Patron: Professor David Crystal, OBE, FBA
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Trustees can also be contacted by emailing [email protected]. Advisory Council:
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Associates Committee: Jean Theuma (Chair), Marta Bujakowska, Mirela Cristina Manea Gültekin and Janet Groom (Head Office representative)
Conference Committee: Gabriel Diaz Maggioli (Chair), Sarah Mount and Ros Wright. Head Office representatives: Annie Park, Sarah Ward, Louise Atkins, Jon Burton and Laura Creed
Digital Committee: Shaun Wilden (Chair), Sanja Bozinovic, Marcio Oliveira, Pola Papadopoulou, Georgia Papamichailidou and Louise Atkins (Head Office representative)
Membership Committee: Mojca Belak (Chair), Syke Annamma Kumaran, Maria-Araxi Sachpazian, Bozica Saric-Cvjetkovic and Janet Groom (Head Office representative)
Publications Committee: Aleksandra Popovski (Chair), Marina Gonzalez, Vicky Papageorgiou, Arum Perwitasari, Ruby Vurdien and Ewa Minkowska (Head Office representative)
Scholarship Committee: Christian Ludwig (Chair), Ben Beaumont, Laura Creed, Amos Paran, Nora Tartsay-Nemeth and Adrian Tennant
Voices Editor: Tania Pattison
Conference Selections Editor: Deborah Bullock
IATEFL representative on the ELTJ Editorial panel: Shelagh Rixon
IATEFL representative on the ELTJ Advisory board: Richard Smith
Joint Coordinators: Rob Howard and Maria Szugfil
Committee:
Coordinator: Lesley Painter-Farrell
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Coordinator: Caroline Hyde-Simon
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Coordinator: Rose Aylett
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Coordinator: Rachael Harris & Giovanni Licata
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Joint Coordinators: Giovanna Tassinari & Lawrie Moore-Walter
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Coordinator: Gerhard Erasmus
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Coordinator: Rob Hill
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Coordinator: Vicky Saumell
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Coordinator: Heather Buchanan
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Joint Coordinators: Gemma Archer and Adam Scott
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Coordinator: Ernesto Vargas Gil
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Coordinator: Serkan Aras
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Coordinator: Bahar Gun
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Coordinator: Maggi Lussi Bell (interim)
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Coordinator: Laura McWilliams
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The role of IATEFL Ambassadors has been reviewed and relaunched in 2022 as part of the Association’s drive to further build awareness of what we are, what we do, and the benefits of working with, or joining IATEFL. On a rolling basis a small number of individuals are identified based on their passion, their commitment to the Association, and their existing links and networks within the profession, and invited to accept the role for a minimum of 12 months.
Ambassadors are tasked with raising awareness of IATEFL within the wider English language teaching profession, and in supporting fundraising initiatives. The role involves:
We would like to thank our volunteer IATEFL Ambassadors for their hard work and commitment.
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Sandy Millin is a freelance ELT consultant, teacher trainer, and materials writer, as well as an experienced presenter across a whole range of subjects. She is currently Deputy Tech Coordinator for MaWSIG, and was previously part of the IATEFL Membership and Marketing Committee, where she helped to set up the IATEFL Voices blog. Sandy blogs at http://sandymillin.wordpress.com and tweets @sandymillin. She has self-published books focussed on teacher development (ELT Playbook 1 and ELT Playbook Teacher Training), and a book of ways to adapt speaking activities (Richer Speaking).
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Evan Frendo is a freelance teacher, trainer and author, specializing in Business English and English for Specific Purposes. His expertise is on training individuals and groups to improve their English so that they can operate more effectively in an international business environment. Sometimes this involves running courses and seminars, but more and more of his time is spent providing consultancy services to international corporations, training business English teachers and writing training materials. He is currently based in Berlin, Germany, but his work takes him to different parts of Europe and Asia. Visit www.e4b.de to find out more about Evan and what he does.
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Sarah Mercer is Professor of Foreign Language Teaching at Graz University, Austria. Her work focuses on the psychology of language learning and teaching. She has authored, co-authored and co-edited a number of books in this area and been principal investigator on several funded projects in this field.
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George Pickering is a widely known educational coach, consultant and trainer, who has worked professionally in over 65 countries. He is currently a senior inspector for Accreditation UK and the academic course director of the English UK Diploma in ELT Management in the UK and China. He was a trustee and a director of IATEFL for a total 12 years, as both the treasurer and later as SIG representative. George was also the co-ordinator of LAMSIG and newsletter editor for many years. He helped establish the IATEFL projects scheme for IATEFL Associates, was the co-designer of the IATEFL leadership programme for IATEFL associates, and was the co-editor of the Best of SIGS publication. He is currently conducting research into alternatives to neoliberal capitalism (purpose-driven organisations, co-operatives) and staff wellbeing and engagement.
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