This takes you to a page where you will be able to fill in your profile. If you have an IATEFL membership number then please don’t forget to include it. Have your photo ready to upload. You’ll be given your scholarship record code when you fill in and submit the profile page.)



Save your scholarship record code.



Use it to apply for any further scholarships you qualify for – as few or as many as you like but paying close attention to the task requirements for each - and clicking ‘I have applied before’ after the ‘Apply for scholarship’ button.



IELTS Morgan Terry Memorial Scholarship

This new scholarship, funded by the IELTS partners (British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia, University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations), is in memory of Morgan Terry, a dear colleague who made significant contributions to the work of IELTS until her untimely death in 2011.



The award consists of:

- booking for the TEA SIG’s pre-conference event

- booking for the main conference

- a year’s IATEFL membership

- a maximum of five nights’ accommodation

- travel costs including, if necessary, an economy flight to the UK*

- GBP 50.00 per day expenses



*this includes cost of flights and airport transfers but not the costs of stopovers



To qualify you must:

- have prepared learners for taking IELTS

- have never attended the main IATEFL annual conference

- agree to write an article 6 months after the conference about how attendance at the conference has enriched your practice



To be considered you should submit:

in 400-500 words:- educational material you have created (e.g. lesson plan, classroom activity) and used to prepare prospective IELTS candidates for taking the test

and detail:

- the creation process behind the material

- the reason(s) why the material is innovative

- how the material may be used by other teachers.



The submission date is 20 September 2012. You will be informed of the result by mid- October 2012.

Please apply using our online application form and make sure you have your photo ready to upload.



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Cambridge ESOL Best Practice in English for Academic Purposes

This scholarship gives the opportunity for any teacher involved with teaching English for Academic Purposes to attend the IATEFL annual conference Liverpool 2013. This scholarship is funded by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations.



The award consists of:booking for a pre-conference event of the winner's choice

booking for the main conference

a year's IATEFL membership

a maximum of five nights' accommodation

travel costs including, if necessary, an economy flight to the UK*

GBP50.00 per day expenses* This includes the cost of flights and airport transfers. Cambridge ESOL will not cover the cost of stopovers.

To qualify you must:teach English for Academic Purposes

have never attended the main IATEFL annual conference

To be considered for the scholarship you must:complete the following task in 400-500 words

Drawing on your own experience, identify what you feel are the most important skill required for reading academic texts, and describe the ways in which you help your students develop them.

The submission date is 20th September 2012. You will be informed about the award around mid-October 2012.

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Cambridge ESOL Best Practice in Language Assessment ScholarshipThis scholarship, funded by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, gives the opportunity for anyone with an interest in Language Assessment to attend the IATEFL annual conference Liverpool 2013.

The award consists of:o booking for the Testing Evaluation and Assessment Special Interest Group (TEA SIG) pre-conference event

o booking for the main conference

o a year's IATEFL membership

o a maximum of five nights' accommodation

o travel costs including, if necessary, an economy flight to the UK*

o GBP50.00 per day expenses

* This includes the cost of flights and airport transfers. Cambridge ESOL will not cover the costs of stopovers.To qualify you must:o work in the fields of English language teaching or language assessment

o or be a post-graduate student focussing on teaching / assessment issues

o have never attended the main IATEFL annual conference



To be considered for the scholarship you must:o complete the following 400-500 word task:

Action research is a 'research-based form of professional development to enhance pedagogical practice' which has become popular in the last twenty years (Burns, 2012). Read Cambridge ESOL's Research Notes 48 http://research.cambridgeesol.org/research-notes/issue-48-may-2012 then write a short essay (400-500 words) describing how you would employ action research in your own context.

The deadline date is 20th September 2012. You will be informed about the award around mid-October 2012.

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Cambridge ESOL Best Practice in State Education Scholarship

This scholarship gives the opportunity for any teacher involved in state education to attend the IATEFL annual conference in Liverpool 2013. The scholarship is funded by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations.



The award consists of:booking for a pre-conference event of the winner's choice

booking for the main conference

a year's IATEFL membership

a maximum of five nights' accommodation

travel costs including, if necessary, an economy flight to the UK*

GBP50.00 per day expenses

* This includes the cost of flights and airport transfers. Cambridge ESOL will not cover the costs of stopovers.

To qualify you must:be involved, formally or informally, in state education or be interested in moving into this area of work

have never attended the main IATEFL annual conference

To be considered, you must:Complete the following task of between 400 and 500 words:

Describe a classroom activity you have created to help prepare your students for a Cambridge English for Schools exam (YLE, Key for Schools, Preliminary for Schools or First for Schools), explaining how the activity both helps the students prepare for the exam and improves their language skills.

The deadline date is 20th September 2012. You will be informed about the award around mid-October 2012.

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Cambridge ESOL Best Practice in Teacher Training ScholarshipThis scholarship provides an opportunity for a teacher trainer involved with the formal or informal training and development of teachers to attend IATEFL Liverpool 2013. This scholarship is funded by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations.



The award consists of:o booking for a pre-conference event of the winner's choice

o booking for the main conference

o a year's IATEFL membership

o a maximum of five nights' accommodation

o travel costs including, if necessary, an economy flight to the UK*

o GBP50.00 per day expenses

* This includes the cost of flights and airport transfers. Cambridge ESOL will not cover the cost of stopovers.

To qualify you must:o be a teacher trainer involved, informally or formally, with the training and development of teachers.

o have never attended the main IATEFL annual conference

To be considered, you must:o complete the following task:

Cambridge English Teacher is a professional development site for English language teachers. Write 500 words explaining Continuous Professional Development to a new teacher, including some practical suggestions of what they can do at different stages of their career.

The deadline date is 20th September 2012. You will be informed about the award around mid-October 2012.

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Cambridge ESOL Dr Peter Hargreaves Scholarship

This scholarship is in memory of Dr Peter Hargreaves. The scholarship is open to any ELT professional or aspiring ELT professional and gives the opportunity to attend the IATEFL Liverpool 2013 Conference. The scholarship is funded by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations.

The award consists of:booking for a pre-conference event of the winner's choice

booking for the main conference

a year's IATEFL membership

a maximum of five nights' accommodation

travel costs including, if necessary, an economy flight to the UK*

GBP50 per day expenses

*This includes the cost of flights and airport transfers. Cambridge ESOL will not cover the costs of stopovers.

To qualify you must:work in the fields of English language teaching or language assessment

or be a post-graduate student focusing on teaching/assessment issues

have never attended the main IATEFL annual conference

To be considered for this scholarship you must:complete the following task:

Cambridge English Teacher is a professional development site for English language teachers. Continuous professional development is an important part of a teaching career. Write a short essay of 500 words outlining some of the professional development activities that you have done and how these have helped you with your teaching.The deadline date is 20th September 2012. You will be informed about the award around mid October 2012.

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