Affiliate News - 04/10/2020 (Plain Text Version)
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AFFILIATE REPORTS: ASIA ELTAM, SHARING SUCCESS AND ACHIEVEMENTS, KEY THEME - SUCCESS Dr. Mira Namsrai, President of the English Language Teachers' Association of Mongolia/Mongolia TESOL, Mongolia
For more than 20 year’s English Language Teachers Association/Mongolia TESOL has been serving secondary school and university English language teachers around the country by collaborating with national and international organizations. ELTAM PD ELTAM initiates and organizes annual conferences, workshops, research projects, materials development, and in-service teacher training programs to promote English language teachers’ professional development and contribute to the English education development in the country as well. One of the major projects is the national English teaching curriculum and textbook development for secondary schools. By the request of the Ministry of Education, the team of teachers and educators appointed by ELTAM produced national standards, core curriculum, and learning materials for teaching English at the secondary school level. Success and Achievements We are proud of our success and achievements because our team has set up a new level of standards for teaching and learning materials production (including printed and audio materials), which served as a good example for materials production for other secondary school subjects. The project products have also contributed to the national capacity development in English language education, mainly training Mongolian ELT materials writers and a team of curriculum developers. Other groups of human resources benefited from the project were English language teachers and learners, publishers and designers, education administrators, and decision-makers. Curriculum and Textbook Development In recent years, the curriculum and textbook development team revised the English language curriculum and textbooks in line with the Ministry’s education reform. Newly revised materials aim to meet international standards and new trends in the ELT field. Incorporating a learner-centered approach, which includes constructive, creative, and task-based learning is the main feature of the curriculum and textbooks that are currently used in all secondary schools. In 2002, the English–1 set won the Mongolian President’s Award for the best textbook of the year. In 2009, the series of English textbooks received the ELTons Award for Innovations in an international category from the British Council. Our textbooks have been nationally and internationally recognized. Finally, I am happy to say that our successful long-term work on national curriculum and textbook development has been making a significant contribution to the development of English education in our country. Therefore, we are proudly sharing our achievements and progress with the wider ELT community. |
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