The 7th IATEFL ELTA International Annual Conference brings about many changes and you are cordially invited to experience those new delights and novelties either as a presenter or simply as a conference attendee. The Conference will be held from 22-24 May 2009 in a new venue - Master Center, Novi Sad.

The Conference bears the title: "Devise, wit; write, pen... and gather the harvest of knowledge" and is primarily focused on writing - teaching, practicing and assessing writing, choosing a topic, dealing with audience, motivating students to write, etc.

The 7th IATEFL ELTA International Annual Conference will be truly special if it is to be judged by the names of people to present, one of them being Dr Shelley Wong, President of TESOL. Besides Dr Wong, many other renowned plenary speakers and guests will add to the event’s importance.

English language teachers, university professors, teacher trainers and all those involved in teaching English in a myriad of other ways are more than welcome to apply for a form of presentation of their preference: talk, discussion, workshop or poster presentation and thus share with colleagues their experience, approach and strategy of dealing with the topic. If, however, your interest lies somewhere other than writing, it would be equally delightful to have you present.

The working part of the Conference will be accompanied by social events and an ELT Book Exhibition to enable you mingle with colleagues and browse through numerous books displayed at publshers’ stalls. Moreover, Conference attendees will have a chance to enjoy refreshments, the courtesy of sponsors, as well as win many prizes.

As the Conference is to be held in the new venue, organization calls for timely action concerning accommodation. Therefore, we would like to alert you to the need of booking accommodation well in advance (preferably in January or February at the latest) either through our Accommodation Manager, Jelena Raković, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or on your own.

Updates, forms and other important details will be available by February on ELTA and British Council websites, so please make sure you check these sites from time to time. Please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

We are looking forward to seeing you in Novi Sad.