Friday, October 27, 2006
Hello!
Yup, the Brunei English Language Teachers' Association (BELTA) has finally joined the blogosphere!
BELTA, a voluntary, non-profit, non-government organization, started off as Brunei Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (BATEFL) in April 1973, with the aims of promoting teaching of English Language as a foreign language in schools in Brunei, and promoting and fostering friendly goodwill and mutual understanding among teachers of English in Brunei.
Among the many events that BATEFL organized were competitions such as for Road Safety, Spelling Bee, Scrabble, Song & Rhyme, workshops and talks for professional development, annual book exhibitions, and annual conferences on various themes and with guest speakers from RELC, Singapore and British Council, Kuala Lumpur.
It was active for three years until 1976 when it became inactive. It was not until the late 1990s that efforts were made to revive BATEFL. BATEFL finally resumed its operations in December 2003 and assumed the new name BELTA in April 2004. In its first 2 years, BELTA has organized conferences and spelling competitions with many more events coming soon.
The new and current executive committee was elected in August earlier this year (2006), with Dyg Hjh Aishah binti Hj Muhammad Husain, the Director of Curriculum Development Department, as President. It currently has over 200 members.
For information on upcoming events, you can visit the BELTA Calendar .
Regards,
Joanna Kwan
Secretary
belta.sec@gmail.com
