1st Annual ELT Conference
  • 1st Annual Exams Catalunya Conference
  • Conference Programme
  • Conference and Workshop Speakers
  • Conference Exhibitors
  • Plenary Session Presentations
  • Teacher workshop and round table sessions
 



Developing skills and raising standards in English language
teaching and learning...


Following the success of our February ‘Proficiency: All New for 2013’ half day event, Exams Catalunya is now organising a full day teacher development event to take place on Saturday 23rd November 2013 at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

This programme of training sessions, seminars and talks from ELT experts is aimed at all teachers of English at all levels.

Programme

Saturday 23rd November
9.30am - 5.30pm


An expert line up of speakers will deliver a range of plenary talks, seminars and workshops aimed at teachers of EFL at all levels. Representatives from English Profile, Cambridge English Language Assessment UK and Madrid will be present.

The conference
The day will include coffee breaks and a buffet lunch during which participants will be able to network with ELT professionals, view the various publisher and book shop stands and Cambridge English exam preparation materials.

Conference Fee55 €

Staff and teachers from current Exams Catalunya preparation centres35 €

Exams Catalunya - Lewis School ex Cambridge CELTA trainees35 €
Payment is required upon registration and can be made via bank transfer, credit card or at our offices.

What’s
included
in my
conference fee?
 Opening and closing Plenary Sessions
 Conference and workshop sessions
 Coffee breaks and buffet lunch
 Access to publisher stands
 Certificate of attendance

Venue

The conference will take place in the IDEC - Universitat Pompeu Fabra


Balmes, 132
08008 Barcelona









Saturday 23rd November

9.00 – 9.30 – Arrival and registration
9.30 – 10.00 – Welcome

Chair: Becky Heslop
Quality Assurance and Client Relations for Exams Catalunya

Tom Wogan
Cambridge English Language Assessment consultant for Catalunya

10.00 – 10.50 – Plenary Session
 Assessing English


The Global Assessment of Speaking Test performance
John Pidcock

Professional Support Leader for the Middle East and North Africa and Consultant for Cambridge English Language Assessment

The English Profile Project: how do we know what to teach at each CEFR level?
Ben Knight

Director of Language Research and Consultancy at Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

10.50 - 11.20 Coffee break and refreshments
11.20 - 13.00 – Plenary Session
 Teaching English

Introduction:
Graham Ward

Head of English of the Fundació Collserola and Cambridge English Speaking Test Team Leader

Speakers:
Using Film to Teach Languages in a World of Screens
Kieran Donaghy
Teacher trainer and award-winning writer

Games and language learning processes
H. Alito Rodgers Jr.
Teacher trainer, researcher and actor


Flipping your classroom
Brian Engquist
Teacher trainer for Pearson Publishing Spain and Portugal


13.00 - 13.45 – Lunch
Teacher workshop and round table sessions
 Developing and exchanging ideas

13.45 - 14.45 – Workshop 1
14.45 - 15.45 – Workshop 2
15.45 - 16.15 – Coffee break and refreshments

16.15 - 17.15 – Workshop 3

Workshops:

  • The Flipped Classroom
  • Evaluating Writing - Cambridge English: First (FCE)
  • Movement and Role-play in the Classroom
  • Engaging Teen Learners
  • Exam Techniques for UMS
  • Business English Books: Handle with Care
  • Assessing Speaking
  • Teaching to the correct level/Identifying you students’ level
  • Blended learning: tools for teachers
  • Get Ready! Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE)
17.15 – 17.30 – Closing ceremony
 The future of English as a global language

Erin Van de Hey
Exams Services Manager of Exams Catalunya
17.30 – Prizes and awards











Ben
Knight
Ben Knight joined Cambridge University Press two years ago and is now their Director of Language Research and Consultancy. One of his key interests is to develop the way CUP invests in research to improve the effectiveness of its learning materials. He also works closely with Cambridge English Language Assessment to enable the two university departments to offer an integrated service to teachers and organisations around the world.

Ben has taught EFL in six countries, across three continents. He later became a specialist in assessment, working for Cambridge English Language Assessment (then UCLES) and City & Guilds. He holds an M.Sc. in Applied Linguistics.




Neus
Lorenzo
Born in 1959, Neus Lorenzo has 25 years of teaching experience in the classroom, and 20 of teacher training, university research and educational leadership. She is now Inspector of education and Head of the Foreign Language Service in the Catalan Education Department.
She coordinates national and international programmes for multilingualism and social cohesion.

Neus Lorenzo is co-founder of The Transformation Society Institute for training and research, together with Ray Gallon.









John
Pidcock
John Pidcock is responsible for the training and coordination of Cambridge speaking test examiners/raters in the Middle East and North Africa. He has written various course books for Cambridge English examinations and was responsible for course organisation and curriculum planning at the British Council Barcelona for 15 years.

John has worked in fields such as drama, CALL, and video and he also does TESOL educational consultancy work.





Tom
Wogan
After working in Italy, Holland and Germany for some time Tom Wogan moved to Spain in 1993 and has remained here since. He currently works as both a Cambridge English consultant for Catalonia and as a teacher for the EIM (Escola d'Idiomes Moderns) at the UB, specialising in exam preparation courses. Before working for Cambridge Tom worked for a major publisher as a commercial representative and as a teacher trainer.

His expertise and knowledge of both teaching and of the Cambridge English system is invaluable and he will be sharing his insight with us at this session.





Sarah
Johnston
Sarah Johnston started her teaching career in Barcelona in 1985. She completed her CAP (Certificat d'Aptitud Pedagògica) and then went on to do her RSA (now DELTA). She is the DOS at Big Ben Idiomes Barcelona where she has been working since 1987. Sarah is a Speaking Examiner Team Leader for CPE, CAE, FCE, BEC, PET, KET and YLE and has worked with Cambridge Exams for almost 25 years. She has also recently become a WE (writing examiner).

She has been teaching exam classes for many many years to students of all ages and has prepared students for all the Cambridge Exams.





Graham
Ward
Graham Ward BA MA has been working as a Cambridge English teacher in Barcelona since 1997. He is the Head of English at the Fundació Collserola school group and as such is responsible for preparing candidates for all Cambridge English exams from Young Learners to Proficiency.

Graham has worked as a Cambridge Speaking Examiner since 2000, has been a Cambridge Team Leader since 2008 and started as a Cambridge Presenter in 2012.





Brian
Engquist
Brian Engquist has spent the last 20 years as an English teacher and teacher trainer in Spain. He often speaks about Blended Learning, Game-Based Learning, Digital Transformation, and the evolving roles of teachers and students.

More interested in the social consequences of technology than the technology itself, he hopes his talks place the emphasis on the C in ICT.





Jane
Delaney
Jane Delaney works as a primary school teacher in Tarragona and has also worked in secondary education. She is an ex Director of Studies and language school Director. She also works as a teacher trainer, Local Organiser, Team Leader and presenter for Cambridge English. She is very interested in getting teenagers to talk and write!





Anne
Dwyer
Anne Dwyer is a sociologist specialized in the field of effective communication (communicology). In addition to a DELTA, Anne has a Masters in Communication Management from the UAB, Barcelona, a Masters in Social Sciences from Bremen, Germany and a BA in Sociology and German from Wellington, NZ. Anne runs courses, consults and coaches in Communication and Soft Skills: Organizational, Interpersonal, Intercultural, Negotiation and PR, mostly at the Barcelona campus of European University. Anne also runs seminars in Interpersonal Communication and Corporate Writing for the ESADE Masters programs. Anne has collaborated with ESADE for many years, working with executives, professionals, business students and teachers alike. Anne has attended international conferences and workshops both as presenter and participant and has published a number of articles on communication and effective pedagogy and also wrote the book Skills for Business English 3 (Delta, 2001)





Kieran
Donaghy
Kieran Donaghy is a teacher, trainer and award-winning writer based in Barcelona with a special interest in the use of film in education.

Kieran is the co-author of Films in Health Sciences Education and his website on the use of film in language teaching Film English http://film-english.com/ won a British Council ELTons Award for Innovation in Teacher Resources in 2013.





Eleanor
Walker
Eleanor Walker started he career in TEFL just over ten years ago when she first moved to Spain. She has experience teaching the full range of Cambridge exams, from very young learners to teens and adults. More recently she has turned her attention to the upper main suite exams regularly provides teacher training both here and in Seville for FCE, CAE and CPE preparation.

She worked for five years as the Director of Studies in Seville before moving to Barcelona just over a year ago and has recently opened her own academy.





Alito
Rodgers
Alito Rodgers Jr. is a Teacher Trainer, Researcher and EFL teacher. For twelve consecutive years, he was coordinator, researcher and teacher of the EFL Project Aprendizaje Precoz de una Lengua Extranjera en la Escuela Pública. He has been training teachers for more than 15 years, doing courses and workshops all over Spain in Centros de Formación de Profesores, Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas, Escuelas de Magisterio and Universities.

Alito is a professional actor and directs both children and adolescents learning English through theatre. In addition to his training in the field of education, he holds two degrees: Boston University, Acting and New York University, Master’s in Spanish-American Literature.






The following exhibitors will be present at the conference and you will be able to see the latest ELT publications and services at their stands. To see more information about products or services exhibitors will be displaying at the conference, please click on an exhibitor name below.




Cambridge University Press is respected worldwide for its commitment to advancing knowledge, education, learning and research. Founded in 1534, it is the oldest Press in the world and has been operating continuously as a printer and publisher since the first book was printed in 1584.
As one of the world's leading English Language Teaching publishers, Cambridge University Press offers market-leading courses and supplementary materials for learners of English in all age groups. We continue to lead the way in the development of new materials for teachers and students across a range of platforms, including online, interactive whiteboard and mobile phone applications. www.cambridge.org/elt

Official Cambridge English preparation materials
Cambridge University Press, working in collaboration with Cambridge English Language Assessment, has developed a range of official courses, support materials and practice tests to provide you with everything you need to successfully prepare for your exam. Discover all the range of official preparation materials here: www.cambridge.org/elt/exams




Pearson is the number one education company in the world and the number one company in Spain for exam and test preparation materials.
Please contact us at pearsonelt@pearson.com
Website: www.pearsonelt.es




Global ELT is a publishing company that produces books of Practice Tests and Exam Preparation materials for the all the levels of the Cambridge English Exams (YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE IELTS BULATS).
We also publish a wide variety of ELT books such as books on Grammar, Listening, Speaking and Writing Skills, ELT Dictionaries, Vocabulary books, Idioms and Phrasal Verbs, General English course books and Graded ELT Readers.

You can download our 2013 catalogue from the link below:
http://www.globalelt.co.uk/images/catalogue%202013/catalogue-2013/index.html

SPECIAL OFFER: 40% on orders placed during the conference




Express Publishing is a wholly independent publishing house dedicated to producing quality English Language Teaching materials. Since 2009, Express Publishing is integrated in Spain into Grupo edebé; the purpose of the alliance is to combine edebé's expertise in the Spanish market together with Express Publishing's guarantee of quality and innovation in producing ELT materials.

Express Publishing’s aim is to produce a wide variety of innovative teaching materials to meet the needs of students and teachers alike. We have specific series for Primary & Secondary Education (adapted to both LOE/CEFR), as well as supplementary materials and resources for all stages of learning. We also offer brand-new levelled series for Cambridge ESOL Examinations (all levels) and others. Our materials include a vast range of multimedia components of the utmost pedagogical interest.

Website: www.edebe.com/express_publishing
Online catalogues:
Primaria:
www.edebe.com/docs/express-publishing/elt-catalogue-2013-primaria-fb/index_grey.html
Secundaria:
www.edebe.com/docs/express-publishing/elt-catalogue-2013-secundaria-fb/index_grey.html


SPECIAL OFFER: 10% discount for orders made during the conference in all of our publications designed for preparing for Cambridge English Examinations
.




Saturday 23rd November

10.00 – 10.50 – Plenary Session
 Assessing English

The Global Assessment of Speaking Test performance
John Pidcock

Professional Support Leader for the Middle East and North Africa and Consultant for Cambridge English Language Assessment

Global assessment of speaking performance is a skill we have to practise every day of our lives as we try to understand others who speak to us and also to make ourselves understood. In the examination context (of a speaking test, for example of the Cambridge kind), global assessment becomes a special skill, one which differs from analytical assessment in a number of significant ways. To pass from the analytical mode of assessment--which tends to come naturally to teachers--to the global- requires training and practice, yet often it is taken for granted. In this presentation I will be looking at different definitions of global assessment and at three different approaches to training and practising the skill it requires.


The English Profile Project: how do we know what to teach at each CEFR level?
Ben Knight

Director of Language Research and Consultancy at Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

The English Profile Project sets out to describe what learners of English at each level of the CEFR actually learn. This presentation will look at the findings and how it informs course design, test development and teaching. We'll look at how you can use the freely available English Vocabulary Profile online resource. I'll also share some of the insights coming out of the English Grammar Profile part of the project. As well as explaining what we've learned, I will focus on what impact it can have for teachers.

11.20 - 13.00 – Plenary Session
 Teaching English
Introduction:
Graham Ward
Head of English of the Fundació Collserola and Cambridge English Speaking Test Team Leader

Using Film to Teach Languages in a World of Screens
Kieran Donaghy
Teacher trainer and award-winning writer

The advent of the digital revolution and the Internet, the proliferation of mobile devices, which allow us to easily and proficiently capture moving images; the introduction of inexpensive, accessible and user-friendly editing tools; and the emergence of distribution sites such as YouTube and Vimeo, have changed the way moving images relate to society, education and language learning forever. This session examines and offers guidance on using moving images critically and creatively in language teaching in a world of screens.
Games and language learning processes
H. Alito Rodgers Jr.
Teacher trainer, researcher and actor

Whether we are teaching vocabulary, structures or a topic, we still should keep in mind the basics of language acquisition and learning. In this presentation Alito Rodgers will discuss the use of creative games and how they can be linked to the principles of teaching languages in general.

Flipping your classroom
Brian Engquist
Teacher trainer for Pearson Publishing Spain and Portugal


What started out as a simple way to provide recorded lectures for students who were missing classes has ended up challenging some of our most basic ideas about education. From practical issues like how we deliver content, or where or when students do class work, to more fundamental questions about who ultimately owns the learning process, the flipped classroom has started a trend which has very real and exciting implications.


Teacher workshop and round table sessions
 Developing and exchanging ideas
13.45 - 14.45 – Workshop 1
14.45 - 15.45 – Workshop 2
15.45 - 16.15 – Coffee break and refreshments
16.15 - 17.15 – Workshop 3
Workshops:

  • The Flipped Classroom
  • Evaluating Writing - Cambridge English: First (FCE)
  • Movement and Role-play in the Classroom
  • Engaging Teen Learners
  • Exam Techniques for UMS
  • Business English Books: Handle with Care 
  • Assessing Speaking
  • Teaching to the correct level/Identifying you students’ level
  • Blended learning: tools for teachers
  • Get Ready! Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE)
17.15 – 17.30 – Closing Ceremony
 The future of English as a global language
Erin Van de Hey
Exams Services Manager of Exams Catalunya









Saturday 23rd November

13.45 – 17.15 – Teacher workshop and round table sessions
Developing and exchanging ideas


Workshop
The Flipped Classroom
Brian Engquist


Following his presentation in the plenary session, Brian Engquist will be running a one hour workshop giving practical advice on how to “Flip your Classroom”. This new form of blended learning is changing the way teachers and students interact across the globe. In this workshop you will learn learn valuable classroom techniques that take advantage of flipped teaching.



Workshop
Exam Techniques for UMS
Graham Ward


The Head of English of the Fundació Collserola and Cambridge English Speaking Test Team Leader, Graham Ward, will lead this seminar on TOP TIPS for exam day strategy. Learn some simple tricks on ways the approach the questions and methods of time management to pass on to your students to help them to get those extra vital points in the Reading and Use of English papers and Cambridge English: First and Advanced level.



Workshop
Movement and Role play in the Classroom
Alito Rodgers Jr.


Alito Rodgers is both a teacher trainer and an actor and believes strongly in the use of games, movement and role play within the classroom environment. After introducing the principles of using these creative teaching methods during his presentation in the plenary session, Alito Rodgers invites you to join him for a one hour workshop in which he will elaborate on the ideas presented and show participants how these methods can be incorporated into lesson plans.



Workshop
Teaching to the correct level/Identifying you students’ level
Eleanor Walker


Understanding what students should know at each level is a challenge all teachers face everyday - from placing a new student into the correct class, to ensuring that they are producing the language expected from them at each stage of learning.
In this workshop participants will look at how to break higher level words down into manageable lexical groups and discuss how and when they should be introduced into the classroom. The focus of the session will be not only be on vocabulary items but also the idiomatic expressions containing them. An ideal workshop for teachers of Cambridge English: First, Advanced and Proficiency and those charged with general level assessment .



Workshop
Evaluating Writing - Cambridge English: First (FCE)
Sarah Johnston


This workshop will provide an overview of the Cambridge English: First Writing paper and support teachers preparing candidates for the exam. Teachers will be taken through the assessment criteria used when marking the test and will look at the four assessment scales used when marking the test:
  • Content
  • Communicative Achievement
  • Organisation Language


Workshop
Get Ready! Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE)
Jane Delaney


Cambridge presenter and YLE teacher Jane Delaney will be running 2 different workshops during the afternoon aimed at providing teachers with useful tips on how to present and teach Speaking and Reading skills to young learners.
If you are a teacher of younger students these workshops are an ideal forum for you to benefit from the advice and guidance of one of our experts, and to share ideas with other professionals who are also facing the challenge of preparing younger candidates.



Workshop
Business English Books: Handle with Care
Anne Dwyer


Frequently business English books contain exercises which teach students to tone down their messages, to be less direct and to use softeners, vagueness and other so-called forms of politeness. To be an effective communicator you need to be clear, complete and cordial. But are these approaches compatible with what is considered polite?
Using anecdotes to describe how misuse of language can create expensive misunderstandings in business, participants in this workshop will understand better what works and what does not in the business world. Together we will analyze, filter and create materials to empower your Business English learners to be effective communicators while still being polite.
This is an ideal seminar for those teaching business English, but also full of useful information for anyone who finds the rules polite communication in English a challenge.



Workshop
Assessing Speaking
John Pidcock


In his presentation in the plenary session John Pidcock will have discussed the principles of global assessment of a speaking test and looked at three different approaches to training and practising the skill it requires. In this afternoon workshop he will expand on the ideas presented in the morning and participants will be able to apply them to a video sample.



Workshop
Blended learning: tools for teachers
Tom Wogan


This workshop will introduce participants to the CLIL approach and allow them to gain a higher understanding of this method of integrated learning. An ideal seminar for any teacher facing the challenge of teaching English in a secondary school environment, or for those who would like to try a new approach to language learning in their English lessons. There will also be focus on the Cambridge English TKT CLIL module for those participants who are interested in gaining additional professional qualifications.


Workshop
Engaging Teen Learners





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