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THE GRAND FINALE OF SPELTA JUBILEE YEAR!
THE OPEN WORLD OF ENGLISH

 

37th International Conference and seminars
The Open World of English
13-16 December 2014
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Dear all,

Winter starts tomorrow and we are all tired and looking forward to the end of the term. More than in any other time of the year we need vitamines and SPELTA offers them to you now in the form of seminars and conference.

1) 13-14 December. 1 p.m.- 5 p.m.Mayakovsky Library. Fontanka 46. Two days highly interactive seminar on Academic writing. Experts from Samara and Moscow will show how to tune into publishing abroad and teach your students and postgraduates. It is a must for university teachers and a good opportuity for school teachers and postgraduates! Includes individual consultancy. Bring your drafts, abstracts, articles! Make your research ideas open to the whole world!Toregister, please write to this e-mail or
mkopska@mail.ru
2) 15-16 December. from 2 p/m/ onwards in  FInek Faculty of Humanities. Moskatelny 4. SPELTA conference The Open World of English which immediately follows. There is necessary registration by e-mail by e-mail. please register asap! To register, please send an e-mail to this address or julia-geller@yandex.ru in Russian, please give your name, your patronimic and your affiliation. If you are currently not working, please put free-lance. Also, please, write whether you apply for the seminar, for the conference or for both. There will be a symbolic organizational fee to maintain materials copying and coffee-breaks.
One important part of the conference is POSTER PRESENTATIONS CONTEST -open for everyone! Encourage your master and postgraduate students.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

With kind regards,
Tatiana Ivanova
 
 

Saturday-Sunday, December 13-14 from 1 to 5 p.m.

Pre-conference Event “Academic Writing Seminar (RAW project)”
presented by Russian experts Viktoria Levchenko, Olga Mironova and Natalia Koliadina. We also expect a new American Fellow from Moscow John Kotnarowski

Venue: Mayakovsky City Public Library, 46 Fontanka, Main Conference Hall, Belyi Zal
Pre-registration is necessary!

Seminar Program

Saturday 13.12.

13.00 Tatiana Ivanova (SPELTA President) Opening
13.10. Viktoria Levchenko, Natalia Koliadina.  Presentation of the RAW project
1410. Viktoria Levchenko. Action research vs Academic writing
15.10 – coffee break
15.40 -16.40 S.Suchkova. Academic writing: what to start with.  
Based on the analysis of Russian learners'difficulties.  Interactive practice-oriented workshop featuring activities on a paragraph level
16.40-1700 Summing up for the 1st day

Sunday 14.12

13.00-14.00 Natalia Koliadina. From AR to drafting an RP
14.10-15.10 Irina Yunatova. What can a teacher learn from teaching summarizing?
15.10 – 15.40 Coffee-break
15.40 -16.00 Q and A session. Summing up for the 2nd day.
16.00-17.00 Jan Stanbury. Christmas writing. (Pre-Christmas surprise)
17.00-Closing

Monday,  December 15

13.30 – 14.30        Registration, networking and welcome coffee
14.30 – 15.00        Greetings from:

• Tatiana Ivanova, SPELTA President, Saint Petersburg

• James Land, US Consul for Press and Culture, Saint Petersburg

• Jerry Frank, ELO for Russia, US Embassy, Moscow
• Margarita Mudrak, ESU Saint Petersburg

• Lyudmila Gorodetskaya, Cambridge University Press

Plenary
15.00 – 16.00  Jerry Frank, ELO for Russia, US Embassy, Moscow. ELT: Bridging Cultures through Teaching and Learning
16.00 – 17.00  Lyudmila Gorodetskaya, Cambridge University Press. From General to Academic English: Changes in Cambridge First and Advanced and their Correlation with English Language Olympiads for School and University Students.
17.00 – 17.15 Break

Plenary workshop
17.15 – 18.00  Peter Stepichev (2014 Teacher of the Year in Moscow, IV 2014 participant) A Multiplying Effect in Teaching English Grammar Using Grammar Cubes and Grammar Puzzle Games.

18.00 – 19.00  Wine and cheese reception

Tuesday,  December 16

Plenary
14.00 – 15.00  Jerry Frank (ELO for Russia US Embassy Moscow) Let Every Lesson be a “Lasting” Lesson!
15.00 -15.30 Peter Stepichev (2014 Teacher of the Year in Moscow, IV 2014 participant):  US-Russia International Visitor Programme: the Lessons We Learn from Each Other.
15.30-15.50 Lyudmila Kuznetsova (Saint Petersburg State University) English for Academics - a new resource for mature learners and teachers.
15.50- 16.30 Poster Presentation sessions. POSTER PRESENTATIONS CONTEST! The Jury will include SPELTA Council Members and Writing Experts. Tea and coffee will be served during the poster session!
16.30 – 17.15  Elena Solovova, Aida Rodomanchenko (Higher School of Economics, Moscow) Developing speaking for academic purposes and international exams: ability to handle interjections.

17.20 – 18.20 Pre-Christmas workshop   Irina Grishenkova and her students: The Spirit of Christmas - Are You Already Captured? (Holidays  celebration as a way of arousing students’ motivation.)

18.20 – 19.00`  Conference Closing: Poster Presentation contest results. Lottery - Tatiana Ivanova, Yulia Sergaeva, Elena Vdovina, Maria Kopylovskaya SPELTA Board

Conference organizing committee:

SPELTA President Tatiana Ivanova (Herzen University)
SPELTA Vice-President Yulia Sergaeva (Herzen University)
 SPELTA 2nd Vice-President Elena Vdovina (SPbSPU)
SPELTA acting secretary Julia Geller
SPELTA Board Olga Bartashova (SPSUE)
SPELTA Board Maria Kopylovskaya (SPSU)
SPELTA Board Anna Rodicheva (University of Trade and Service)

SPELTA email - Tatiana-szelinger@yandex.ru, olgamuranova_spelta@mail.ru
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