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Facing the Future Leeds Trinity and All Saints Please PRINT Responding to Changes 10-12 July 2009 About You in ESOL First Name Facing the Future Surname Booking Form Facing the future Leeds Trinity and All Saints Please PRINT responding to changes 10-12 July 2009 About you in ESOL First Name Facing the future Surname Address Institution responding to changes d Address to which invoice should be sent in ESOL d d d d Postcode d Telephone: o Daytime Postcode The NATECLA national conference in its thirty-second year This is a most beautiful part of the country, close to Ilkley Contact name for invoice queries Telephone: o Evening has taken as its theme “Facing the future – responding Moor and the Yorkshire Dales and if your time allows take Email: Telephone to changes in ESOL”. The conference will be a fantastic the opportunity to explore the area and see some of the opportunity for practitioners to examine not only how their most beautiful places in Britain. Membership No Purchase Order number or reference teaching practice is developing, but also how social policy is Attendance at NATECLA conferences can count towards your shaping the arena in which they teach. Workshop choices continuing professional development requirement and we Conference fees We endeavour to give you your first choice workshop but please indicate 2nd On Friday evening the keynote address will be given by award a certificate of attendance to delegates. Fees are based on your membership status. You may join or renew your and 3rd choice Clive Upton, Professor of Modern English Language at the University of Leeds. Entitled ‘Mind the quality, feel the width: membership of NATECLA if you wish to claim membership rates. 1st choice 2nd choice 3rd choice tolerance(s) in Standard English’ it will explore issues relating NATECLA thanks the following for their sponsorship. Main Sponsor: Pearson Longman I wish to attend the conference as: Saturday A 09.15 - 10.45 to prescriptive and descriptive conceptions of the Standard, Additional sponsors: o Individual member setting these ultimately in a context informed by recent Saturday B 11.15 - 12.45 research into so called ‘vernacular universals’. City & Guilds o Using the one allocated membership place on English Speaking Board Saturday C 14.00 - 15.30 behalf of my affiliated institution On Saturday and Sunday there will be a diverse range of LLU+ at London South Bank University workshops including practical teaching tips, new research National Research and Development Centre (NRDC) o Non member Sunday D 09.15 - 10.45 projects, teacher training workshops and policy updates Trinity College London –something for everyone. Be sure to visit the resources University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations Name of institution/ organisation (for delegate badge) exhibition, which offers a great opportunity to browse and The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) is Dietary requirements really see what you’re getting before you buy it. Talk to the contributing to this event o Vegetarian publisher and awarding body representatives present and join o Special diet request ____________________________________ in the Pearson Longman treasure hunt. I wish to book a place at the NATECLA 2009 Conference at Choose your workshop, complete the booking form Leed Trinity and All Saints o Packed lunch required on Sunday 12 July Ann Cryer, MP for Keighley, will address the conference on and return to National Centre. Applications must be Member Non-member (instead of meal in the restaurant) Saturday afternoon and this will be followed by a question received by Friday 26 June. All accepted bookings will and answer session. Ann is no stranger to supporting social be confirmed. Residential (includes all meals) o £310.00 o £360.00 Accommodation cohesion and challenging intolerance. She strongly supports To assist you in completing the booking form: Non-residential (with lunch & dinner) o £240.00 o £290.00 o Please tick if you need a ground floor room. the right for adults to gain access to affordable education. The conference runs from 4pm on Friday 10th July until Friday only o £50.00 o £70.00 NATECLA wishes to raise the profile of Community Languages after lunch on Sunday 12 July. (Including keynote address and evening meal) Signature and is planning a plenary session on Saturday afternoon to Dinner is 6.30 on Friday and the keynote address 8pm Saturday only o £150.00 o £190.00 present two case studies and consult with our membership Date Closing date for bookings is Friday 26 June. Your place on this area of important work. Trinity College London will (Workshops and lunch. Evening meal additional £15 - tick here o) will be confirmed. Please send your completed booking form with payment or purchase order to: sponsor this event. Sunday only o £50.00 o £70.00 Jane Arstall, NATECLA, Room HA205, South Birmingham College Mail your completed booking form to: (Including one workshop, closing plenary and lunch) ‘The Voice of Conference’ provides an important opportunity Hall Green Campus, Cole Bank Road for everyone attending to have their say. Whether you choose NATECLA National Centre One night residential (State Fri or Sat) o £200.00 o £240.00 Hall Green, Birmingham B28 8ES to air your views via a discussion group or via a post it note, HA205, South Birmingham College NATECLA uses this feedback from members as guidance for o I am paying for myself to attend and I enclose a cheque payable Tel/fax: 0121 688 8121 Hall Green Campus our future focus and position on policy issues. Do join in. The Cole Bank Road to NATECLA for the full amount. Send your completed booking form to National Centre no later than feedback will be presented on Sunday morning and then to Birmingham B28 8ES follow will be the ESOL Question Time panel chaired by Helen o My employing institution has agreed to pay my fee and wishes Friday 26 June. Your place will be confirmed. Casey, Executive Director, NRDC. Fax form to 0121 688 8121 to be invoiced for the full amount. It is understood that the fee is www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/ABOUTUS/FINDUS/Pages/ non-refundable in the event of cancellation but a substitute may Trinity and All Saints is only 7 miles North West of Leeds, default.aspx attend. The invoice will be paid within 30 days of receipt. Purchase 1 mile from Horsforth Station and close to Leeds Airport. There is on-site parking order or reference must accompany this booking form. This pleasant compact campus has on-site parking, good conference classroom facilities and residential ensuite accommodation. 8 Facing the future Facing the future 1 A Saturday 11 July 09.15 – 10.45 A4 Eight kinds of fun - using Multiple Intelligences D5 A phonics based approach to teaching literacy D8 Life in the UK – beyond the book and the pack to bring variety and enjoyment to the learning to ESOL students Workshop Leaders: Gomathi Panchapagesan and Robert Leach. A1 ESOL 21st Century Style experience. Workshop Leader: Liz Frost. This workshop is for everyone. Workshop Leader: Joanna Norton. Workshop Leaders: Juliana Saili and Ireni Thalassinos. This workshop is for new and experienced tutors and managers. Try out your citizenship skills with the online ‘Life in the UK’ This workshop is for everyone. This workshop is for new and experienced tutors and teacher trainers. Do you have problems ‘moving on’ ESOL learners with literacy needs? test questions from New UK Test. As more ESOL providers are The workshop aims to increase colleagues’ knowledge and With the current strains on ESOL provision, tutors are increasingly Do they always seem to be in the same class year after year making branching out from ESOL citizenship to prepare people for the awareness of how to teach IT and self study skills to their learners being required to teach classes of learners at a variety of levels. minimal progress with reading? online ‘Life in the UK Test’, new models of course are emerging This workshop examines ways in which teachers can plan class including hybrid ‘blended learning’ courses involving partnerships by providing a hands-on opportunity to try a number of IT and This workshop intends to provide participants with the techniques activities so that all learners are working to their potential, and to between face-to-face and online providers. New UK Test offers self-study activities, some of which were designed by former Entry and strategies used in the “Letters and Sounds” pack which teaches develop materials that are accessible to learners at different levels. face-to-face providers a new dimension, with infinite numbers 1 ESOL students. The activites will also provide an ESOL model of phonics in a methodical order.This is a radical approach based on the The focus will be on Entry Level Learners. of practice tests each weighted to the marking of the real ‘Life what young ESOL learners can achieve and that their integration Rose Report.As well as pronunciation, materials, a scheme of work in the UK Test’, and we would like to share their experience of into UK society can offer them an abundance of opportunities and and assessment tracking are included to support your progress with A5 Sit back, relax (more or less), and let the working with Dudley College and others to provide good quality test the abilty to function in a virtual society along with their peers. this pack. learners do all the work! preparation including ESOL support, exam preparation skills and click4ESOL is an innovative website designed specifically to meet Workshop Leader: Michael Berman. plain cramming. the needs of young ESOL learners, D6 Real Lives, Real Listening: A new approach to This workshop is for new and experienced tutors and teacher trainers. listening practice Using the ESOL core curriculum as a starting point and combining D9 ESOL and care work In this workshop, techniques will be demonstrated that can be it with aspects of employment, citizenship, and ICT, the final Workshop Leader: Sheila Thorn.
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