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WELCOME DEAR GUESTS, DEAR PARTICIPANTS

We are delighted to welcome you to the 12th edition of the Annual Fischer International Conference for English Language Teachers, at Rin Grand Hotel, Bucharest. This event aims at making your experience at the conference as effective and pleasant as possible. Your enthusiasm and positive spirit will help make our time together both productive and fun.

Like every year, we are fortunate to have the support of our valued partners, speakers and authors and we would like to take this opportunity to let them know that we are deeply thankful for their kind commitment, trust and continuous sustenance. They make all this possible contributing to the success and growth of our conference.

This year, our very special thanks go to British Council for our longstanding partnership and beautiful collaboration.

The Annual Fischer International Conference for English Language teachers has been around for 12 years this fall and we would like to thank you for joining us for two days of great sessions, outstanding speakers, remarkable presentations, amazing workshops, delicious food and countless networking opportunities to engage with speakers and delegates.

We hope that you will find the Annual Fischer International Conference for English Language Teachers informative and meaningful. We are delighted that you are here and we wish you a memorable experience!

DANIELA VADUVAFischer International

Managing Director

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CONTENTS

DAILY INFORMATION

DIRECTIONS

ABSTRACTS & BIODATA

CONFERENCE AGENDA

MEETING ROOMS

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DIRECTIONS

RIN GRAND HOTEL

Bucuresti, RomaniaȘos. Vitan-Bârzești 7D+4(0) 031/106 11 11https://grand.rinhotels.ro

FROM GARA DE NORD OR ANY AUTOGARA SITUATED BY GARA DE NORD

Take the underground (metro) to Piata Victoriei (one stop).

Change at Piata Victoriei for the Berceni line towards Aparatorii Patriei and get off at the 8th stop. You must be at Aparatorii Patriei. Here you get to Ion Iriceanu Street and take the bus no 102 towards Soseaua Vitan-Barzesti. Get off at the 3rd stop (reference point - Brico Depot). You are there.

If you come from any Autogara situated by Gara de Nord, walk to Gara de Nord and take the underground to Piata Victoriei (one stop). Then, follow the abovementioned route.

FROM THE AIRPORT

The cheapest and most convenient way is to take bus 783 straight to Piata Victoriei.

The bus stop is next to the underground station.

Take the underground Berceni line towards Aparatorii Patriei and get off at the 8th stop.

You must be at Aparatorii Patriei. Here you get to Ion Iriceanu Street and take the bus no 102 towards Soseaua Vitan-Barzesti. Get off at the 3rd stop (reference point - Brico Depot). You are there.

You could also take the airport taxi.


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DIRECTIONSFROM GARA DE EST (GARA OBOR/ AUTOGARA OBOR/ AUTOGARA RITMULUI)

Walk to the Piata Iancului underground station.

Take the underground to Piata Victoriei (3 stops).

Change at Piata Victoriei and take the underground Berceni line towards Aparatorii Patriei and get off at the 8th stop.

You must be at Aparatorii Patriei. Here you get to Ion Iriceanu Street and take the bus no 102 towards Soseaua Vitan-Barzesti. Get off at the 3rd stop (reference point - Brico Depot). You are there.

FROM ANY RAILWAY STATION AND BUS STATION YOU CAN TAKE A TAXI:

Mondial: 021/9423

Cris Taxi: 021/9466

Meridian: 021/9444

INFO GARA: www.cfr.ro

INFO AUTOGARA: www.autogari.ro

INFO HOTEL: https://grand.rinhotels.ro

INFO EMERGENCIES: Daniela Vaduva – 0755/048.888Clara Trasca – 0755/048.887

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[email protected] | www.cartiengleza.roDAILY INFORMATIONCONFERENCE ETIQUETTE

As a matter of courtesy to your presenter, during sessions, (unless it is necessary for a task in the session), please refrain from using your laptop, your mobile phone or having side conversations. Please avoid entering or leaving a room while the speaker is talking. Please also keep your mobile phone turned off during any session. Thank you.

SECURITY

Please make sure that your belongings are never left unattended at any time.

All delegates are required to wear the Fischer lanyard, badge and bracelet, at all times, during the conference. The badge will grant you access to all the conference rooms, lunch and other conference areas. Please take care of your delegate badge and bracelet and make sure you bring it each day.

There are several events running out at the same time so please wear the distinctive features for identification.

MEALS

Refreshments (coffee breaks) – will be served at the 13th floor, outside of the conference and workshop rooms, in the bookstall area located in front of Berlin Room.

Lunch is provided both on Thursday and Friday and is included in the conference package. It will be served in the Stars Restaurant, located on the ground floor.

Please make sure you are back from lunch in due time for the following presentations. You will be required to wear your lanyard and name tag all during lunch and other coffee breaks due to other simultaneous events happening in the hotel during our conference.

Festive moment – we are pleased to enjoy a glass of champagne and a piece of cake at the end of the first day of the conference, in the bookstall area.


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MEETING ROOMS

grand.rinhotels.ro

RIN Grand HotelAdresă Strada Vitan Bârzeşti nr. 7D042121, Bucureşti, sector 4, România

Telefon şi Fax Tel: +40 311 061 111Fax: +40 311 061 119

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Sală de conferinţeDimensiune

(m2 /lungime/lăţime /înălţime)

Capacitate

Teatru Clasă Formă U Consiliu Banchet Cocktail

Berlin, Paris 290/17/17/3.68 240 120 70 60 120 120

Bruxelles 170/13/13/3.68 140 60 40 34 80 80

Amsterdam 90/13.6/6.5/3.68 70 36 30 24 - -

Barcelona, Frankfurt, Luxemburg, Monte-Carlo, Moscova, Strasbourg

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RIN Grand Hotel - Centru de conferință

GROUND FLOOR

13TH FLOOR

LOCATION

REGISTRATION

13th floor

PLENARY ROOMS

Paris & Berlin are located on the 13th floor

WORKSHOP ROOMS

Paris, Berlin, Strasbourg and Moscow are located on the 13th floor

LUNCH

Stars Restaurant - Ground Floor

COFFEE BREAKS

Coffee Breaks are located in front of Berlin Room

BOOK STALL

is located on the 13th floor

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DAILY INFORMATION

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[email protected] | www.cartiengleza.roCONFERENCE AGENDATH

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8:30 – 10:00 REGISTRATION WELCOME COFFEE

10:00 – 11:00 OPENING REMARKS ORGANISERS & PUBLISHERS - PARIS ROOM

11:00 - 12:00 PLENARY HUGH DELLAR, Making the leap from grammar to lexis - PARIS ROOM

12:00 – 12:30 COFFEE BREAK - B L U E

PARIS ROOM BERLIN ROOM STRASBOURG ROOM MOSCOW ROOM

12:30 – 13:20 WORKSHOPELLEN SETTERFIELD,

Hitting the Books: Developing Young

Learners’ Reading Skills

ANNE ROBINSON,Challenge and choice in

our classrooms

ANDRÉ HEDLUND, The Science of Mind, Brain, and Education and the 21st-century

Skills

SAM STEVENSON, Video Projects in the

Classroom

13:30 – 14:20 WORKSHOP

14:30 – 15:30 LUNCH (STARS RESTAURANT, GROUND FLOOR)

PARIS ROOM BERLIN ROOM

15:30 – 16:20 PLENARYJON HIRD,

Dyslexia and Learning English: literacy and wider issues

WILL RIXON, Helping learners evolve with English

16:30 – 17:20 PLENARY

SAM MCCARTER, The principles behind preparing for academic

language exams and the implications for teaching and learning

LAWRENCE MAMAS, Native or non-native: Who makes a better English

teacher?


17:30 – 18:20 WORKSHOPJON HIRD,

Selecting, Adapting and Designing Materials for Learners with Dyslexia

WILL RIXON, Setting the academic

wheels in motion

SARAH ELLIS, Developing listening skills

from A2 to B2

AKIS PANAYI, Motivating teenagers

to write

18:30 – 19:20 WORKSHOP

19:30 FESTIVE MOMENT (BOOKSTALL AREA)

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[email protected] | www.cartiengleza.ro CONFERENCE AGENDAFR

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8:30 – 9:20 PLENARYANNA SHOVKALIUK,

Practice makes perfect! But only if…SOTIRIS AKIS PANAYI,

Translation in the classroom

9:30 – 10:20 PLENARYHUGH DELLAR,

Can a picture tell a thousand words? CHAZ PUGLIESE,

How do I motivate my students?

10:20 – 10:50 COFFEE BREAK - G R E E N


10:50 – 11:40 WORKSHOPELLEN SETTERFIELD,

Creating a Multicultural Classroom with

Monolingual Learners

OANA CAMPANIE, Mindfulness and class management: practical

activities

SINZIANA SOCOL, Using songs and chants

in the VYL and YL classroom

CRISS MAEREANU, Using narrative contexts to bring language to life

11:50 – 12:40 WORKSHOP

12:40 – 13:40 LUNCH (STARS RESTAURANT GROUND FLOOR)


13:40 – 14:30 PLENARYANDREEA PAUNOIU, Social and Emotional

Learning: Working together to build a better and brighter future for our children

JAMES DONAGHY, Making exam classes more engaging

14:40 - 15:30 PLENARY ALEX TILBURY, Teaching Hearing: bringing a bottom-up focus to the listening classroom

CHAZ PUGLIESE, Why Creativity can save any teacher’s life

15:40 – 16:30 PLENARY ANNE ROBINSON, Mission future ready PARIS ROOM

16:30 RAFFLE, PARIS ROOM


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ABSTRACTS AND BIODATA

OANA CAMPANIEShakespeare School

DESMOND O’CONNORGuest Star Presenter

Who: Oana is a CELTA qualified English language teacher with extensive professional experience, passionate about education and children’s emotional development. She has gained experience as course coordinator and preparing her students for KET, PET, FCE exams and other competitions. Oana has a Bachelor Degree in Foreign Languages and is currently completing a Discourse and Argumentation Studies Master’s programme. She focuses on offering her students a supportive and creative learning environment, in order to help them become responsible, confident and emotionally balanced adults.WHAT: Mindfulness and class management: practical activitiesToday’s classroom environment has become increasingly challenging to manage. Joggling the pressure of academic achievement and the

Desmond O’Connor is one of the most versatile presenters working in the world of corporate and private entertainment. From glittering parties to charity auctions, high-end cabaret to festival comedy, Desmond O’Connor brings his unique talent and infectious energy to any occasion or event.

whirlwind of inner emotions has eroded the student-teacher relationship, calling for a paradigm shift in terms of classroom management, one that addresses not just the cognitive aspect of education, but also the social and emotional reality of each child.

In this workshop, we will explore one of SEL’s (Social and Emotional Learning) core strategies, Mindfulness, and take a look at how it cultivates an environment in which students can achieve their full potential with more ease, while feeling safe and appreciated and actually having fun and enjoying themselves during the ups and downs of the learning process. We will focus on the importance of empathizing with our students’ emotional struggles and we will discover practical methods that can help both teachers and students better manage the pink elephant in the classroom: emotions.


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HUGH DELLARNational Geographic Learning

WHO: Hugh is an author, teacher and teacher trainer with over twenty years’ experience in the field. He is also the co-founder of Lexical Lab and has co-written the methodology book Teaching Lexically. Hugh has given teacher training and development sessions in over twenty countries including Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Italy, Japan, Russia and Ukraine. He has spoken on such wide-ranging topics as the nature of English as a lingua franca, the uses and abuses of corpora, approaches to teaching grammar and vocabulary and many others. He is co-author of the Outcomes series and Perspectives, both published by National Geographic Learning.

WHAT: Making the leap from grammar to lexisGrammar is obviously reassuring. Teachers have always invested time and effort in working out how to explain it. Yet it only takes students so far. This talk explores the fears around making the leap into the unknown and beginning to teach more lexically - and suggests eight ways of making the transition easier.Hugh will begin by considering the roots of the stranglehold that grammar exerts on ELT - as well

as admitting to grammar’s seductions – before moving on to look at the limitations and problems inherent in this way of thinking about language and, therefore, about classroom goals.He intends to outline steps which will ease the transition for teachers looking to move away from grammar-dominated teaching. He will consider the importance of good examples and explore what constitutes a good example and why. I will then discuss ways of exploiting and exploring the language taught in class, the importance of – and difficulties involved in – answering students’ questions and will outline some ways in which these changes lead to teacher development.

This talk is rooted in personal experience and the classroom, yet also aims to tackle theoretical issues at the heart of ELT.

WHAT: Can a picture tell a thousand words?The degree to which visuals and videos can generate classroom discussion and increase student motivation is very much down to the way they are exploited. In this provocative talk, Hugh will explore ways in which he has tried to integrate real-world National Geographic content and other video material into both his classes and the Outcomes series of coursebooks he co-authors.


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JAMES DONAGHY British Council

WHO: James has been teaching English as a foreign language since 2003, in Japan, the UK and now Romania, where he has been based for over 10 years at the British Council in Bucharest. During his time teaching, he has taught a wide variety of age groups, ranging from pre-school to business and legal English, as well as doing teacher training sessions, both to colleagues at the British Council and to teachers from other schools all across Romania.

WHAT: Making exam classes more engaging for young learners

The session will demonstrate a number of tried and tested activities that are aimed at making exam classes more engaging for young learners, whether through using games, encouraging creativity, or by increasing the level of students’ ownership over the content. The activities covered will be suitable for a range of age groups from primary through to upper secondary, encompassing everything from YLE up to the Advanced and Proficiency exams. While there will be an exam focus, many of the activated demonstrated can also be adapted for general English classes.

SARAH ELLISCambridge Assessment English

WHO: Sarah is currently working as Senior Manager, Assessment Services, Europe for Cambridge Assessment English. She is based in Bologna, Italy.Sarah is interested in Assessment, Learning & Professional Development and has an extensive background in teaching, teacher training, assessment and exam management. She has trained teachers on CELTA and DELTA courses and is currently involved in the Cambridge Assessment English teacher support programme which provides information, materials and support

for teachers and academic directors. She is particularly interested in supporting teachers in developing digital skills and assessment literacy.

WHAT: Developing listening skills from A2 to B2This workshop will consider how learners need to develop their listening skills as they move up the European Framework and will look at some classroom activities and tips for teachers to help their students progress.



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ANDRÉ HEDLUND National Geographic Learning

WHO: English as a Foreign Language teacher for over a decade, André has worked at different schools, universities, and in many businesses. He holds a BA in International Relations and is currently studying MSc Psychology of Education at the University of Bristol, England, as a Chevening Scholar. He works as a National Geographic Learning (Nat Geo + TED Talks content) academic consultant and teacher trainer, advocates for the online educational platform International Education and Resource Network (iEARN) and was elected the new president of Partners of the Americas Goiás. He has also worked as a CaMLA (Cambridge Michigan Language Assessment) Certificates Examiner, is a member of BRAZ-TESOL’s Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) Special Interest Group (SIG). He blogs and offers workshops, lectures, and online courses on Neuroscience and Learning, Active Learning Methods, particularly Project-Based Learning, and dreams of changing education worldwide through the concepts of brain research and psychology.

WHAT: The science of mind, brain, and education and the 21st-century skillsThe science of Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) brings together three distinct, however communicable, areas: cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and pedagogy. How can this science inform teachers and students in their respective educational settings? In this workshop, it will be discussed how debunking neuromyths and promoting neurofacts might be one of the most important revolutions in education in the coming years and how this reinforces the four Cs of the 21-century skills by adding the fifth C of choice. Knowing some of the principles of how our brains actually process information, can maximize our practice outcomes and contribute to ELT.


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JON HIRD

WHO: Jon is based in Oxford, UK, where he divides his time between teaching English at the University of Oxford, teacher training and writing ELT materials. Jon has also previously taught in Paris, France and for a short time in Skopje, Macedonia. Jon has a range of experience and interests, but with a particular interest in grammar, EAP and dyslexia and learning English. His recent publications include Oxford EAP, Oxford Learner’s Pocket Verbs and Tenses and Language Hub as well as components of the Roadmap, Navigate, Keynote and Life course book series. He has also adapted a number of books and other material for learners with dyslexia.

WHAT: Dyslexia and learning English: literacy and wider issues We are more and more becoming aware of a need for provision for dyslexic learners in the English language classroom. Dyslexia not only affects core literacy skills, but it can also result in wider

issues relating to study and learning. This session, which draws on professional theory and personal experience, looks at what dyslexia is, how it can affect the learner, its implications for the classroom and how we as teachers can help.

WHAT: Selecting, adapting and designing materials for learners with dyslexiaIn this practical workshop, we will consider implications for the selection and design of materials such as texts, exercises and tests suitable for dyslexic learners of English. We will look at examples of available dyslexic-friendly ELT materials and will also consider how we as teachers can adapt existing materials and produce our own.



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CRISS MAEREANUBritish Council

WHO:Criss has a background in educational psychology which helps guide her teaching and the way she supports her students in the classroom. She has completed her CELTA and TYLEC courses, as well as several other professional development courses focused on very young learners and materials development and has a special interest in exploiting students’ creativity and critical thinking skills in the classroom.

WHAT: Using narrative contexts to bring language to lifeThe best thing about learning an additional language is the fact that it enables you to explore the world more freely and to express yourself. Discovering new things and telling others about them is how the world works. And what better way to exploit this than by bringing the real world into the classroom?

Story-telling has been proven to be a very effective tool in the learning process, as it provides a context for the language that is being introduced and practised and it presents natural situations in which the target structures might be encountered.

And while using ready-made materials is great, bringing personal and personalized stories to the table is even more powerful. Telling your students about your adventures as a way to introduce language is sure to pique their interest and getting them to tell their own tales will guarantee memorable language connections that are there to stay.


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LAWRENCE MAMAS Global ELT

WHO: Lawrence holds an MA in TESOL from St Michael’s College, Vermont, USA and has been teaching English as a foreign language for many years. He is also the co-author of a number of exam preparation books for various exams such as First, Advanced, TOEIC and TOEFL.

WHAT: The Non-Native teacher of English (NNEST) versus NEST (Native Speaker). Native or non-native: Who makes a better English teacher?The discussion about The Non-Native teacher of English (NNEST) versus NEST has received a lot of attention by a number of teachers’ associations recently. It is a debate that still goes on across social media groups of languages teachers for years and there is a need for rational and informed discussion. Teachers should be hired on the basis of their qualifications and not on their language background.

WHO: Sotiris Akis Panayi is a Teacher Trainer and Presenter. He hosts popular teacher training workshops on ESL and English qualifications. He is also a Cambridge CELTA Tutor and Examiner and has reviewed many ESL coursebooks. He studied and worked as an English language teacher in the UK and Cyprus.

WHAT: Translation in the classroom In this session we will look at the following: Why was translation abandoned as a teaching method?

Did it ever go away? Does it have a place in the classroom? Examples from the classroom and Ideas for activities.

WHAT: Motivating teenagers to writeIn this session we will discuss the following: Motivation to write in the 21st century, What students say, what teachers hear, Making learners part of the assessment process, Monitoring progress and Writing is not an individual sport.

AKIS PANAYI Hamilton House Publishers



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SAM MCCARTER British Council

WHO: Sam McCarter’s teaching career spans a period of more than 30 years with numerous publications for IELTS, and EAP and ESP, such as the widely used IELTS publication Ready for IELTS (Macmillan), now in its 2ndEdition (2017), Direct to IELTS, IELTS Introduction, IELTS Testbuildersand various IELTS skills books, the Oxford EAP B2course book (OUP), and Medicine 1 and Medicine 2(OUP). The IELTS Testbuilder 1 (2nd Edition) was published in 2015.Sam’s interactive appIELTS Skills (published by Macmillan) won the English Speaking Union President’s Award 2013 for innovation and good practice in English language teaching and learning. The app was also been shortlisted for the ELTons Award 2014 for Digital Innovation. Currently, Sam’s main interests lie in app design and electronic media, having also published two recent language apps, the most recent being an interactive game on IELTS reading (2019).

WHAT: The principles behind preparing for academic language exams and the implications for teaching and learningThe plenary will explore the main principles underlining academic exams such as the academic version of the IELTS examination along with the implications these have for teaching and learning the skills and techniques necessary for efficient examination performance. Principles such as those relating to discourse organisation, nominalisation and evaluation will be looked at. The impact these have on the acquisition of skills and techniques such as noticing, navigating, processing organisation at sentence and paragraph level in the classroom will also be examined.


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ANDREEA PAUNOIUShakespeare School

WHO:Andreea is a teacher, course coordinator and CPD coordinator at Shakespeare School. She prepares groups of young learners and teenagers for Cambridge exams and has contributed to the design of a number of courses, having experience in customizing teaching materials and developing lesson plans that suit the learning needs of her students. Andreea has a Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Languages and one in Psychology, and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology, Hypnosis and Short Term Therapeutic Interventions. She has hosted several Bright Teachers workshops as well as in-house training sessions and has a strong passion for student development and the desire to make a positive difference in the educational environment.

WHAT: Social and emotional learning: Working together to build a better and brighter future for our childrenIn recent years there have been numerous debates about the need for a reform in education taking into consideration issues like inauthentic learning, obsolete curriculum, one-size-fits-all approach

and sadly the list goes on. Today’s classroom environment has become increasingly challenging to manage and we have to admit that to a certain extent the traditional school is failing our children. The biggest problem is that the system values more the academic results than students’ mental and emotional wellbeing, when in fact we know it should be the other way around. So the question is… what can we, the teachers do about it?

In this session we will be exploring together the principles of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), the educational paradigm through which children acquire important life skills like understanding and managing their emotions, feeling and showing empathy for others, making responsible decisions, and so on. We will discuss how the core principles of SEL and the practice of Mindfulness, one of its main strategy, can help students understand their mind, regulate their emotions to find peace in this frantic world and live healthier and happier lives. An important part of the session will consist in taking a look at practical activities that can be used in ESL classes for social and emotional development, to foster an environment in which students use their knowledge of the English language to become empowered and motivated to achieve their full potential.



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CHAZ PUGLIESEThe Creativity Group, UK

WHO: Chaz Pugliese is a teacher trainer, presenter and author. He has written widely for several ELT publications, trained teachers in over 30 countries and presented at all major international conferences. He has been Director of Teacher Training at Pilgrims, UK, and has also worked with BELL Teacher Training. For 4 years he edited a column in the IATEFL Newsletter. Chaz has a strong interest and expertise in Motivation, Creativity, Corpus Linguistics, Multiple Intelligences, Group Processes, and Materials Development.

WHAT: How do I motivate my students? How do I engage my students tomorrow? How do I create a motivating environment? Does creativity lead to motivation? If you’re asking yourself these questions, then this session is for you. We will first briefly unpack motivation, then we will discuss my GPS framework. This session is practical, participants will experience a bagful of exercises which they’ll be able to use with your own students back home.

WHAT: Why Creativity can save any teacher’s lifeIn this talk he would like to argue that Creativity is not an optional extra, something fun to do on a Friday afternoon to wrap up the week. Creativity, the art of craft of producing ideas that are both novel and valuable, is in fact, pretty central: how else can a teacher cater for the diversity that governs their classroom? How else can a teacher possibly hope to escape the routine and the danger of burn out?

For Creativity to be embraced, what is needed is a shift from a pedagogy of certainties to a pedagogy of possibilities. In this participatory session I will firstly outline the benefits of teaching more creatively. I will then demonstrate a few strategies that will boost the teachers’ creative potential. The ultimate aim is for the teachers to design exercises that are simple, don’t require a photocopier and can travel a long way.


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ELLEN SETTERFIELDNational Geographic Learning

WHO:Ellen Setterfield is the Young Learner Product Marketing Executive for National Geographic Learning. With over 15 years’ experience of working with children and teenagers, and teaching experience in Russia, the Czech Republic and the UK, she is passionate about helping Young Learners use English to understand the world around them.

WHAT: Hitting the books: Developing young learners’ reading skills‘Reading’s boring!’ – how many times have we heard that in our classrooms? Nevertheless, reading is a vital skill for our young learners to master. In this session we’ll be taking a comprehensive look at developing our young learners’ reading skills, from choosing a text and staging a lesson, to activities and strategies to support learners’ understanding and skills development.

WHAT: Creating a multicultural classroom with monolingual learnersOur young learners will use English to communicate with people from all over the world. But how do we address this in a monolingual, monocultural classroom? With reference to National Geographic Learning’s series Wonderful World, Second Edition, we’ll look at how we can help our young learners to be more aware of their own culture, and ways to introduce them to a diverse range of customs, traditions, and ways of life.



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ANNA SHOVKALIUK Cambridge University Press

WHO: Anna is a teacher trainer, teacher, materials editor and Cambridge University Press speaker. She has worked with teachers in Ukraine and abroad, providing training, presentations, class observations as well as one-to-one sessions. Anna has been teaching General and Business English for 10 years and holds CELTA and DELTA qualifications.

WHAT: Practice makes perfect! But only if… Do you prepare students for Cambridge exams? Practice is a vital part of good exam preparation but there is a right and a wrong way to practise. In this session we’ll look at the different official exam practice materials provided by Cambridge, and we’ll explore the best ways that you can use them with your students – both in and out of the classroom!

SÎNZIANA SOCOLBritish Council

WHO:Sinziana has a BA in Portuguese and Swedish and qualified as an English Teacher in 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic. She has specialised in working with very young and young learners as a Reggio Emilia kindergarten teacher and has developed her expertise with these age groups by completing the TYLEC in 2017 and taking the Certificate in Teaching English in Pre-Primary Education in 2018. Since joining the British Council in Bucharest, she has been teaching children aged 3 to 17.

WHAT: Using songs and chants in the VYL and YL classroomDuring this workshop, participants will explore the reasons for and the ways of using songs, chants and rhymes (as well as puppets, flashcards and other similar visual resources and materials in relation to music) in the pre-primary and primary classrooms. They will also have the chance to reflect on the specific moments in their lessons when to use these resources and how they can influence the flow of their lessons by doing this.


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SAM STEVENSON British Council

WHO: Sam has worked in English Language teaching as a teacher, academic manager, teacher trainer and examiner for over 18 years, in the UK, France, Poland, Jordan, Vietnam, Bahrain, Qatar and Romania. Most recently he has been working in mainstream education teaching a variety of subjects through the medium of English to pupils of all ages.

WHAT: Video ProjectsIn our pockets we have powerful video cameras and editing software. How can we use these in class to help develop our learners’ language, creativity and confidence? Does movie making have a place in exam preparation classes? This will be a practical session – please bring your phones - where I will show you how we can use mobile devices to create high quality movies which put the onus on learners to work together and take control of their projects.

ALEX TILBURYInternational House

WHO:Alex is a language teacher, teacher trainer, and writer. He was born and grew up in the UK but has been based in Poland since 1997. He travels widely as a tutor on Cambridge Celta and Delta courses and has worked regularly as a consultant for International House Bucharest over the last 15 years. He is the co-author of “English Unlimited”, a general English coursebook series published by Cambridge University Press, and is currently working on a practical guide to methodology for beginning teachers.

WHAT: Teaching Hearing: bringing a bottom-up focus to the listening classroomIn this session we will take a fresh look at the various skills learners need in order to be successful listeners, with a particular focus on the ability to ‘decode’ sounds, syllables, words and expressions in the stream of speech. We will look at a range of activities which can be used to develop and practise learners’ decoding abilities, and we will consider how such activities might be integrated into standard listening procedures.


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WILL RIXONCambridge University Press

WHO: Will is a Product Marketing Manager at Cambridge University Press for ELT Secondary Schools. He is a diploma-qualified ELT professional with almost 10 years’ experience teaching and teacher training a wide variety of students and teachers.

WHAT: Helping learners evolve with EnglishIn recent decades, the speed at which language evolves is increasing. Why is that? And, more importantly, why is it relevant to our learners? To start, when we teach them English, we need to make sure it is the language that they will interact with when they enter into adulthood and truly begin communicating with the international audience. The second problem we will address in this talk is: we do not yet know the language they will meet in 5 years’ time, so we not only need to equip them with the language, we also need to

offer them the skills they need to deal with unfamiliar language spontaneously, because of course you, their teacher, won’t always be there to help.

WHAT: Setting the academic wheels in motionThe session explores aspects of successful teaching to secondary learners with particular focus on how to teach the skills required to develop academic skills and prepare for exams. It stresses the importance of enabling teenagers to find and see connections: (a) between previous and current language covered; (b) from one part of the course book to another; (c) across disciplines, i.e. how what they are doing in their English Language lessons might relate to their studies in other subjects.

ANNE ROBINSONCambridge University Press

WHO:Anne Robinson has been teaching young learners and adults for over 20 years. She has given seminars at many different conferences. Anne is based in Spain, where she is the Senior Presenter for Cambridge ESOL. She is the author of Fun for Starters, Fun for Movers and Fun for Flyers for 7-13 year olds (published by CUP).

WHAT: Mission future readyEnglish will be important in our students’ future lives, and so will other skills and competencies. Let’s

consider the things our students are likely to need and how we can succeed in our mission to prepare them for a fast-changing world.

WHAT: Challenge and choice in our classroomsTo help learners achieve success and take responsibility for their language learning, content and activities need to be relevant, accessible and suitably challenging to involve everyone in the group. In this session, we’ll consider some ways of doing this.

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