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Coordinator News

I would like to welcome members, old and new, to the new look of our
e-newsletter and the introduction of a more responsive and modern
format. This is something we have been looking into for quite some
time now and we hope you like it as much as we do. Over the next
months we will be experimenting with different styles and media and we
very much welcome your feedback, ideas and suggestions.

It’s been a month since the outstanding IATEFL Brighton conference
where the LTSIG had a strong presence with a Pre-conference event
on Virtual and Augmented Reality and a Showcase of 7
technology-related talks. This was an inspiring, fun-filed coming together of community
members, international colleagues, ideas and talks and the feedback we received was glowing.
So, for those of you who didn’t make it to this year’s IATEFL, or for those of you who would like
to reminiscence the good time we’ve had, this newsletter has extensive reports, complete with
pictures, videos and write-ups on both of our days.

And as if this was not enough, once we got our breath back we participated in two online
events; the Virtual Round Table organised by the amazing Heike Philp and the #MAVRLT
tweetchat organised by LTSIG and the JALT MAVRSIG. Both events were on Virtual &
Augmented Reality as a follow-up to our extremely successful PCE.

The next coming months are set to be just as exciting. Benefits such as a new research
publication for LTSIG members, an online research conference, travel grants to attend IATEFL
associate conferences, plus many more are going to be announced soon. We are also going to
announce the topic of our PCE Liverpool and a travel grant for one of you to attend it. Finally,
don’t miss the opportunity to apply for our Roving Reporter Diane Eastman scholarship as you
may be the lucky one to be fully-sponsored to attend IATEFL Liverpool next year. Details will be
available on our website and the next issue of this newsletter.

Finally, a very big thank you to our departing committee members Shaun, Sylvia and Dimitris for
all their hard work and we wish them all the very best for the future.

Don’t forget that we are always waiting to hear from you regarding ideas for events or
discussions, or your general feedback in terms of SIG activities. So do drop us a line on our
social media channels or contact me personally at sophia@ltsig.org.uk

Best wishes,

- Sophia (May 2018)

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