We start a new series of seminars this academic year for teachers of English. This is a series of short unconnected teacher development seminars on different aspects of ELT methodology. The seminars will be conducted by Russian and UK ELT experts and practicing teachers. We also conduct joint events with major UK publishing houses. The seminars will normally run on Thursdays at 16.00, however, there may be additional times and dates so please check our website regularly. The schedule of seminars will be frequently updated.
To sign up for the events please call (495) 287 1836 or e-mail to english@britishcouncil.ru
Venue: British Council, Nikoloyamskaya, 1 (left wing).
If you have any feedback, comments, suggestions for future events, you are welcome to contact us at english@britishcouncil.ru
You are also welcome to check the materials of the seminars run last year in our archive.
This is a joint seminar with British Council and Pearson Longman Publishing.
“What is Reading? How can we get our students really interested in reading? How can teachers help students in learning English through reading literature? What makes reading lessons exciting?” The topic is based on the English books of Penguin Readers/Penguin Active Reading series.
Presenter: Anna Voronina, senior teacher trainer of Pearson Longman Publishing.
Date: 10 December 16:00 – 17:30
British Council Russia, Cambridge ESOL and Cambridge University Press would like to invite you to a seminar
Presenter: Annie Broadhead
There also will be an exhibition - Cambridge Books for Cambridge Exams materials exhibition and overview
Presenters: Ludmila Gorodetskaya and Irina Polyakova
Date: 23 November 2009, 15.30 -18.00
Seminar's details
The best way to teach grammar is a controversial topic ranging from views that a focus on grammar is detrimental to developing learners' communicative competence to concerns that without an overt focus on form the target language can never be learnt effectively. Indeed some of the language involved in talking about grammar seems to be dominated by opposites: product v process; grammar translation v communicative methodology; inductive v deductive; accuracy v fluency and so on. So how can teachers decide which approach to follow - particularly, as is often the case, they may be constrained by the approach in their textbook or the expectations of their schools, learners and learners' parents? In this presentation we will explore how grammar teaching can be effective in all teaching contexts by developing learners’ ‘noticing’ skills and integrating ‘noticing’ tasks with existing resources and approaches. We will also look at how to help learners notice and bridge the gap between their own output and that of the target language through re-structuring activities. Finally we will explore how teachers can help learners to apply grammar effectively in speaking work.
Presenter: Margaret Milne - teacher trainer and material designer in British Council Manchester
Date: 5 November
Presentation of the seminar
Sometimes after your class you feel unsatisfided sometimes you feel good because your students feel well. How to become a practitioner and learn from your lessons. Come and share your opinion at the workshop run by Margaret Milne - teacher trainer and material designer in British Council Manchester
Date: 3 November
Presenter: Richard West, UK - senior academic and ELT consultant
Date: 22nd October
Presentation of the seminar
Presenter: Zhenya Bakin – teacher, teacher trainer
Date: 15th October
Presenter: Larisa Strukova - teacher, methodist, the author of books
Date: 8 October
Presentation of the workshop
This was a joint seminar with Cambridge University Press and British Council in Russia.
English Profile is a long-term, collaborative project designed to enhance the learning, teaching and assessment of English worldwide.
Presenter: Melissa Good, Cambridge University Press
Date: 7th October
English Profile : Understanding Language Learners
We have prepared a present for all teachers of English in Russia - a new web community where you will be able to find interesting information and practical advice, talk and share, participate in development seminars.
There was a presentation about the community and a workshop delivered by a special guest - Gavin Dudeney - a well known expert in the area of educational technology. The name of the workshop is "8 ways to integrate technology into classroom"
The presentation of the seminar
How interactive whiteboards can transform the ELT classroom: practical tips on creating IWB activities for your English lesson.
Giving you the unique opportunity to use the latest Promethean interactive technology ActivExpression. An innovative Learner Response System, ActivExpression offers unprecedented opportunities for student involvement and assessment.
Presenter: Inna Stevens - teaching and learning consultant, Promethean, UK
Date: 1 October
The English are famous for their sense of humour – but what is it exactly that distinguishes English humour? Is there anything in it that we can identify as being peculiarly “English”?
Presenter: James Banner, Hilderstone College, UK
Date: 28th September
This is a joint seminar with Pearson Longman Publishing and British Council held by Mr. Jeremy Harmer - the author of methodology titles including How to teach Writing, the new, extensively revised second edition of How to Teach English, and the brand new fourth edition of The Practice of English Language Teaching.
Date: 24th September 2009
Motivating the Unmotivated
Presenter: Tatyana Kuznetsova - teacher, methodist
Date: 16 September at 16:00
Selecting and evaluating websites
(10 september)
Presenter: Svetlana Zhavoronkova - teacher, authour of textbooks, teacher trainer
(3d September)
Presenter: Larisa Strukova - teacher, methodist, the author of books
(20th August)
Every teacher has a toolkit (techniques, exercises etc we rely on/use), though they're rarely the same. The presenter considered practical ideas to use in class, and suggested some pointers for professional development.
Presenter: Rob Lewis (UK) ELT professional who currently works in British Council Lisbon. Manager of British Council Teaching English website.
The teacher Toolkit
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