Cambridge ESOL Best Practice in Teacher Training Scholarship

This scholarship provides an opportunity for a teacher trainer involved with the formal or informal training and development of teachers to attend IATEFL Glasgow 2012.

This scholarship is funded by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations.

The award consists of:

  • registration for a pre-conference event of the winner's choice
  • registration for the main conference
  • a year's IATEFL membership
  • a maximum of five nights' accommodation
  • travel costs including, if necessary, an economy flight to the UK*
  • £50.00 per day expenses

* This includes the cost of flights and airport transfers.  Cambridge ESOL will not cover the cost of stopovers.

To qualify you must:
  • train or develop teachers, informally or formally
  • never have attended an IATEFL annual conference

To be considered for the scholarship you should:

  • Complete the following task of between 400 and 500 words

Write an essay saying how you would advise a new or trainee teacher about the use of L1 and English in the classroom.

And Provide:

  • brief details of the teaching context
  • a description of one of the training activities in detail

The submission deadline is Monday 22nd August 2011 and the award will be announced at the end of September 2011.

PLEASE APPLY USING OUR ONLINE APPLICATION FORM, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR CV AND PHOTO READY TO UPLOAD