Pre-Conference Event 2008

As part of the annual IATEFL conference 2008, BESIG held a full-day Pre-Conference Event (PCE) on Monday, 7 April 2008 in Exeter, UK. Sponsored by Cambridge ESOL, the theme of the PCE was

Business English: The Challenges of Globalisation

Globalisation is dramatically changing the world of work and has significant implications for the teaching of business English worldwide. This one-day event looked at some of the challenges facing individual teachers, training organisations and companies, and educational institutes. The programme of the day is available here.

The speakers and their topics were as follows; click the title to see the speakers PowerPoint presentation (where available):

Azra Ahmed: The Challenges of Globalisation for BE: Implications for teachers and teaching
Deshini Chetty: Globalisation and Workplace Language Assessment
Evan Frendo: The challenges facing training organisations
Dominic McCabe: Globalisation, marketing and the high stakes of learning English
Bob McLarty: The changing face of Business English: a publisher's perspective

Thank you to Cambridge ESOL for the generous sponsorship of the event!