Brief Overview

The 5th CamTESOL conference was held at the National Institute of Education (NIE).  The conference was all day on Saturday 21 February and the morning only of Sunday 22 February.

The conference was opened by the Minister of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS), HE Im Sethy.

Registration for the conference totalled 1 207, of whom 1 174 registered for and attended on both days of the conference.  Of total registrations, 770 were Cambodians.  278 participants came from foreign countries specifically for the event.  There were 282 provincial teachers at the conference, 243 of whom were Government high school teachers sponsored by a range of donors, notably by the US State Department.

Additional activities included:

• A pre-conference workshop on Action Research
• Educational Site Visits
• Quality Assurance Forum
• An Orientation Program for teachers from the provinces
• A Presenters’ Warm Up function
• The Conference Dinner

The conference had a total of 218 presentations including papers, workshops and posters.  The two plenary speakers were Professor Jun Liu and Professor Anne Burns.

Documentation from the conference follows:

Conference Program

Plenary Sessions – abstracts & biodata

Featured Sessions – abstracts & biodata

Parallel Sessions – abstracts

Biodata of Speakers

Conference Organisers

Selected Photos from the Conference