The IATEFL Classroom Exploration Scholarship

In 2006 Jane Willis and Corony Edwards won a British Council ELT Innovation Award for their book 'Teachers Exploring Tasks in English Language Teaching' The one aim of the book, which is a collection of papers written by teachers, was to encourage others to embark on small-scale classroom exploration projects to shed light on learner/learner interactions in their own lessons.  Now Jane and Corony are making a further contribution towards realising that aim by donating their award to fund a one-off scholarship for IATEFL Exeter 2008.

Teachers interested in applying should submit a reasearch outline with its rationale (not more than 500 words) to the IATEFL office by the end of May 2007.  A small committee will select the winner before the end of June 2007 so that the project can be carried out as soon as possible.  Applicants can enter projects already under way or planned for the academic year 07/08.  A progress report or final report on the work should be presented at IATEFL in Exeter 2008. 

The award is for £1000 to be used to meet project expenses, an IATEFL membership subscription and some attendance expenses for the Exeter conference.