MOSCOW ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
юяянжхюжхъ свхрекеи х опеондюбюрекеи юмцкхияйнцн ъгшйю
лняйбш х лняйнбяйни накюярх

Founder √ Fund ⌠Pedagogical University Pervoye Sentyabrya■ with the support of the Moscow Department of Education, the Moscow Region Ministry of Education, the National Association of Teachers of English, the English Language Office of the USA Embassy in Russia and the non-governmental organization American Councils. MELTA is a joint chapter of the National Association of Teachers of English (NATE).

Goals:
√ To unite on a voluntary basis school and university teachers of the English language and culture of Moscow and the Moscow region for:
√ Elevating the prestige of the English language teacher profession;
√ Creating a favourable environment for both professional development and communication;
√ Achieving an effective methodological and linguistic link between school and university teachers;
√ Defending teachers▓ rights;
√ Rendering support for young teachers.

Objectives:
1. To organize various forms of professional communication and professional development.
2. To defend the professional interests of English language teachers.
3. To ensure effective coordination of all agents of the social educational process: teachers, students, parents and the community.

Structure:
President: Victoria Oshchepkova (oschep@orc.ru)
Vice-President: Olga Boltneva (boltneva@mail.ru)

Committees:
On Professional Development √ Elena Belonozhkina
On Gifted Children Support √ Nataliya Mikunis
On English Language Teachers▓ Rights and Responsibilities √ Natalya Fedotova
On Young Teachers▓ Support √ Petr Stepichev
Bank of Pedagogical Ideas and Information √ Alyona Gromoushkina

Special Interest Groups:
ESP √ Irina Korotkina
Country Studies and Cross-Cultural Communication √ Victoria Oshchepkova
English and American Literature and Creative Writing √ Olga Boltneva
Extracurricular Activities √ Anaida Ambokadze
Course Design √ Julia Kuzmenkova
Computer Assisted Learning √ Tatiyana Kuznetsova
Phonetics and Art of Speaking √Larisa Mashkova
Interactive Learning √ Tatyana Surganova
Assessment, Testing and Evaluation √ Youdif Boyarskaya
Young Learners √ Erin Bouma

Membership:individual and group

Contact MELTA!
tel: (499) 249-06-40
newspaper English (editorial office)
e-mail: eng@1september.ru or melta@1september.ru