Shaheena Choudhury and Tania Khan, Lectures in the Department of ENH attended the Annual International Teachers for English Conference titled "English Without Borders", in Ashgabat, Turkeministan from June 30 - July 02, 2006. . Educators from 13 countries participated in this event. Presentations included posters sessions, panel discussions, papers and workshops/discussions. Shaheena and Tania presented papers on "Fostering the practice of communicative competence in ESL classrooms" and "Techniques used to teach grammar in Bengali and English medium schools" respectively. Both papers were well received. Additionally, Shaheena represented Bangladesh in a special panel discussion on English Language teaching. The US government funded the conference. All expenses were covered by the American Center, Dhaka.