Time for Change

The British Council,in association with the University of Khartoum,and the Association of Sudanese Teachers of English(ASTEL)organised a Three day conference(1-3 March 2010).under the title of Time for Change/Developing English Language Teaching at Tertiary Level in Sudan.

The conference examined the current provision of English language teaching at Sudanese universities and discussed ways in which this can be improved by drawing upon ideas from both Sudanese and international speakers.

Themes of the conference included:

-Curriculum Development

-Use of New Technologies

-Testing

-Involving the Private Sector

-Teacher Development

TESOL SUDAN

TESOL Sudan arranged for a ONEday seminaron Feb 20.2010,leading to the 1st TESOL SUDAN CONFERENCE2010.The theme of the seminar was Proplems,Challenges,and Trends in the Teaching of English as a Second language(ESL),English as aForiegn Language(EFL),and English forEspecific Purposes(ESP).the seminar featured local&international scholars and practitioners of Linguistics,ESL,EFL,and ESP.