Dr. David Nunan, author and Chair professor of Linguistics at Hong Kong University, was the keynote speaker and gave a wonderful interactive presentation on: Taking a task-based approach to teaching grammar.
Other speakers included: Bob Woodhead, Head of the Center of Testing, who spoke about English Proficiency in the Classroom; Prof. Mark Starrs of Asian University who gave a presentation on Content-based teaching; Dean Robert Shrubshall talked about developing reading skills; Christopher Robinson from Pearson-Longman gave an interactive workshop on creative use with course books; and teacher trainer Chris Finch from TEFL International showed how songs can be used for fun in the language classroom.
Other conference participants included Cambridge University Press, DK Today, Longman-Pearson’s and Media Kids.