Webcast English for Progress Online
A Virtual Policy Dialogue is being organized in New Delhi, India. Known as ‘Third Policy Dialogue’, it is being conducted from November 18, 2009 to November 20, 2009 in New Delhi.
The Third Policy Dialogue aims to highlight challenges and reveal best practices in English language teaching and learning that can benefit the education system, teachers and learners in India and Sri Lanka.
The Dialogue will feature the launch of ‘English Next: India’ which is being published by the British Council and written by David Graddol, a well known UK Writer.
The Third Policy Dialogue will address the following issues:
– Transforming the workforce for 2020
- English in skills for employability: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives
- Assessing language skills for employability
- Policy implementation: Teacher education programmes
- Linking curricular reforms to National Curriculum Framework (NCF)
- Teacher education framework: Challenges of implementation
- Teacher qualifications and assessment
- The future of language teacher education: Methodological choices
- Managing educational change
Prominent Speakers will be addressing the Third Policy Dialogue:
-Mr. Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
-Mr. David Graddol, UK writer, broadcaster and lecturer and author of English Next: India
-Mr Rod Bolitho, Academic Director of Norwich Institute for Language Education (NILE), UK
-Mr Martin Wedell, Senior Lecturer and Head of International Education, School of Education, University of Leeds UK
-Ms Maya Menon, Director, The Teacher Foundation, India
-Sir Richard Stagg, British High Commissioner to India
-Mr. Martin Davidson, Chief Executive, The British Council
For Conference Details, click on the below link:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/india-projects-english-thirdpolicydialogue.htm
