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For more than 20 year’s English Language Teachers
Association/Mongolia TESOL has been serving secondary school and
university English language teachers around the country by collaborating
with national and international organizations.
ELTAM PD
ELTAM initiates and organizes annual conferences, workshops,
research projects, materials development, and in-service teacher
training programs to promote English language teachers’ professional
development and contribute to the English education development in the
country as well. One of the major projects is the national English
teaching curriculum and textbook development for secondary schools. By
the request of the Ministry of Education, the team of teachers and
educators appointed by ELTAM produced national standards, core
curriculum, and learning materials for teaching English at the secondary
school level.
Success and Achievements
We are proud of our success and achievements because our team
has set up a new level of standards for teaching and learning materials
production (including printed and audio materials), which served as a
good example for materials production for other secondary school
subjects. The project products have also contributed to the national
capacity development in English language education, mainly training
Mongolian ELT materials writers and a team of curriculum developers.
Other groups of human resources benefited from the project were English
language teachers and learners, publishers and designers, education
administrators, and decision-makers.
Curriculum and Textbook Development
In recent years, the curriculum and textbook development team
revised the English language curriculum and textbooks in line with the
Ministry’s education reform. Newly revised materials aim to meet
international standards and new trends in the ELT field. Incorporating a
learner-centered approach, which includes constructive, creative, and
task-based learning is the main feature of the curriculum and textbooks
that are currently used in all secondary schools. In 2002, the English–1
set won the Mongolian President’s Award for the best textbook of the
year. In 2009, the series of English textbooks received the ELTons Award
for Innovations in an international category from the British Council.
Our textbooks have been nationally and internationally recognized.
Finally, I am happy to say that our successful long-term work
on national curriculum and textbook development has been making a
significant contribution to the development of English education in our
country. Therefore, we are proudly sharing our achievements and progress
with the wider ELT community. | 
