British Council, United Kingdom
Plenary on “English and New Technologies”
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Michael Carrier is Head of English Language Innovation for The British Council, based in London. He has been involved in ELT for over 30 years as a teacher, trainer, author, school director and network director. He has worked in Germany, Italy, Poland, UK and the USA, and lectured in many other countries worldwide. He was formerly Executive Director of Euro centres in Washington D.C. and until 2008 CEO of the International House World network of schools worldwide. He has written a number of ELT course books and skills books, including the Break into English series, Front Page series, Business Circles, Intermediate Writing Skills and Spotlight Readers.
His special field of interest is in e-learning and the application of technology to Language Teaching, and he is the Editor of the Technology section of the Modern English Teacher (MET) journal, and was recently Associate Professor at New School University, New York. |
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He is currently serving on the Board of the EAQUALS organization as Special Advisor, and was formerly Chair of the Marketing Committee. He is also a member of the Board of the English Language Teaching Journal (ELTJ, from OUP) and CUP’s Language Teaching journal. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Member of the Institute of Directors (IOD) and a Member of the Society of Authors, London.
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Plenary on “English and Teacher Education”
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Simon Borg is Professor of TESOL at the School of Education, University of Leeds. He has been involved in TESOL for 24 years, working as a teacher, teacher educator, lecturer, supervisor, examiner, consultant and researcher in several language teaching contexts around the world. His key areas of research and professional activity in applied linguistics and TESOL are teacher cognition, teacher education, professional development, teacher research, and research methods training. He has published widely on these topics and is also regularly invited to contribute to international conferences, projects and workshops relevant to these themes. Full details of his work and publications are available at: http://www.education.leeds.ac.uk/people/staff/academic/borg/ |
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Umeå University, Sweden
Plenary on “English in the Early Years”
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Professor Janet Enever is based at Umeå University, Sweden where she teaches in the fields of language education at masters and doctoral level and researches on language policy, early language learning and language and globalisation. She has taught at universities in London, Hungary and Poland and has advised on language policy, early language learning and teacher education in a number of Asian and European countries. Her recent publications include a study of early language learning in Europe (ELLiE), a book co-edited with Jane Moon on primary language policies around the world and various articles on language policy in Europe. She is currently conducting research on the development of a state-funded bilingual primary school in England, which has recently been established by the UK government as a pilot study. |
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British Council, United Kingdom
He has worked with the British Council in Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, and South America. In March 2012 he gave the British Council keynote talk at the South Sudan language policy conference and coordinated a joint statement on language policy principles from participants from UNESCO, ACALAN and other national and multilateral organisations. He was awarded an OBE for his services to the English language and education while serving with the British Council in Singapore.
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