Time for Change: Developing English Language Teaching (ELT) at Tertiary Level in Sudan

Time for Change: Developing English Language Teaching (ELT) at Tertiary Level in Sudan is an edited collection of the papers presented at the ELT Conference with the same title in Khartoum, Sudan, from 1 to 3 March, 2010. The event was organised by the British Council, the Association of Sudanese Teachers of English (ASTEL), Al-Neelain University, the University of Khartoum, Omdurman Islamic University and the Open University of Sudan. It was sponsored by the British Council and held at the University of Khartoum.

Introduction

• Toward a standardised EST testing framework at Sudanese universities by Abdunasir Ibrahim Abdulhalim Sideeg
• Time for change: Developing English language teaching at tertiary level in Sudan by Hala Salih Mohammed Nur
• Making the short story long: An approach to meeting the academic literacy needs of low-level university students in South Africa by Susan Ntete
• Summer pre-sessional courses at Ahfad University for Women (Khartoum, Sudan) by Amna Bedri
• Shedding light on the blind spots of teaching and teacher development by Aymérou Mbaye
• Towards ELT-based co-operation between tertiary-level institutes and employers by Leonardo Mack
• What English do university students really need? by Terry Phillips
• ICT in the classroom: Driving up results without breaking the bank by Andrew Stokes
• Effective testing: An essential requirement for English programmes by Eric Ngea Ntam
• The importance of continuing professional development training for teachers: The role of professional associations by Eric Ngea Ntam
• Developing a comprehensive language testing system in tertiary education in Sudan by Ishraga Bashir
• Changing teachers’ views about teaching and learning: A pre-requisite for improving ELT and student proficiency in English in Sudanese universities by Michael Baffoka Alexander Baffoka
• English for the workplace: Giving students language skills for future employment by Tohmoh by Joseph Yong
• Forms of in-service teacher development by Paul Fean
• Developing an academic English curriculum for Sudanese universities: Parameters and context by Yasir Hassan Hussein

Notes on contributors