SEPTEMBER 2017 THE 10th ANNUAL FISCHER INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS 1 Welcome Dear special guests, dear participants, Welcome to our 10th annual conference! It’s seems a lot of time since we first contacted the Rin for conference rooms 10 years ago. It was the very beginning for both our companies and I could say we both had a beautiful evolution. It is not only the hotel that we associated with 10 years ago. Back then, of all the publishers we work with now, only two were our contractual partners. Ten years later, these two are united together under the rectangular power of National Geographic Learning so we can say National Geographic Learning has been our first international partner, and we could say we have built a strong partnership in Romania. I would like to salute this old and sound partnership and to thank the wonderful people at National Geographic Learning for their trust and consistency, for their supporting our own growth promptly and unconditionally all along these 10 years. Our 10th conference opens of series of great 10th anniversary, for this year we celebrate our 10-year partnership with our first partner, National Geographic Learning, but every year we made a new partner so next year we’ll celebrate a 10-year partnership with Cambridge University Press. I would like to voice a special thank you to one great educational institution and one international evaluation board that have also stood by us for 10 years: British Council Bucharest and, respectively Cambridge English Language Assessment. It goes without saying that a conference with such wonderful support should be a great event so, dear teachers and ELT professionals from all over the country, welcome to the 10th Annual Fischer International Conference for ELT! Daniela Vaduva Fischer International Managing Director 2 CONTENTS THE VENUE DAILY INFORMATION VENUE MAP DIRECTIONS CONFERENCE AGENDA MEETING ROOMS ABSTRACTS & BIODATA 3 THE VENUE BUCHAREST is a political, administrative, economic and cultural centre, with the earliest proofs of organised social life dating back to the Paleolithic Age. The first written record about this town is from September 20th, 1459. Bucharest, the most important urban centre of Romania, is not only a tourist spot of prime importance but also a gateway and starting point for tourist destinations across the country. Large parks have been arranged to complete the architecture of its natural lakes and many restaurants and pubs have been built to increase the attraction in their immediate proximity. The scenery is completed by the picturesque monasteries of Cernica and Pasarea, and many other 16th -17th century churches hidden between blocks and houses. An opera house, many theatres and even more museums complete the picture. Bucharest also boasts some gigantic communist buildings as well: the House of the Printing Press and the second largest building in the world, The Palace of Parliament. 4 RIN GRAND HOTEL Bucuresti, Romania Sos. Vitan Barzesti 7D T: +4(0) 031/106 11 11 W: www.ringrandhotel.ro In addition to the Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest is also home to another building with impressive dimensions: the biggest hotel in Europe – RIN GRAND HOTEL. Built in 2007, the hotel surprises with its grandeur and modern architecture. Erected close to the city centre, the RIN GRAND HOTEL is a ‘town’ always at your disposal. Business Centre All 25 conference rooms benefit from natural light, latest state of the art technology and audio-video support, and high speed internet access. 5 DAILY INFORMATION Conference Etiquette As a matter of courtesy to your presenter, during sessions (unless it is necessary for a task in the session), please refrain from using your laptop, using your mobile phone or having side conversations. Please avoid entering or leaving a room while the speaker is talking. Please also keep your mobile phone turned off during any session. Thank you. Security Please make sure that your meeting room door is locked if you are the last person to leave and that your laptops are never left unattended at any time. Please wear the Fischer lanyard and badge so that it could be easily seen at any time by the organisers and the hotel staff in order to avoid embarrassing misunderstandings. It grants you access to all the conference rooms, lunch and other conference areas. Meals • Refreshments (coffee break/welcome coffee) - morning and afternoon refreshments will be served at the 13th floor, outside of the conference rooms; • Saturday’s lunch is included in the conference package. It will be served in the Stars Restaurant. Please make sure you are back from lunch in due time for the following presentations. You will be required to wear your lanyard and name tag all during lunch and other refreshment breaks due to other simultaneous events happening in the hotel during our conference. 6 VENUE MAP 7 DIRECTIONS FROM GARA DE NORD Take the underground (metro) to Piata Victoriei (one stop). Change at Piata Victoriei for the Berceni line towards Aparatorii Patriei and get off at the th8 stop. You must be at Aparatorii Patriei. Here you get to Ion Iriceanu Street and take the bus no 202 towards Soseaua Vitan-Barzesti. Get off at the rd3 stop (reference point - Praktiker). You are there. FROM THE AIRPORT The cheapest and most convenient way is to take bus 783 straight to Piata Victoriei. The bus stop is next to the underground station. Take the underground Berceni line towards Aparatorii Patriei and get off at the th8 stop. You must be at Aparatorii Patriei. Here you get to Ion Iriceanu Street and take the bus no 202 towards Soseaua Vitan-Barzesti. Get off at the rd3 stop (reference point - Praktiker). You are there. You could also take the airport taxi. FROM ANY “AUTOGARA” SITUATED BY GARA DE NORD Walk to Gara de Nord and take the underground to Piata Victoriei (one stop). Change at Piata Victoriei and take the underground Berceni line towards Aparatorii Patriei and get off at the th8 stop. You must be at Aparatorii Patriei. Here you get to Ion Iriceanu Street and take the bus no 202 towards Soseaua Vitan-Barzesti. Get off at the rd3 stop (reference point - Praktiker). You are there. 8 DIRECTIONS FROM GARA DE EST (GARA OBOR/ AUTOGARA OBOR/ AUTOGARA RITMULUI) Walk to the Piata Iancului underground station. Take the underground to Piata Victoriei (3 stops). Change at Piata Victoriei and take the underground Berceni line towards Aparatorii Patriei and get off at the 8th stop. You must be at Aparatorii Patriei. Here you get to Ion Iriceanu Street and take the bus no 202 towards Soseaua Vitan-Barzesti. Get off at the rd3 stop (reference point - Praktiker). You are there. FROM ANY RAILWAY STATION AND BUS STATION YOU CAN TAKE A TAXI: Mondial: 021/9423 Cris Taxi: 021/9466 Meridian: 021/9444 INFO GARA: www.cfr.ro INFO AUTOGARA: www.autogari.ro INFO HOTEL: www.ringrandhotel.ro INFO EMERGENCIES: Ancuta Damian – 0755/048.886; Mihaela Boian – 0755/048.887. 9 CONFERENCE AGENDA PARIS ROOM STRASBOURG ROOM MOSCOW ROOM LUXEMBURG ROOM 11.00 - 12.00 REGISTRATION WELCOME COFFEE ORGANISERS & PUBLISHERS: British Council, Cambridge University Press, Global ELT, Ladybird, National Geographic 12.00 - 13.00 WELCOME WORD Learning, Oxford University Press, Pilgrims Teacher Training st 13.00 - 13.50 PLENARY GARY ANDERSON, Let’s Think about What’s in Your Teacher’s Travelin’ Bag 13.50 - 14.20 SNACK BREAK - BLUE 14.20 - 15.10 PLENARY DAVID EVANS, The Right Frame of Mind 15.20 - 16.10 PLENARY ZOLTAN REZMUVES, Communication built on solid foundations 16.10 - 16.40 SNACK BREAK - RED TIM PEARSE, What MONICA STOICA, The LAWRENCE MAMAS, Cambridge National Geographic ANNA GEBKA-SUSKA, Let’s Thinking behind the English YLE exams revised 16.40 - 17.30 WORKSHOPS Can Do for Your English cut a short story long! Speaking (FCE and CAE format from January 2018 for Language Classroom Speaking tricks) Starters, Movers, Flyers TIM PEARSE, What MONICA STOICA, The LAWRENCE MAMAS, Cambridge Friday, September 1 Friday, National Geographic ANNA GEBKA-SUSKA, Let’s Thinking behind the English YLE exams revised 17.40 - 18.30 WORKSHOPS Can Do for Your English cut a short story long! Speaking (FCE and CAE format from January 2018 for Language Classroom Speaking tricks) Starters, Movers, Flyers 18.40 - 19.30 PLENARY HANNA KRYSZEWSKA, Visual Literacy in the ELT Class 19.30 GUESS WHAT … 10 CONFERENCE AGENDA PARIS ROOM STRASBOURG ROOM MOSCOW ROOM LUXEMBURG ROOM 8.00 - 8.50 PLENARY DIANA GRAUR, Integrating smartphones into learning: why, how and what ZOLTAN REZMUVES, GARY ANDERSON, HANNA KRYSZEWSKA, DAVID EVANS, Skills For Inspiring 21st century 9.00 - 9.50 WORKSHOPS Cambridge YLE: Getting Using music (not songs) in Learning, Skills For Life learners to discover the Better All the Time! the language classroom nd world 9.50 - 10.20 SNACK BREAK - YELLOW ZOLTAN REZMUVES, GARY ANDERSON, HANNA KRYSZEWSKA, DAVID EVANS, Skills For Inspiring 21st century 10.20 - 11.10 WORKSHOPS Cambridge YLE: Getting Using music (not songs) in Learning, Skills For Life learners to discover the Better All the Time! the language classroom world 11.20 - 12.10 PLENARY LAWRENCE MAMAS, ELT Exams Update and the Non-native English Teacher 12.10 - 12.30 A WORD FROM ORGANISERS 12.30 - 13.30 LUNCH AMSTERDAM ROOM STRASBOURG ROOM MOSCOW ROOM LUXEMBURG ROOM TIM PHILLIPS, “You can’t VALERIA ANGHEL, SARAH ELLIS, The digital use TED Talks with lower SAM STEVENSON, IELTS: 13.30 - 14.20 WORKSHOPS Teaching Public Speaking: teacher – embracing the level learners!” Debunking writing Part 1 from zero to hero digital classroom the myth. Saturday, September 2 Saturday, TIM PHILLIPS, “You can’t VALERIA ANGHEL, SARAH ELLIS, The digital use TED Talks with lower SAM STEVENSON, IELTS: 14.30 - 15.20 WORKSHOPS Teaching Public Speaking: teacher – embracing the level learners!” Debunking writing Part 1 from zero to hero digital classroom the myth.