As part of my professional commitment to TESOL, Corpus Linguistics and Language Assessment fields, I’m involved in a number of associations and take part in regular professional development conferences, webinars and talks. Details of these associations and their upcoming events for 2021 are listed below.
TESOL
TESOL International
TESOL International hosts several events. Their annual conference will be virtual this year and held 23-27th March 2021. Details of the conference are here.
TESOL Gulf
I’m involved in several activities at TESOL Gulf. We are currently offering free membership to teachers. We advertise regular events via our Facebook group, as well as invited and requested sessions on teacher professional development and weekly Tuesday get togethers online.
Corpus Linguistics
The Learner Corpus Association host a biennual conference and offer lots of corpus resources through their website.
Language Assessment
The English Language Testing Society (ELTS) will host their first virtual conference in 15-16th October 2021. Conference information is here
The International Language Testing Association (ILTA) host an annual conference. This year will be a virtual conference, taking place 14-18th June 2021. Conference information is here.
