NATECLA National Conference 2007

Theme: Politics, Principles and Practice Conference on 6,7 8 July 2007 at City University, London. North Thames hosted National Conference on 6, 7, 8 July 2007 at City University, London. This year’s conference engaged with the politics, principles and practices of ESOL and the place of language and learning in the lives of teachers, learners, and society as a whole. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, journalist, broadcaster, author of ‘Who do we think we are? Imagining the new Britain’ (2000), and advocate of social justice for migrants and their families gave the keynote speaker on Friday evening. Her talk was entitled 'Blaming the victim - Language, Integration and Political Failures'. Friday keynote address - will be available shortly. There was an exciting range of workshops and themes and a series of mini workshops to introduce new faces and ideas. Sunday On Sunday, after the morning workshops, Helen Casey chairs the NATECLA ESOL Question time panel of influential voices - with the DfES and NIACE returning to talk and listen to us one year on from ‘More than Language’. Q & A available soon. The NATECLA conference is the ESOL event of the year - an opportunity not to be missed. Our main sponsor for 2007 National Conference is Trinity College London. Our other sponsors are: Cambridge ESOL Examinations English Speaking Board LLU+ National Research Develpment Centre (NRDC) Pearson Education Skills for Life Strategy Unit We are grateful to them all for their support of our conference. Comments from previous conferences 'Lively, well-organised and inspirational' 'Great mix of speakers and workshops'