What a Wonderful Wordle! (Bulding Vocabulary Skills with Wordle) Seminar Presentation
Date: 17 June 2010, 16.00
Presenter: Anastasia Fetisova, Senior Teaching Fellow, IFL MCPU ( Institute of Foreign Languages, Moscow City Pedagogical University ).

Using flashcards for teaching vocabulary. Seminar presentation
Date: 3 June 2010, 16.00
Presenter: Tatyana Kuzmina – associate professor, Department of Business and computer studies, Higher school of Economics

Teaching with Technology. Part 2 Projects for Blended Learning Seminars presentation
Date: 27 May 2010, 16.00
Presenter: Zhenya Bakin – teacher, teacher trainer
We discussed different types of activities in which voice recording can be used. Some examples were given, and there was a talk about Dos and DoNots (from a teacher's perspective).

Teaching with Technology. Part 1 Voice recording
Date: 20 May 2010, 16.00
Presenter: Zhenya Bakin – teacher, teacher trainer
We discussed sub-skills related to speaking our students need to develop and how voice recording can be used.

Virtual tour of British Council Island in Second Life
Date: 6 May 2010, 16.00
British Council has recreated the Britain of different times in the virtual environment Second life to help learners and teachers of English.
You can visit the British Council Island absolutely free. You can find more details about Second Life and how to register here.
Insights into new 'Intelligent’ Business Trends
Seminar presentation
Joint seminar with British Council and Pearson Longman Publishing.
In this workshop, were explored the latest hot topics and issues in business and more importantly, how to motivate student interest in them.
Presenter: Tonya Trappe, co-author of the Longman’s Intelligent Business series
Date: 7 April 2010

Teaching young learners – combining creativity, learning and fun
Joint seminar with British Council and Cambridge University Press.
Presenter: Herbert Puchta - President of IATEFL, the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, couse books author, teacher trainer.
Date: 15 March 2010

What makes a great EAP teacher? Seminar presentation
Joint seminar with British Council and Garnet Education
Key skills an EAP teacher should have:

• Empathy with the EAP student
• Highly developed personal language skills and text analysis skills
• A critical approach to published materials
• The ability to learn content
• High cross cultural sensitivity
• A supportive view of student autonomy

Presenter Christopher Graham, Warwick University BA Honors, Politics,Garnet Education Publishing Marketing and academic consultant
Date: 25 March 2010

Children Love Interesting Learning
Joint seminar with British Council and Cambridge University Press.
Presenter: Michael Tomlinson, author of a course for young learners Kid’s Box (ideal for YLE preparation), as well as many other materials.
Date: 1 February 2010, 16.00 -18.00

Reading as an instrument for development of cognitive activity of a learner
Presenter: Lidia Belkovets - PhD, educational and FLT specialist, psychologist, assistant professor on FLT, RGGU Russian State University of Humanities, Head of the study and research laboratory
Date: 28 January 2010; 16:00

Chickens and Eggs: Motivation in Learners and Teachers. Seminar presentation
Presenter: Rod Bolitho. His main interests are in the fields of teacher development, coursebook and materials writing, language awareness and trainer training.
Date: 17 December

DEAR Time (Drop Everything And Read)
Joint seminar with British Council and Pearson Longman Publishing.
Presenter: Anna Voronina, senior teacher trainer of Pearson Longman Publishing.
Date: 10 December 16:00 – 17:30

Teaching School Students at KET and PET Levels. Seminar presentation
Joint seminar with British Council Russia, Cambridge ESOL and  Cambridge University Press.
Presenter: Annie Broadhead
There also was an exhibition - Cambridge Books for Cambridge Exams materials  exhibition and overview
Presenters: Ludmila Gorodetskaya and Irina Polyakova. Exhibition presentation
Date: 23 November 2009

Teaching grammar effectively. Seminar presentation
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.
Presenter: Margaret Milne - teacher trainer and material designer in British Council Manchester
Date: 5 November 2009

Becoming a Reflective Practitioner
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  Presenter: Margaret Milne - teacher trainer and material designer in British Council Manchester
Date: 3 November 2009

 Teaching at advanced (C1) level Seminar presentation
Presenter: Richard West, UK - senior academic and ELT consultant
Date: 22nd October 2009

Teaching Speaking with Technology
Presenter: Zhenya Bakin – teacher, teacher trainer
Date: 15th October 2009

Starting to read with Young Young Learners Workshop presentation
Presenter: Larisa Strukova - teacher, methodist, the author of books
Date: 8 October 2009

English Profile : Understanding Language Learners Seminar presentation
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 2009

Plain English writing that works
British Council and Ultimate Business Consulting Ltd invite you to the seminar on which you will know how to use written English in your work successfully.
Date: 6 October 2009

Launch of Web Community for Teachers of English Seminar presentation
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.
Special guest - Gavin Dudeney - a well known expert in the area of educational technology. He gave the workshop  "8 ways to integrate technology into classroom"

Get Inspired by Interactive Technology
Presenter: Inna Stevens - teaching and learning consultant, Promethean, UK
Date: 1 October 2009

Principels of English Comedy
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 2009

Motivating the Unmotivated. Seminar presentation
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

Selecting and evaluating websites Semenar presentation
Presenter: Tatyana Kuznetsova - teacher, methodist
Date: 16 September 2009

How to choose a textbook to prepare your students for Unified National exam
Presenter: Svetlana Zhavoronkova - teacher, authour of textbooks, teacher trainer
Data: 10 september 2009

Teaching Grammar to Young Learners
Presenter: Larisa Strukova - teacher, methodist, the author of books
Data: 3d September 2009

The teacher toolkit Seminar presentation
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.
Date: 20th August 2009