Philippine Association for Language Teaching

The Philippine Association for Language Teaching is an academic and professional association that helps teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). It is often called PALT for short. Its offices are at the College of Education of the University of the Philippines in Quezon City.

History[change | change source]

PALT started in 1960.

PALT has a convention every year with papers, keynote speakers, workshops, and social events. Its first international convention was in 2001.

PALT has relationships with several other language teaching associations including:

This short article can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.

v t e English language teaching
Approaches	Communicative approach Comprehension approach Dogme language teaching Lexical approach Natural approach Sociocultural learning theory Whole language learning
Methods	Audio-lingual method Community language learning CALL Content-based instruction CLIL Direct Method Extensive reading Grammar-translation method Language immersion Pimsleur system PPP Silent way Suggestopaedia Task-based language learning
Techniques	Back-chaining Dictogloss Jigsaw techniques Shadowing Total physical response
Key concepts	Critical period hypothesis English as a lingua franca Input hypothesis Fossilization Interlanguage Language transfer Learnability/teachability hypothesis Needs analysis Output hypothesis Second-language acquisition Syllabus World Englishes
Assessment	Language assessment CEFR DIALANG IELTS TOEFL TOEIC UCLES
Professional organizations	IATEFL TESOL
Important people	Betty Azar H. Douglas Brown Pit Corder Jim Cummins Rod Ellis Stephen Krashen Diane Larsen-Freeman Michael Lewis Paul Nation Alastair Pennycook Patricia A. Richard-Amato Jack C. Richards Wilga Rivers Earl Stevick Scott Thornbury Henry Widdowson