On April 25-26, 2014 the International Black Sea University held the 4th International Research Conference on Education, English Language Teaching, English and Literatures in English, in which, besides Georgian scholars, participants from the USA, Turkey, Iran, Armenia and Russia took part (totally 55 presentations, some – in person, and some – virtual and 66 participants). PhD, MA and especially successful BA students were involved. The conference covered various important issues in education. A workshop dealing with the role of native and non-native speaking teachers of English was held within the conference.