Call for Proposals 

Africa ELTA 9th International Conference on English Language Teaching

in collaboration with TELTA, Tanzania

Africa ELTA is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for its 9th Annual International Conference on ELT, which will be held on 20-22 June 2025 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania under the theme:

Innovating ELT in Africa

There will be a Pre-conference event (20 June 2025) and the main two-day conference will be on 21-22 June 2025. We welcome submissions that address the main theme or any of the subthemes below:

Professional Learning Networks for Teachers in Africa

Learner-centered Practices in the African ELT classroom

Curriculum Development

AI in the Language Classroom

Teaching Large and Low-resource Classes

Intercultural Education in the Language Classroom

Language Assessment

Technology Integration in the African Language Classroom

Gender and Inclusion Issues in Education

Justice and Equity in Education Policy

Teaching English in Multilingual Settings

Perspectives on World Englishes

Successful L2 Pedagogies

Note: Presentations that address relevant issues in ELT and that can contribute to the advancement of ELT in Africa are welcome

Session Types

Presentation (30 minutes: 25 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A)

Research papers/teaching approaches 

Workshop (45 minutes: 40 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A)

Hands-on activities that promote classroom practice.

Panel Discussion (90 minutes: 80 minutes +10 minutes Q&A, 3 to 5 presenters)

Discuss a topic of relevance to the conference theme or current ELT issue by examining various dimensions including theoretical and practical implications.

Teaching Tips (10 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A)

Practical teaching ideas with the exception of storytelling

Storytelling (15 minutes: 10 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A)

Stories with practical implications

General Guidelines

Proposals should be submitted via this LINK ONLY. Africa ELTA does not have the resources to fund attendees, hence, it is important that presenters secure funding or self-fund to attend the conference.

Title: 10 words maximum (Capitalize the initials of content words only)

Abstract: 50 words maximum

Session description: 250 words maximum

Bio: 40 words maximum

Citations: APA style (add link)

Please note that proposals exceeding the stipulated word count will not be considered.

Please click on these links to see the proposal evaluation RUBRIC and good sample PROPOSALS

The deadline for accepting proposals is November 30, 2024, by 21.00 GMT. To submit your proposal, please click on this LINK. Proposals submitted via email will not be considered 

Note: There will be a session by the Program Team on how to write a successful proposal for first time presenters and anyone else who might be interested.

Please check the FAQs

For further inquiries, please email africaeltaconference@gmail.com