Teachers’ Corner


INTRODUCING AINET…

AINET Association of English Teachers – (called ‘AINET’, in short) is a national level association of English teachers in India which works for the professional development of English teachers teaching at all levels- right from pre-primary to college/university. AINET is an associate of the International Association of Teachers of English as Foreign Language (IATEFL), UK.

WHAT DOES AINET DO?

AINET regularly organizes various professional development events for English teachers. These events include- workshops, trainings, teacher research projects, webinars, invited talks by eminent ELT experts and much more.

Every two years, AINET organizes an international conference which is generally held in January. This event gives English teachers an opportunity to present their papers, posters and exchange knowledge and expertise with fellow teachers and listen to international experts in the field of English Language Education and teacher development. The next AINET International Conference will be held ONLINE from 7-9 January 2022. To know more about this conference and register for participation, go to the conference website: http://conf.theainet.net/conf/

AINET offers grants to promising teachers to attend their conferences and other professional development events or take up small research projects in the field of English Language Teaching and teacher development.

AINET mentors offer voluntary guidance to the teacher-researchers to carry out and present their research.

AINET offers its members, an opportunity to become a member of the International Association of Teachers of English as Foreign Language (IATEFL), UK at a heavily discounted rate.

AINET has presence across all major social media platforms where they share important announcements information and resources for English teachers and also organize different virtual events/debates and discussions.

HOW CAN I JOIN AINET?

You can join AINET by filling up a simple online form and paying membership fee online. One year membership fee for an individual is Rs 500 while for three year membership, it is Rs. 1200.

To become a member, visit the AINET website: https://theainet.net/ and click Members’ Area > Become a member.

AINET is a completely non-profit and selfless initiative to help English teachers in India develop together and offer better English Language Education to the students.