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Huancayo, Peru teachers celebrated their successful FLA.
We will also be working with our new TAE SIG Satellite SIG chairs in Saudi Arabia to stage an event in Riyadh. This event is still in the planning stages. More information about the date will be communicated on the website. Let’s welcome George Kormpas and Dr Ali Mitchell, currently based in KSA, as our new Satellite TAE SIG Cochairs! Goal 3: Publications Adding to the knowledge base of our field and showcasing some of the excellent work that our members have been doing is another important TAE SIG goal. As such I am pleased to announce the publication of TESOL Arabia’s first e-book, Best Practice in ELT:Voices from the Classroom. This volume is a collaboration between the TESOL Arabia TAE SIG and the Bangladeshi English Language Teachers Association (BELTA) Testing SIG. The volume, coedited by Christine Coombe and Rubina Khan, featured 25 chapters on various aspects of best practice in the field including a series of chapters on assessment-related issues. The book is free and can be accessed either on the TESOL Arabia website or by emailing me at ccoombe@hct.ac.ae. TAE SIG co-chairs, Christine Coombe and Peter Davidson, along with three very well-known testers in the region (Sahbi Hidri, Deena Boraie, and Atta Gebril) have put in a proposal to the Publications committee about the possible publication of a Volume 23
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new research-based volume tentatively titled, Language Assessment in the Middle East and North Africa: Theory, Practice, and Future Trends. If we get the green light from the TESOL Arabia Publications Committee, we’ll be launching the Call for Papers later on this year. As always we look forward to your contributions to the TAE SIG as well as any suggestions you might have on how we can serve you better. Contact me at ccoombe@hct.ac.ae for more information or any questions you might have.
Ayacucho, Peru, FLA participants took time out for a group photo. TESOL Arabia Perspectives
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