Abstract:‘Attending conferences’ has never been easier: from home, live internet access to key talks and presenter interviews are often available; get involved in those interviews through twitter or online cha...‘Attending conferences’ has never been easier: from home, live internet access to key talks and presenter interviews are often available; get involved in those interviews through twitter or online chat, and you are virtually there! Perhaps easier still is the opportunity to read, at leisure, a selection of presentations and plenary sessions. This also enables you to ‘walk in and out’ of any talk you please, dipping into those you find immediately appealing or staying in a session you did not expect to be gripped by! Such is my experience with the IATEFL 2010 Harrogate Conference Selections, based on the 44th conference. Tania Pattison’s welcoming editorial introduction puts the volume in context (five days of presentations, symposiums, Special Interest Group (SIG) programmes, posters, debates, etc.), and is followed by three perspectives on the conference as a whole, which also point out what readers missed: write-ups not included (for example Scott Thornbury, Dave Willis), the pecha kucha night, and Harrogate spas, which no publication can provide! The contributions are grouped into 11 topic areas.Read More
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-12-15
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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