The First National Symposium of English Language Teaching Unit at the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, Sultan Qaboos University, which will be held ONLINE, sheds light on English language Teacher Education in the Sultanate of Oman. Teachers have always been at the centre of national development. Different public and private institutions have contributed to educating and training English language teachers to achieve quality English language Teaching (ELT) education and hence serve nationalization and modernization.

This symposium is organized for the first time and tackles an unprecedented topic. It aims to critically address the existing gaps in the Omani English Language Teacher Education (ELTE) system and work towards bridging them through creating a platform for sharing and exchanging common and particular knowledge and ideas and concerns to better prepare more competent professional teachers to contribute to the development of the Sultanate of Oman.