{"id":9745,"date":"2013-10-09T16:54:41","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T14:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yals.rs\/yals-at-3rd-national-conference-of-language-schools\/"},"modified":"2013-10-09T16:54:41","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T14:54:41","slug":"yals-at-3rd-national-conference-of-language-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yals.rs\/en\/yals-at-3rd-national-conference-of-language-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"YALS at 3rd National Conference of Language Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Maja Gavrilovi\u0107 Maksimovi\u0107<\/em><\/p>\n

In Belgrade, at the Hotel Hyatt Regency, on 5 October 2013, YALS Chair Marija Pejatovi\u0107, took part in a conference of private language schools organized by “The English Book\u201c, named “Implementing and maintaining high teaching standards in private language schools in Serbia\u201c. The director of The British Council, the CEO of IHLS Group, the representatives of the Faculty of Philology, Chamber of Commerce Serbia, Teachers\u2019 Association ELTA and owners and directors of private language schools also took part in the plenary as well as in the discussion which followed.
\nAll the speakers accentuated the importance of and the need for applied quality in the field of teaching languages. Being elusive as it is, quality is best achieved when constantly compared and adjusted to set standards. Then, it is important to maintain and improve it.
\nOne of the recommendations from the conference, which also best concludes all being said, is that joining an association, regardless of whether it is a local or international one, as long as it maintains and promotes transparent quality standards, is beneficial for the particular school. It helps the school further transform its image of a locally recognisable \u201cmy school from the neighbourhood\u201c into \u201cmy high quality school from the neighbourhood\u201c. Standards are there to be challenged and improved.<\/p>\n