Azerbaijan English Language Teachers' Association, popularly known as AzerELTA, is an association of English teachers at all levels in Azerbaijan, Iran. Founded in 2002, AzerELTA is a non-governmental organization affiliated to the Ministry of Education. The association was officially registered on 12 March, 2009 in Iran under Registration No: 417 and is licensed by the Ministry of Education. It became an Associate Member of IATEFL in 2010. AzerELTA's mission is to improve the quality and scope of English teaching in public schools, private language institutes, and universities in Azerbaijan. Having two coordinators in each city in West Azerbaijan Province, AzerELTA hopes to provide services to all EFL practitioners working in schools, universities and English language institutes. AzerELTA's long-term goal is to expand and promote its activities and services into Azerbaijani provinces in Iran. The executive board of AzerELTA is elected by the members biennially.

AzerELTA aims to:

The management body and some members of AzerELTA were treated to the first phase of a one-day workshop on Strengthening Teachers' Association (STA). The training was delivered by Dr. Javad Gholami, an Assistant Professor of TEFL from Urmia University, at AzerELTA's head office on August 27, 2008. STA workshops are aimed at improving the structure, activities and services of teachers' associations. Following the workshop, Dr. Gholami and AzerELTA members exchanged their ideas on the status of English teaching in Iran in a very supportive and friendly ambience.

2nd Seminar and Workshop on Testing & Evaluation
Current Issues and Practices in Language Testing
Urmia, February 2008

Workshops and presentations held by

Naqada 1st Conference on ELT Issues
Naqada, W. Azerbaijan, September 2007
Held by

• Education Administration of Naqada, City Council and AzerELTA Members and Coordinator in Naqada

1st Seminar and Workshop on Testing & Evaluation
New Developments in Language Teaching and Testing
Urmia, August 2003

A brief summary of the presentation which was given to the audience is as follows:
The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate some of the new trends in language teaching and their corresponding procedures in language testing and language assessment that might be applicable to TEFL classes in Iran. More specifically, the presentation is intended to:
1. Provide an overview of the current approaches to language teaching and testing
2. Demonstrate the principles of the communicative era of testing and assessment

Workshop and Presentation Run by

Although there is an ever growing number of publications on ELT, ELTA's Journal (EJ) deals generally with English Language teaching and learning especially throughout our province. Addressing such specific issues as L1, L2, local obstacles in the way of English teaching, classroom management, textbooks and new trends in ELT, EJ is published periodically and all submissions should follow APA style and be written in English.


Call for paper submissions
EJ Issue No. 2 is to be published soon. Paper, book review, teaching tips, teaching techniques and activities, and any other submissions on ELT for EJ Issue No.2 are welcome. Priority is given to papers which deal with practical issues on teaching, focus on local and regional challenges English teachers face in Iran, and enjoy originality.


The submissions need to meet the following requirements:

Workshop on ELT
Having held the 2nd workshop on testing and evaluation, AzerELTA is planning to continue holding this series of workshops. Further information on the date and venue of future events will be announced through AzerELTA's website. Make sure you regularly visit the website to keep yourself updated on coming events!