The 23rd Conference of the Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers (SPELT) will commence from November two. This was stated by the Conference Coordinator, Ms Huma M. Thaver, while talking to APP here on Wednesday.
The inaugural session of the three-day moot, scheduled to be held at the Habib Public School here. Later, the conference will also be organised simultaneously in Islamabad and Lahore from November 9 to 11. Mini conferences are also scheduled at Abbotabad and Multan on November 6 and 7.
"We call it a travelling conference. We go to the teachers to provide them with the required service. It's a unique feature of such a conference", Huma remarked. She said that the focus of the conference is to enable the teachers' association to help develop the teachers professionally.
It was pointed out that our teachers need training and guidance, which is provided to them by SPELT. Huma said that the teachers of general subjects also attend the SPELT conference. Urdu workshops are also organised simultaneously. She said that papers would also be presented at the SPELT moot about the research that has been conducted internationally.
Speakers at the conference wiill be from the United States Britain, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Turkey, Japan, Canada, Bangladesh and India as well as the English Language Teaching experts from Pakistan.