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Agenda

SATURDAY 18th NOVEMBER 2017 • MORNING

FRIDAY 17th NOVEMBER 2017

STEVE LEVER – Developing 21st Century Skills Through ELT (Uniscan)

CHRISTOPHER VASILIOU – Incorporating New Technology in the Classroom: a Transformation in Learning and Teaching(MM Publications)

SIMONA BACIU – The Teacher Within, a Mindful Approach to Teaching in the 21st Century (Transylvania College)

COFFEE BREAK

LUNCH BREAK

PIOTR STEINBRICH – 21st Century Skills in the English Classroom (Okian)

A202

Sanda Guina Iulia Cosma

Creative teachers -creative young learners

A203

Nicoleta Petronela Apostol

Innovative approaches to teaching English through music

A210

Shiralee Matthews

Luisa FilipCarmen BlagaDiana Berindeie Play, the drama is inside you

A302

Jen Mac Arthur

Fostering a spirit of lifelong learning in students

A303

Team work

A304

Nora Gibbons

A two-staged approach to using games to increase technology literacy

A308

Andrzej Raczkowski

Online learning and assessment – a hassle or a time saver?

A310

Codruta Gosa

Teaching Knowledge Test, Young Learnersmodule

Plenary Room

Plenary for Students Presenta-tion Skills

9:00 – 9:50Plenary Room

9:55 – 10:45Plenary Room

10:50 – 11:10Plenary Room

11:10 – 11:40

11:40 – 12:30 Plenary Room

12:40 – 13:30

13:30 - 14:30

Overcomingcommunica-tion difficulties

A211

Janie Cook

Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room

Oana Rus GeorgetaRarinca

Using emoticons in the English class…

A314

Quiz18:45 - 19:30Plenary Room

18:15 - 18:45

18:00 - 18:15Plenary Room

17:10 - 18:00Plenary Room

COFFEE BREAK

Interactive theatreMingling activities

CLAUDIU DAMIAN – Creative Approaches to Teaching (ISS EDU), Short Presentation

RUXANDRA MERCEA – Rethinking Leadership Transylvania College

ANDRZEJ RACZKOWSKI – Manageable Learning and Empowered Teaching (Sitka)

REGISTRATION

NIGEL BELLINGHAM – Country Director British Council Romania

OPENING

15:00 - 15:30

16:10 - 17:00Plenary Room

15:50 - 16:00

15:30 - 15:50

SATURDAY 18th NOVEMBER 2017 • AFTERNOONAgendaMARTIN JELINEK – # shareastory (Macmillan)

VIVIEN BERRY – Understanding Language Assessment: Bridging the Gap Between Needs and Resources (BC)

A202

Lilia Isac

Warmers, icebreakers and fillers for the ESL classroom

A203

Carina Branzila

A toolbox for the young learners’teacher

A210

Alina Elena CretuMonicaLepcaliuc Improving students’ life skills in the 21st Century

A211

Cristina RusuDiana TodoranIoana Tudose

New textbooks in new teching contexts

A302

Alexandra OanaVlad Gliga TED-Ed clubs in Romanian Schools

A303

Dorel Muresan Eliza Raduca

The princess and the knight. Encoura-ging studentsto write

A304

Martin Jelinek

Gateway 2Getaway(Gateway -2nd edition

A308

Paula Ghetu Luminita Mocanu

Play the Game!

A310

Georgiana Soficu

Teaching modernist short stories creatively in advanced classes

A314

Colin Vandergraaf

Using MOOCs and developing media literacy in the classroom

COFFEE BREAK16:15 – 16:45

17:55 – 18:40

Cocktail and Social Programme Starting at 18:40Plenary Room

PLAY – The Wall (Elf School Students) - Dan Leonard Young Talents - Transylvania CollegeStarting at 19:00

Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room

15:25 – 16:15Plenary Room

A202

Larisa Guzun

Formal, informal and non-formal education in the EFL class-To be or not to be…

A203

Irina Neicu

Practical activities for holistic develop-ment in the primary classroom

A210

Diana Cojocnean Gabriela Telecan

Using short films in language teachingand learning

A211

Mihaela RomaniucAna-Maria Nasui

Developing leadership habits in the English classroom

A302

Steve Lever

It’s the way that you say it –verbal and non-verbal communi-cation

A303

CatalinaCocan

The teaching apron, a hand-made tool for teaching young learnersk

A304

Sanda Gabor Luisa Filip

Learning tools to merge with students’ digital lives

A308

Martin Jelinek

Visuallywired

A310

PiotrSteinbrich

A kind of magic –beyond the lock stockof the English classroom

A314

Christopher Vasiliou

How to Build 21st Century competencies

Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room16: 55 – 17:45

14:30 – 15:20 Plenary Room

MARK ANDREWS – Changes In the English Language and What It Means for Us as Teachers (Sharing One Language –SOL)

COFFEE BREAK

A202

Cassandra Ioan

Storytelling and the delights of being yourself

A203

Romana Conon

Means of introducing idioms in English classes

A210

Consuela Popa An insight into content and language integrated learning

A211

Vasilica Mlesnita

Politeness theory insights for social skills development

A302

Marcela Cristina Stan Teaching Literacy Through Film

A303

Dana Grigorovici

Get on Stage!

A304

Blake Fountain

How to Sell English!

A308

Eliza Raduca

Playing, writing, having fun

A310

Tunde Minulescu

Emotion coaching in the English language class

RAFFLE

SUNDAY 19th NOVEMBER 2017

ROUND UP

Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room

A203

Teodora NaibaCristiana Osan

DevelopingHOTS through questions

RoomA210

Diana TodoranAndreea Curte Teaching presentation skills in the 21st century

RoomA211

William Owen

The thinkingclassroom:philosophy and critical thinking in ESL

RoomA302

Sam Stevenson

Speaking first

RoomA303

Narcisa Albert

A teacher’s guide to teens’ English

RoomA304

Milan VorzsakTunde Selyem

English debate workshop for advanced students

RoomA308

Elena Maria Gherdan

Revised CambridgeEnglish: Young Learners tests fromJanuary 2018, an overview

RoomA310

Delia Filipescu Lavinia Ungureanu

Teaching life skills through drama

RoomA314

Jen MacArthurColin VandergraafCornelia Vlaicu

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12:20 – 12:50 Plenary Room

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