Continued Yemeni participation in 39th IATEFL International Conference and Exhibition [Archives:2005/838/Local News]

By Fahmia Al-Fotih
For the Yemen Times
The 39th International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) was held this year on 5-9 April 2005 and took place at Kent University, Cardiff.

The annual conference is best known for its friendly and relaxed atmosphere, where ELT professionals from over 70 countries, including Yemen, are able to network, discuss and socialize for four days.

The conference has tackled and discussed a number of interesting topics in Business English, computers amd ELT management. English for specific purposes, English as a second language, global issues, learner independence, Literature, media and cultural studies, pronunciation, research, teacher development, teacher trainers and educators, testing, evaluation, assessments and young learners.

Dr. Taha Ahmed AL-Fotih, the head of English at Dhamar University, represented Yemen and presented a paper entitled “Acquisition of the English Articles by Arabic Speaking Students”

Dr. AL-Fotih expressed his happiness in participating for the second time in the IATEFL conference and benefited a lot from the presented subjects.

He further thanked the new leadership of Dhamar University represented by Mr. Ahmed AL-Hadhrani, the Rector of Dhamar University, for the support of the university and to the university staff in participating abroad and push them to exchange experiences with others.

It is worth mentioning that last year's conference that was held in Liverpool was widely agreed that it had a real buzz to it. This was due to the quality of the plenary and other presentations and to a venue of character, which attracted polarized feedback of both a positive and less positive nature. There were a number of innovations, including a Local Committee whose work made an immense contribution to the conference.
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