The Extensive Reading Foundation

The 43rd IATEFL Annual Conference this year happens in Cardiff, Wales and this is where the ERF is also going to announce the 2009 Awards Finalists. Besides that, for the 3rd year in a row the British Council and IATEFL are bringing the Conference to thousands of teachers around the world through Cardiff Online - the virtual conference. Being one of the moderators of the Literature, Media and Cultural Studies Forum  I have decided to open a thread there to discuss Extensive Reading and I would like to invite all of you  to join us in the discussion.

Join us and fellow ELT professionals from around the world to discuss, reflect on and develop ideas. The 43rd IATEFL Conference will offer many opportunities for professional contact and development. The programme offers over 400 workshops, posters, talks, panel discussions and symposiums by international presenters from over 60 countries.

The 43rd IATEFL Conference, 31 March-4 April 2009 

The British Council and IATEFL have launched the Cardiff Online website which will offer coverage of this year's IATEFL Annual Conference in Cardiff. 

The Cardiff Online website allows remote participants to take part in one of the world's biggest ELT conferences through a variety of resources including:

• Video recordings of selected sessions
• Audio recordings of selected sessions
• Live streamed plenaries and events
• Moderated special interest discussion forums
• Chat sessions
• Blogs and photo albums

This initiative builds on the earlier collaboration between the British Council and IATEFL in Aberdeen and Exeter in the last two years, which brought together thousands of teachers and trainers at the actual conference and online. Over 5,000 teachers joined us for Exeter Online and this year we expect a much larger audience. This is a real opportunity to take part in the biggest online ELT training community. This year we expect a much larger audience, and this is a real opportunity to take part in the biggest online ELT training community.

The Cardiff Online website gives you an opportunity to share ideas with teachers all around the world. There will be interactive coverage with video presentations, reports and interviews 'almost live' from Cardiff.

We look forward to meeting you online, and hope that you join the Literature Forum soon.

Cheers - Chris