ELT Policy Dialogue Conference. November 4, 2009
Posted by niqueluz in English for Progress.Tags: British Council India, ELT conference, English for Progress, Third Policy Dialogue
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Hi folks.
Just trying out this new blog to see if i can navigatet it. How did I do?
Looking forward to seeing you all in Delhi on 18th-20th November for what promises to be the biggest and best of our conferences so far!
aanchal
agastyamuthanna
andeggs
anu04
aparnanagesh
arnabbanerjee87
British Council India
Catherine
clareod
dcfrombc
Anooja
nehajaiswar
niqueluz
nupurs
Philip Clegg
rwituja
Seamus
shonaliganguli
Stephen
British Council India's Blog 
Sincerely hoping, a lot of good comes out of it all.
It’s going great Anupma. Lots of important issues being addressed by some great speakers. Don’t forget to catch all the sessions at
http://www.britishcouncil.org/india
Still trying to absorb all that was ‘served’ at the TPD: David’s research, Confident students on the stage, the success story of Tamilnadu, Columbia’s clear bilingual policy, , Martin’s roadmap for effective change, Chetan’s, straight from the heart, practical advice, Manish’s onslaught and George stuffing the elephant into the London double decker!
Jeez! i don’t recall the name of a single dish i ate.
Great to hear your thoughts on the topic!
On India’s best-selling English language author, Chetan B’s speech, I was mighty impressed on hearing of his principalled, humanitarian approach to publishing his novels. Retailing at just Rs. 95 across the country, Chetan echoed the sentiment of Mr Som Mittal (SM) Pres. Of Nasscom, who asserted that English as a driver for economic progress and development is a question of ‘access’.
CB has shown one thing: there are lakhs of people out there willing to pick up an English novel and give it a chance. That is a big deal, and well done Chetan Bhagat for that.
If tribals in Bastar are reading CB’s books and self-teaching themselves English, i guess the academically marginalised in cities too can give it a shot. Thinking of gifting a dozen of CB’s books to a school library in Mumbai and following it up with a book discussion.
What do you think, will it do anybody any good?
Is Chetan’s ‘talk’ online? Can i have the link please?
We will be uploading the full talk soon to the YouTube section, and I’ll announce when it’s there. It is 47 mins long, so takes a bit of uploading! In the meantime you can see the text of his speech on his blog at http://bit.ly/4OdJ8o
Thanks Stephen. I’ll wait for the uploading, i want to use it for ‘analysis’ with my IG students.