ELT KNOWLEDGE PROMOTION
SUPPORTING ELT KNOWLEDGE PROMOTION
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
This year, ASOCOPI is delighted to celebrate the 61st National and 7th International ASOCOPI Annual Conference, titled Transforming ELT Contexts: Saberes Glocales, Diversities, and AI, invites educators, researchers, and practitioners to rethink English language teaching as a field shaped by contextual realities and global challenges. The conference focuses on three interconnected themes. Diversities recognize the multiple identities, languages, and knowledges that coexist in ELT classrooms and communities, encouraging reflection on inclusive practices and the visibility of diverse perspectives. Saberes Glocales highlight the dialogue between local knowledges and global perspectives, emphasizing situated, community-based ways of knowing and doing that enrich ELT practices. AI in ELT explores the impact of artificial intelligence on teaching and learning, addressing its potential for personalization and innovation while critically examining issues of equity and contextual relevance. Together, these strands invite participants to envision ELT as a transformative, inclusive, and forward-looking field
Professional development workshop: Nurturing and sharing local expertise and experience in English rural education.
This professional development workshop in the form of a two-day virtual workshop (16 hours) with synchronous and asynchronous participation of English teachers who share and systematize their experiences about teaching English in rural areas. It was offered exclusively to 50 elementary and high school teachers who teach English in the public sector in some regions in Colombia: the Caribbean and Pacific coasts, Andean, Orinoquia and Amazon regions. It is organized in partnership with Colombian scholars and teachers who have deepened their understanding of teaching English in rural areas. Through this professional development workshop, ASOCOPI continues its work to support English teachers and teaching in our country. ASOCOPI also intends to strengthen the Special Interest Groups: Interculturality, Social Justice, and English Language Teaching and Materials Development and Didactics to construct professional communities that care about the language we teach with social responsibility
PAST NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Over more than half a century, ASOCOPI has been backing up the history of ELT in Colombia. Go back in time and check all the themes and venues where our congress has been held!
HOW is a journal by and for teachers of English who wish to share outcomes of educational and research experiences intended to add understanding to English language teaching practices. Therefore, the journal falls within the field of education and, specifically, the teaching and learning of English as a second or foreign language. HOW is a biannual publication led by ASOCOPI, the Colombian Association of Teachers of English and it is registered with Infotrac GALE Cengage Learning - Informe Académico, Dialnet, the Directory of Open Access Journals - DOAJ, and EBSCO. The journal is also indexed in CLASE, Educational Research Abstracts – ERA, The Education Resources Information Center - ERIC, Latindex, MLA International Bibliography, SciELO Colombia, and in Publindex-Colciencias, classified in category B.
LOCAL FEATURED SCHOLARSHIP WORK
Scholars and English language teachers who publish academic work in our field are welcome to share this with our community.
