E-merging forum - 2012 - British Council

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	E-merging forum 2


	Connecting teachers of English

Date: March 29 - 31, 2012
Venue: Hotel "Aerostar", Moscow

British Council Russia conducted "E-merging Forum -2" that aims to get together teachers of English to discuss and share best practices, issues and solutions in the following content areas:

			Learning technologies
			Teaching English to YL
			ESP and EAP in Universities
			Teacher professional development
			English and Literature

We are glad to announce that "E-merging Forum -2" visited more than 300 attendees from all over Russia and Europe. There was also an online coverage of the event and more than 900 people had watched the video broadcasts.

The forum was featured with:
plenary talks and discussions, practical workshops, discussion groups, open space, online coverage and much more.

Plenaries that were broadcasted:

Duncun Christelow “The New Landscape of English Language Teaching”

Amos Paran “Critical Necessities: Using Literary Texts in the EFL Classroom”

Richard West “Instant Metiodichkas – less teaching, more learning”

Sandie Mourao “The Potential of Picturebooks for Young Learners”

You can also read E-merging Forum 2 blog here!
Our bloggers were posting interviews with the speakers, reports from most of the sessions in our E-merging Forum -2 blog.

Here you can find photos from the event.

About the Forum:
Who is it for?

			Teachers of English from all sectors
			Teacher’s associations
			Teacher educators
			ELT managers from state and private sectors

Plenary Speakers

Click here to view the information about the speakers.

Programme Table (Here you can download the detailed programme)

TIME	THURSDAY, March 29
14:00 – 15:00	Registration
15:00 – 15:30	Forum opening, Welcome speeches
15:30 – 16:30	Plenary The New Digital Landscape of ELT
16:30 – 17:00	COFFEE
17:00 – 18:00	Plenary Critical Necessities: Using Literary Texts in the EFL Classroom
18:00 – 18:30	Introduction of Day 2
18:30 – 20:00	Welcome reception

TIME	FRIDAY, March 30
10:00 – 10:30	Registration opens
10:30 – 12:00	Parallel sessions
12:00 – 12:30	COFFEE
12:30 – 13:30	Plenary Instant Metodichkas – less teaching, more learning
13:30 – 14:30	LUNCH
14:30 – 16:30	Parallel sessions
16:30 – 17:00	COFFEE
17:00 – 18:00	Plenary The potential of picturebooks for YLs
18:30 – 20:00	Quiz night (optional)

TIME	SATURDAY, March 31
10:30 – 11:00	Registration opens
11:00 – 12:00	Discussion groups in 5 special interest areas
12:00 – 12:30	COFFEE
12:30 – 13:30	Discussion groups in 5 special interest areas continue
13:30 – 14:30	LUNCH
14:30 – 15:30	Open slots
15:30 – 16:00	COFFEE
16:00 – 17:00	Presentations from 5 discussion groups
17:00	Closure

We would like to thank all speakers, facilitators, bloggers and participants who worked with us during the forum.

For more information please contact Maria Popova at maria.popova@britishcouncil.ru

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