Since 1965
61st National & 7th International Conference · October 1–3, 2026
Cultivating, supporting and treasuring the ELT profession in Colombia
Since 1965, ASOCOPI has been the meeting point of English-language teachers, teacher educators and researchers across the country: a national conference, an indexed academic journal, free monthly webinars and Special Interest Groups that keep the conversation going all year.
- 1965Serving Colombian ELT
- 61stAnnual conference
- Vol. 33HOW Journal, open access
- 6Special Interest Groups
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What ASOCOPI offers you
Four doors into the same community. You can walk through any of them today.
Annual Conference
Three days of plenaries, workshops and colloquia. This year in Bucaramanga, in blended format.
HOW Journal
Our biannual, peer-reviewed, open-access journal, indexed in ERIC, SciELO, Redalyc, DOAJ and more.
Free webinars
A monthly session with national and international speakers, plus a library of past recordings.
Membership
Certification, free access to HOW, discounts and a national network of colleagues.
Featured event
61st ASOCOPI Annual and 7th International Conference
October 1–3, 2026 · Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia. Blended format: mornings in person, afternoons online.
The 2026 theme is Transforming ELT Contexts: saberes glocales, Diversities, and AI — three threads that run through the plenaries, the concurrent sessions and the colloquia.
Proposals are welcome as lectures, research reports, workshops, pedagogical experiences, commercial sessions and colloquia. There is also a special call reserved for school teachers.
Our lines of work
Five fronts, one purpose
Everything ASOCOPI does falls into these five areas, defined in our statutes.
Education
Awards, workshops, webinars and the promotion of ELT knowledge.
Culture
Festivals, book fairs, writing contests and bilingual artistic events.
Science and innovation
HOW Journal and the Special Interest Groups that sustain research.
Social development
Programmes for vulnerable communities and support for public and private universities.
Support for non-profits
Academic, pedagogical and logistical collaboration with other non-profit organisations.
A national network
Six Special Interest Groups and a network of Colombian language journals.
Research
HOW Journal — by and for teachers of English
HOW is ASOCOPI's biannual academic journal (ISSN 0120-5927): a place where Colombian and international teachers publish research, pedagogical experiences and critical reflection on English language teaching.
It is indexed in ERIC, Latindex, Redalyc, SciELO Colombia and Publindex-Minciencias, and registered with CLASE, Dialnet, DOAJ, EBSCO, ERA, the Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate), InfoTrac GALE and the MLA International Bibliography.
Submissions are open all year. Cohorts close on April 1st and October 1st.
From the blog
Ideas and guidance for your practice
How to write an abstract that gets accepted at an ELT conference
A practical guide to writing conference abstracts for English teachers in Colombia — structure, length, common mistakes and what reviewers are actually looking for.
Academic publishingPublishing your first article in a Colombian ELT journal
From classroom experience to published manuscript — how peer review works, what editors expect, and how to prepare a first submission to a Colombian ELT journal.
Classroom practiceTranslanguaging in the Colombian EFL classroom, without the guilt
What translanguaging means in practice, why the English-only rule is weaker than it looks, and five ways to start using students' full linguistic repertoire tomorrow.
Partners and allies
Agreements that reach our members
Institutional partners and member benefits currently announced by the association.
Join an association that has accompanied Colombian ELT since 1965
Membership includes free monthly webinars, free access to HOW Journal, discounts on workshops and programmes, and the chance to take part in Special Interest Groups.