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Annual Report 2013: Summary

Academic Sessions A Free Two’ hour Workshop for Members and Non’ Member

January to December 2013 Academic Coordinator: Faisal Naseer - 2011-13 ACD No. : 339 to 350

SPELT International Conference Theme: Surfing The ELT Wave: New Ways For a New Generation!

October 25 to 27, 2013 Conference Coordinator: Lubna Mohiyuddin - 2013-15

English Strand Urdu Strand Keynote 1

Plenary 4

Workshop 57

Paper 14

Demonstration 3

Leadership 7

SIG 7

Webinar 9 Keynote 1

Symposium 3 Plenary 3

Panel Discussion 1 Workshop 14

Book Launch 1 Panel Discussion 1

Cancel Session 8 Cancel Session 1

Chief Guest: Zubaida Mustafa

Date Resource Person Topic Attendees

January 26th

2013 Multiple Intelligences Farzana Salman 41

February 23,2013 Effective Behavioural Management in the Classroom and School Shazia Asif Khan 25

March 30, 2013 Making Students Genius M. Farid Hanif 31

April 27,2013 Integrating Grammar with Writing Aneesa Mumtaz 31

May 25,2013 The Smart Classroom integration Technology (ICT) Tools into teaching and learning of English language

Sohail Shazad 22

June 29,2013 Learning how to Learn Nasreen Ahsan 29

July 27,2013 Teaching Language through story writing [a research based approach to story writing

Sonia Salim 22

August 31,2013 Paragraphing: as easy as 1-2-3 Niamat Anwaral 41

September 28,2013 Facilitating Effective Communication Skills Lubna Panjwani 52

October 12,2013 Mastering Behaviour-Teachers As Leaders Aamoon Sahotrah 28

November 30,2013 Integrated Skills Zenab Shabbir 29

December 28,2013 Livening Up Instruction Through Performance Based Assessment

Muhammad Aamir 27

Celebrating 30 Years of Professional Excellence in 2014

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English Keynote and Plenary Speaker

Keynote: Dr. Christine Coombe, Dubai Men’ College , Dubai UAE

Title: Best Practice in ELT: 10 Traits of a Highly Effective Teacher

Plenary: Naomi Migliacci, International Consultant, speaker and Writer, USA

Title: English Teaching for the 21st Century: A overview

Dr. Ishrat Suri , Asst. Prof, Enlish, Dar-Al-Hekma University, Jeddah, Saudi

Arabia

Title: Strategies for Teaching English Abroad to Speakers of Other Language

Rukhsana Zia, Director, Center for Learning And Teaching, Forman

Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore

Title: Are We Professionals? What Is Our Code Of Conduct?

Dr. Shahid Siddiqui, Professor & Head Department of Social Sciences Lahore

School of Economics

Title: Language Policies and the Politics of Linguistic Choices in Pakistan

Urdu Keynote and Plenary Speaker

Keynote: Dr. Arifa Syeda Zahra, Educationist

Title: Ik Tarzay Taghaful Hay……..

Plenary: Amra Alam Writer

Title: Urdu Zaban Ki Ahmiat or Hamara Mashara

Prof. Dr. Zulqarnain Ahmed

Title: Sciense or Technologh kay Jadeed Dor May Urdu Ki Ahmiat

Dr. Tanzinzim-Ul-Firdous

Title: Urdu Zaban Ki Ahmiat

A Major Sponsors

Total No of Participants: 765

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Workshops Held in 2013 Workshop Coordinator: Aisha Uzma Aslam -2012-14

ICELT: Cambridge ESOL Awards, UK

During 2013, SPELT, in coordination with the Cambridge University, UK, conducted the ICELT (In-service Certificate in English Language Teaching) programme, as a part of its

ongoing activities. This course is under progressed attended by 21 participants.

Internal Moderator: Dr. Nasreen Hussain, Principal: Aneesa Mumtaz, Course Director: Prof Zakia

Sarwar, Tutors: Prof. Fatima Shahabuddin & Rehmat Ebrahim, Visiting Faculty: Fatima Rehan Dar, Huma

Thaver and Lubna Panjwani

SPELT/ GETZ Pharma Project

Title: Business Communication and English Enhancement Program

Date: August 17 to September 16, 2013 Duration: 50 Hours No. of Participants: 20 High level personnel

Course Tutors: Prof. Zakia Sarwar & Fatima Shahabuddin

Project Facilitators: Rehmat Ebrahim and Gul Jaffri

Date Course Resource Person Attendees

February 23rd

, 2013 English Language Teaching with Electronic Dictionaries

Aneesa Mumtaz

Sarah Mansoor

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March 9 , 2013 People Management Saboohi Irtiza 21

April 19,20 ,2013 Effective Classroom Management Fatima Jebeen 42

May 4 ,2013 Lesson Planning Aneesa Mumtaz 24

May,15,16,21,22,23,28,29, 30, 2013

Speaking up with

Rehmat Ebrahim 39

September 2,3,4,5,6,7, 2013

From Learning to read to reading as a learning tool

Rehmat Ebrahim, Mahjabeen Sadik,

Faiza Faisal

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September

16, 18, 20,23,25,27

October

1, 3, 4, 7, 2013

Enhance your Spoken English Fatima Rehan Dar 18

October 20,2013

Pre-Conference Institute

Empowering Learners Effective Classroom Management

Dr. Ishrat Suri 20

October 28,2013

Post-Conference Institute English teaching for the 21

st Century

Designing Problem-based Lessons

Naomi Migliacci 23

Batch 24

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Journal Committee 2013

Journal Committee Coordinator: 2010-2013

The committee has successfully met its target of bringing out four issues of Volume XX111 of the

SPELT Quarterly Journal for the year 2013. Issues Nos. 1,2 and 3 have already been published and

distributed to the readers, while No. 4 is ready to go into print.

Lead Article of Quarterly 2013

Volume Topic Authors

Vol 28 No.1

March 2013

Child Centredness and Learner Independence Ray Brown

Vol 28 No.2

June 2013

Teaching English in English Medium Schools:

Extending the Teacher Knowledge Base

Dr. Hema

Ramanathan

Vol 28 No.3

September 2013

Effective Teaching from Students’ Perspective

Dr. Maya David

Neda Saeipoor

Vol 28 No.4

December 2013

1. Characteristics of Highly Effective EF/ESL Teachers

2. The Loops of Language Teaching

Dr. Christine Coombe

Rahila Waqar

SPELT Head Office, Karachi Working committee

Working Committee Coordinator: Darakhshan Talat Zaheer - 2010-2013

SPELT Membership 2013 Life Members 134

3 Years Membership 21

Individual Members 226

Institutional Members 38

Total 419

Dates of Working Committee Meetings

Office Report Full Time Employees: Sadia Jamil Nasir Ahmed Khan Shamas ullaha Khan

Part Time Employees: Nisar Ahmed Muhammad Yameen

Programme Coordinator: Fatima Shahabuddin 2010-2014 Finance Coordinator: Khalida Sa’Adat 2011-13 Hon. Executive Director: Prof. Zakia Sarwar

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January 2013 09th

February 2013 09th

March 2013

13th

April 2013 25th

May 2013 08th

June 2013

13th

July 2013 17th

August 2013 14th

September 2013

22nd

September 2013 (Retreat @ Zs House)

12th

October 2013 Pre-Conference Meeting

20th October 2013 Pre-Conference Meeting

19th

November 2013 14th

December 2013 28th

December 2013 - AGM