Thursday, March 31, 2011

Macedonia-Thrace TESOL Convention (March 19th-20th)


Start of the Convention

Lindsay Clandfield - Keeping the fire going - Teacher Burnout

With dear friend and colleague Maria Theologidou


Beyond the Textbook- teaching young learners - Joanna Chletsi, Georgia Coules, Sofia Gegiou, Erato Kostopoulou, Maria Proestopoulou & Elena Tsigeridou

Digital tools for develping digital literacy - Nick Peachey

(Notes for this lecture: http://tinyurl.com/66swmrj )

More info about TESOL Macedonia - Thrace

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

TESOL Convention Athens March 2011

Start of the TESOL Convention

First Plenary of the day with Dr. Angela Fawccett (Swansea University, Swansea, UK)
Dyslexia and Learning: theory into practice
Some very interesting facts about learning difficulties in 2nd language learning and how dyslexic adults experience it.


Teaching 1 to 1's , professionals - cha cha cha Slide with Vicky Megas ( Teacher, Teacher Trainer, Director, The New Centre, Athens)
Really nice presentation with lots of ideas on how to teach adult professionals.
Plus learning how to dance the cha cha!!

My Drama Script - Anna Kozicka (EFL teacher on Poland)
Great ideas about creating a play for children.

Sunday Plenary - Dr Lindsay Peer ( CBE C. Psychol. C.Sci. AFBPsS FRSA FIARLD AMBDA)
The Masked Side of Dyslexia: frustration, anxiety and stress

The day was wonderful so I couldn't resist a stroll at Syntagma Square

With colleague and super blogger Christina Markoulaki
More info about the seminars and TESOL over here

TAKING EVERY SINGLE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN

Sunday, March 6, 2011

SEETA

Just sharing a useful link

http://www.seeta.eu/

With lots of articles, ideas, online courses and info on ELT

Saturday, March 5, 2011

City & Guilds 1st Annual Teacher Development Symposium



This year's seminars have started with City& Guilds Symposium. Very organised with lots of interesting subjects in a crowded (as you see in the picture) hall.
This time I will not describe what everyone has said...
More info

And more seminars to come...

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