- Call for Submissions for Journal of NELTA 2019
- National Conference of NELTA 2019 Accomplished!
- JALT update
- English and Communication Skills Training for Government Attorneys
- Basic Training of English Language for Government Attorneys and Staff
- 2018 International Conference on Teaching and Researching EFL Writing
English and Communication Skills Training for Government Attorneys
Nepal English Language Teachers’ Association (NELTA) coordinated Two-week long English and Communication skills Training for Government Attorneys at Singha Darbar. It was a joint venture of NELTA and the Office of Attorney General supported by the U.S. Department of State.
English Language Specialist, Donna Bain Butler, Ph. D. from U.S. Department of State and Mr. Michael Heyman, Resident Legal Advisor from the US Embassy, Kathmandu facilitated the sessions. Twenty-five Government Attorneys actively participated engaged in the activities designed with the ‘aim to meet participants’ personal goals while developing professional proficiency and effective communication, with special focus on speaking and writing. In addition to the topics and themes designed by the Specialist, the participants were encouraged to develop their own legal topics scaffolding of interest, concern, and challenge.
All the participants’ appreciated the training with a request to organize such advance level training in a regular basis.
The presence and brief remarks of the Attorney General both in the opening and closing program illuminates the requirement of need for English language in any profession particularly in legal profession. Mr. Michael C. Gonzalez, DCM, Charge de Affairs, also shared his happiness to support the Attorneys in effective prosecution of law.
NELTA extends its gratitude to U.S Embassy, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Attorney General, RELO, U.S. Embassy, Access Alumni, the Attorneys, NELTA advisors & executives for their support for the successful completion of the training program.
During the opening ceremony of English and Communication skills Training for Government Attorneys, with the Attorney General Agni Prasad Kharel, NELTA President Ms. Motikala Subba Dewan, Chargé d’Affaires, US Embassy Michael C. Gonzales, Advisors; Prof. Dr. Jai Raj Awasthi, Mr. Hemanta Raj Dahal, IPP Ms. Meera Shrestha, Deputy Attorney General Khagaraj Poudel, English Language Specialist Dr. Donna B Butler, other dignitaries, NELTA members and staff of Office of Attorney General.
Basic Training of English Language for Government Attorneys and Staff
The office of Attorney General in collaboration with NELTA, organized a 12 Day Basic level English Language Training for the Staff of Office of Attorney General from 31 December, 2018 to 13 January, 2019. The training was focused to teach the basics of English Language and to improve communication and proficiency in their professional field. The syllabus was designed based on the need assessment, focusing the development of four skills of language, grammar, legal vocabulary and presentation skills. Ms. Motikala Subba Dewan, Ms. Sarita Dewan and Mr. Kunjarmani Gautam from Nepal English Language Teachers Association (NELTA) facilitated the training for 2 hours every morning from 7:30 to 9:30 am. 25 staff from different offices of Attorney General participated in the training. The opening and closing programs were attended by Deputy Attorney Generals Mr. Khagaraj Poudel, Mr. Kiran Poudel, Mr. Narayan Poudel and the Joint Attorney, Mr. Bishworaj Koirala. According to the feedback given from the office of the Attorney General, the training was appreciated and considered fruitful for their professional development.
2018 International Conference on Teaching and Researching EFL Writing
The 2018 International Conference on “Teaching and Researching EFL Writing” was held on October 12-15, 2018 organized by Nanjing University, Department of English, China. The Conference Organizing Committee sought proposals for 30-minute presentations (including 10-minute questions and discussions) that addressed various topics within the broad field of second language writing. Any topic related to second language writing theory, research, or teaching was welcome. More than 600 participants from different universities of China and international presenters participated in the conference.
The President of NELTA Ms. Motikala Subba Dewan and Past President Mr. Hemanta Raj Dahal participated and presented paper entitled “English Access: Additional Input for ESL Development in Rural Nepal” at the Conference. The presentation was focused on how the English Access program has brought the changes in the underprivileged children of public schools and the program is sponsored by the US government has become instrumental as an additional input for ESL development in the rural community setting in Nepal.
