06Sept
Workshop
Teaching speaking in very large classes
A practical Saturday workshop on getting sixty learners speaking, with activities you can use on Sunday morning.
- 10:00 am
- Padma Language Institute
Free for members · ৳500 otherwise
Welcome to ITTAB
Linking, developing and supporting English language teaching professionals
A professional community for teachers, trainers and institutions across Bangladesh.
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What ITTAB offers
Everything you need to grow as an ELT professional
Membership, professional development, community and opportunity — brought together in one association.
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Who we are
A professional association built by teachers, for teachers
ITTAB is a professional association that links, develops and supports English language teaching professionals. We bring together teachers, trainers and institutions to share knowledge, raise standards and build a stronger teaching community.
- Nationwide teaching community
- Recognised professional development
- Conferences, workshops and webinars
- Special Interest Groups
Farid Ahmad Ali
President
International TEFL Teachers Association Bangladesh
Message from the President
“English is a POWER!”
You can feel it once you grasp it and speak it in front of others. Language learning accelerates when you own a passion for acquiring it and exposure to practice it. The ‘International TEFL Teachers Association Bangladesh’ is the exposure English teachers need. We welcome anyone from anywhere in the world to learn English, whether for teaching, business, media or communication.
As we breathe, we hardly realise the air encircling us. In the same way, we set you up with English and let you explore through a range of amazing activities and tasks. So, English Language professionals school it, businessmen trade it, ordinary people mean it, and students discover it.
It is a non-profit organisation that takes no political interest in any way. We intend to share advanced approaches, methods, and techniques of teaching and learning English. In doing so, we collaborate exclusively and connect globally.
Let us empower you till your last day of life. You learn English today for yourself; remember, it will be carried on by your children for generations. So, JOIN US and let us serve you to carry on your English with ITTAB.
Special Interest Groups
All groupsFind the teachers working on what you work on
Each group runs its own sessions, shares materials and shapes a strand of the annual conference. Members can join as many as they like.
Membership
Join the association
Choose the membership that fits where you are in your career.
Individual Membership
Most popularFor individual teachers and trainers.
Annual
- Member rates at all ITTAB events
- Access to webinars and recordings
- Join any Special Interest Group
- Resource library access
- Newsletter and job board alerts
Organisational Membership
For institutions and their staff.
Annual
- Discounted membership for nominated staff
- Member rates at the annual conference
- Resource library for every enrolled teacher
- Priority when hosting ITTAB workshops
- Listed as an institutional member
Student Membership
Discounted rate for students.
Annual
- Reduced membership rate
- Student rates at ITTAB events
- Mentoring and early-career support
- Resource library access
Professional development
All eventsUpcoming events
Conferences, workshops and webinars — online and across Bangladesh.
27Sept
Webinar Online
Webinar: assessment that changes what learners do next
An hour on written feedback — what learners actually read, and what makes them act on it.
- 7:30 pm
- Online
Free for members
18Oct
Meetup
Chattogram chapter meet-up
An informal evening for teachers in and around Chattogram — two short talks and plenty of conversation.
- 5:00 pm
- Bay of Bengal University
Free
For the classroom
Materials you can use on Sunday morning
Templates, classroom guides and research summaries written by teachers here, for the classes we actually teach — large, mixed-level and short on equipment.
Template
Lesson plan template
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Peer observation form
Latest news
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Announcements
ITTAB annual conference dates announced
We're excited to announce the dates for this year's ITTAB annual conference, bringing together English language teaching professionals from across Bangladesh.
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Professional development
Professional Development Workshops and Courses
Short-term training sessions focusing on specific teaching areas, from communicative language teaching to AI in the classroom.
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Opportunities
Free courses for English language teachers
The British Council's TeachingEnglish site offers free lesson plans, activities and self-access professional development.
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Opportunities
Level up your English teaching with OPEN Global Online Courses
Free, university-level professional development for EFL educators worldwide, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
Read article“ITTAB is where I got my first article published, where I first presented to an international audience, and where I have built most of my professional network of colleagues.”
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Become part of a growing network of English language teaching professionals in Bangladesh — and help raise standards for everyone.