DELEGATE INFORMATION English Language Teaching Conference Friday 17 - Saturday 18 January 2020 Prospero House,

Sponsored by ELT Conference 2020 Getting to the conference

etc.venues Prospero House is clearly sign posted and is the red brick building next to Starbucks opposite Borough Tube station entrance. WiFi By Underground Free wifi is available throughout Borough, the venue. Password will be available at the venue. Borough tube station is located on the Northern Line Bank Branch. Exit the station and go directly across the road. Turn right on the other side, go past Starbucks and Prospero House is the large red building next to Starbucks. By Train Mainline or Underground stations – Northern or Jubilee Line, & Mainline stations Security Turn left out of station. Go towards London Bridge and You are required to wear your turn south (left) and walk along . official conference name badge at Continue past Borough Station and Prospero House is all times during the event. next to Starbucks. Parking There are two public car parks nearby one on Kipling Street, and the other on Trinity Street, both approximately five minutes’ walk from Prospero House. Alternative short-term parking is also available in Avon Social media Close which is to the rear of the venue. Join in the conversation using Please remember that the venue sits within the @englishuk #eukconference congestion charge zone – for further information visit www.cclondon.com.

etc.venues Prospero House 241 Borough High Street London SE1 1GA

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Our service providers Special dietary This conference has been generously supported by our requirements participating service providers. Their attendance helps to Vegetarian options will be provided. keep your attendance costs down. For those who have informed us of Please take the time during the refreshment breaks and their dietary requirements (allergies lunch to thank the service providers and find out more and intolerances), special meals about what they have to offer you. may be provided. Please speak to a member of the catering team for Bournemouth English Book Centre further information. Cambridge Assessment English Cambridge University Press Endsleigh Insurance Services Express Publishing Global ELT Eddie Byers Book Swap IELTS Contribute to our book swap by LanguageCert bringing along a couple of your Macmillan Education loved and unloved books to the conference. You can then pick up National Geographic Learning a new read or two. We encourage Oxford University Press those taking a book to make a small Pearson donation to the Eddie Byers Fund, Trinity College London which transforms lives through learning. Find out more here.

ELT pre-conference fringe event Evening receptions We would like to invite all conference delegates to our Join us at our evening receptions first pre-conference fringe event on Thursday 16 January to share your thoughts on the day, from 18:30. This event is a space for ELT professionals to catch up with colleagues and make make new contacts and explore their passion of all things new connections. linguistic the evening before conference. Our evening receptions are kindly Hosted by The London School and and led by IATEFL’s sponsored by Macmillan Education. Leadership and Management Special Interest Group (LAMSIG) and Brighton Language Teachers, this free event Friday ...... 17:30 - 19:00 will include networking, nibbles, drinks, a panel Q&A and Saturday . . . . 17:30 - 19:00 a coaching session. Click here to register and view the timetable for the evening. Places are limited, please register in advance.

3 #eukconference ELT Conference 2020 Timetable Friday 17 January

From 8:00 Service provider set up 09:00 – 10:00 Registration 10:00 – 10:15 Welcome from English UK and Trinity College London

10:15 – 11:00 Setting yourself up for success: 2020 vision and working practices with George Pickering 11:00 – 11:30 Break

11:30 – 12:20 1A Moving from teaching to impact on learning with Silvana Richardson 1B Managing LGBTQI+ inclusive ELT settings: approaching issues, developing staff, supporting students with Adam Scott and Charlotte Williams 1C Accept your situation and strategise: a lesson learnt by a tired DoS with David Byrne 1D Employee engagement: the importance of being heard with Shirley Norton and Ben Butler

12:30 – 13:20 2A How we do peer observation and why you should do it too with Ed Russell 2B Environmental responsibility in ELT with Christopher Etchells 2C Mindfulness for stress, wellbeing and resilience with Matt Lunt 2D A tale of two staff rooms - making teacher retention work for you with Gill Davidson 13:20 – 14:20 Lunch 13:55 – 14:10 Poster presentations

14:20 – 14:50 3A Collaborative decision making in teams with Chris Farrell 3B Burning issues in ELT: we asked the experts with Yordanka Kavalova 3C Compassionate leadership: how to support teachers through the exam periodwith Dr Kate Brierton 3D Play to your strengths: positive appraising with Vic Richardson

15:00– 15:40 4A Performance management and helping staff to plan their careers with Emma Carlile 4B Online collaborative projects: what we’ve learnt in the Hands Up Project with Nick Bilbrough 4C The secret to total employee engagement with Josh Round 4D Managing and improving performance with Dawn Harry 15:40 – 16:00 Break 16:00 – 16:30 DELTM certificate presentation 16:30 - 17:30 Recognising, avoiding and dealing with burnout: in yourself and your team with Rachael Roberts 17:30 – 19:00 Drinks reception (Sponsored by Macmillan Education)

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09:00 – 10:00 Registration 10:00 – 10:10 Welcome from English UK and Trinity College London

10:10 – 11:00 Language teaching in the age of The Multilingual Turn with Silvana Richardson 11:00 – 11:30 Break 11:30 – 12:20 1A Restorative practices in an ESL setting: preventing and managing harm with Georgina Paterson 1B Creative ideas for the exam classroom with Paul Abbott 1C Insights in the psychology of the language teacher and learner - informing best practices with Alex Thorp 1D Teaching (not testing) listening skills: focus on decoding with Sarka Piggott 1E Personalising adult language learning with Daniel Brayshaw 12:30 – 13:20 2A Making ELT classrooms LGBTQI+ inclusive: queering narratives, countering prejudice, supporting everyone with Adam Scott and Charlotte Williams 2B The IELTS “Short-Course”: some design considerations with Louisa Dunne 2C No word is an island: the importance of word partnerships with Alex Warren 2D Textploitation: bridging the gap between IELTS & EAP with David Byrne and Mark Heffernan 2E Smoothing the teacher – class relationship with Mel Judge and Thom Jones 13:20 – 14:20 Lunch 13:55 – 14:10 Poster presentations 14:20 – 14:50 3A Zooming in and out: facilitating language learning for children in refugee camps through simple video conferencing tools with Nick Bilbrough 3B Two birds, one stone: preparing for the OET with Ros Wright 3C The certificate for practicing teachers: supporting contextualised, plurilingual CPD with Ben Beaumont 3D Teaching as gradual disappearance: practical steps toward learner autonomy with Johnny Day 3E Mediating communication with Stephen Parsons 15:00 – 15:40 2A Toward a more responsible and sustainable school with Green Groups with Ricky Anderson 2B No game no gain: using games in high level exam classes with Aida Sahutoglu 2C Developing materials for specialist young learner courses: my experience of becoming a specialist’ with Magdalena Salawa 2D Self-sabotage and how to avoid it with Mel Judge and Thom Jones 2E First Aid in Mental Health Awareness: course preview and takeaway tips with Barbara Lewin 15:40 – 16:00 Break

16:00 – 17:00 Licking language into shape: learning English through etymology’ with Susie Dent 17:00 – 18:30 Drinks reception (Sponsored by Macmillan Education)

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Service providers will receive one table and four chairs. The table size is 70cm (w) 120cm (l) 70cm (h). Your exhibition space is approximately 3m x2m. Delivery of materials Promotional material can be delivered to the venue on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 January 2020. The organiser All packages must be clearly labelled using the Delivery English UK is the national Label provided. Please note that both English UK and association of English language etc.venues Prospero House do not accept liability in the teaching centres in the UK. event of items being undelivered, returned to sender, lost, We have over 400 members in the misplaced or damaged in these circumstances. state and private sectors, from small privately-run schools to language Collection of deliveries centres in colleges and universities. Please arrange for your courier to collect all items on Our mission is to lead the UK ELT Monday 20 January 2020. industry to success. Find out more at: englishuk.com All items must be clearly labelled with your organisation name and left with the venue conceirge.

Exhibition space set up Your contacts on the day Set-up and breakdown times are: Friday 17 January: 08:00 – 09:30 Saturday 18 January: 16:00 –17:30

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