Marisa Constantinides – TEFL Matters – Defragmenting Foreign Language Learning (TESOL Greece 2013)

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Here is a link to Marisa Constantinides’s report on her extremely interesting talk ‘Defragmenting foreign language learning’, given at TESOL Greece this year:

http://marisaconstantinides.edublogs.org/2013/03/24/defragmenting-foreign-language-learning-my-talk-at-tesol-greece-2013/

Upcoming event – Encuentros Profesorado GRETA ‘CLIL Rocks!’

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The latest event from GRETA, focusing on CLIL teaching, will take place in Jaen this Saturday.

http://www.gretaassociation.org/web/guest/encuentros-profesorado-greta

Blog de Pilar Torres: Let’s join to grow and share… now and ever

CETA Conference Poster 2013

Here’s a follow-up to last Saturday’s great conference in Cordoba from the CETA blog. Many thanks to Pilar, Ester and all those who made it possible.

http://alinguistico.blogspot.com.es/2013/04/lets-join-to-grow-and-share-now-and-ever.html

Slideshow, XIV Jornadas CETA: Let’s Grow and Share

XIV Jornadas CETA “Let’s Join to Grow and Share” (20/04/2013) on PhotoPeach

XIV Jornadas CETA “Let’s Join to Grow and Share” (20/04/2013) on PhotoPeach

Introducing… Evridiki Dakos

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An introduction to another of the speakers at the ISTEK ELT Conference:

“In the lead up to the ISTEK Schools 3rd International ELT Conference, we’ll be introducing some of the presenters on the blog. Next up is Evridiki Dakos…

Could you tell us a bit about yourself?

Evridiki Dakos, the author of the Course Books Sparkle Grade 1, Sparkle Grade 2 and Sparkle Grade 3 is a graduate from Marmara University and has been teaching English for 22 years at Private Zografyon Greek High School while she has been teaching young and very young learners for the last decade. She has been awarded a CELTA certificate by University of Cambridge. She is a certified Pre-school Teacher by the Turkish Ministry of Education, Montessori Teacher Assistant, freelance Teacher Trainer, ELT speaker and Workshop Leader, ELT Blogger, University of Cambridge ESOL Exam Coach and Oral Examiner for YLE and KET/PET…”  (Read more).

The Image Conference « UAB Idiomes, Barcelona, Saturday, 8th June, 2013

Here’s a link to what promises to be a very interesting conference.

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http://theimageconference.org/

İSTEK ELT 2013

All the news from the ISTEK Schools conference for those of us who can’t be there:

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http://istekelt.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=5

Introducing… Nina Lauder

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In the lead up to the ISTEK Schools 3rd International ELT Conference, we’ll be introducing some of the presenters on the blog. First up is Nina Lauder.

Could you tell us a bit about yourself?

I am active, energetic…and very messy at home! I love doing sports, travelling, going to the cinema and reading. I have a camper van and try to spend time in the summer by the sea or in the countryside.

610039What is your teaching background?

I started working with children and teenagers when I was a teenager myself. When I was young, I worked as a volunteer with special needs children, children from other countries who needed language training, children from abusive homes and for a year with teenagers who had suffered permanent spine or neck injuries in hospital. Over 20 years ago I started teaching ELT in Greece and have been teaching and working with…

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Demand High ELT – An interesting challenge

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Here is a link to a blog by Adrian Underhill and Jim Scrivener which I think deserves a look:

Demand High ELT

Thank you, Sandy Millin for bringing this to my attention in your blog post on Jim Scrivener’s presentation at IATEFL ‘How to demand high

Upcoming event: 14th CETA Conference

CETA Conference Poster 2013

The 14th CETA Conference will be held at the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras of the Universidad de Córdoba on 20th April. (Conference programme)

I will be giving two 45 minute sessions of my workshop ‘Getting Them Speaking‘, from 15:30 to 17:00. I look forward to seeing you there.

Getting them speaking 1 (TESOL Greece)