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PROGRAMME Welcome to the webpages for our 32nd. Convention when we return to Seville for the fourth time. These pages will be updated regularly so do return soon. NEW! Full Pre-Programme in PDF format: HERE NEW! List and abstract of ALL TALKS HERE NEW! Timetable overviewHERE Download the Convention Flyer with more information about the conference HERE REMEMBER PRE-REGISTRATION CLOSES MARCH 4TH. AFTER THAT DATE YOU WILL HAVE TO REGISTER ON SITE Plenary Speakers Opening Plenary - Friday Professor Ronald Carter Cambridge University Press http://cambridge.org/elt/cge/cge/about_authors.asp Tradition and Innovation: The English Language Today There are rapid developments in the English Language world-wide. New descriptions of English using multi-million word corpora are also generating new insights into grammar and vocabulary which present challenges for our course materials and teaching methodologies. At the same time there are innovative developments in the English language, such as Internet English. This talk will discuss how teachers face a genuine challenge to blend creativity and innovation with traditions of existing knowledge and good classroom practice. Ronald Carter is Professor of English at the University of Nottingham. He has written more than 50 books and 100 articles in the fields of applied linguistics and the teaching of English and has taught in over thirty countries. His recent books include: Cambridge Grammar of English (Cambridge University Press, 2006), winner of the 2007 British Council English Language Innovation Award. Saturday Plenary Jeremy Harmer Marshall Cavendish www.mcelt.com Ease up the Slap: Language and Discourse in the ESOL classroom In a world where English is expropriated by a hugely diverse community of speakers, what should we teach students, and what should we teach it for? When British politicians talk about 'our' language, exactly who is 'we', and while we are thinking about it, who should teach whatever it is anyway? The plenary will examine the complexities of language, discourse and methodology in the constantly evolving world of international English. Author of the Just Right Course and the Just Skills books Jeremy has an international reputation as an author, teacher trainer and expert in ELT methodology. His course materials and teacher's guides are used in over 40 countries. The Just Right course is a 5 level general English course ideal for adult learners. The Advanced level will be published in February 2009. Closing Plenary - Sunday David A. Hill Helbling Languages http://www.helblinglanguages.com/ Blending the Ancient Need for Stories with Classroom Practice Human beings live through stories, and we neglect this fact in language teaching at our peril. Although there have been a number of books about using story-telling in ELT, there has been no systematic attempt to work on story-writing as a skill. This Plenary will show some ways in which teachers can help their learners to become writers of stories. David A. Hill is a free-lance ELT consultant based in Budapest, and is mainly occupied with materials writing and teacher training for language and literature. He is Coordinator of the IATEFL LMCS SIG, and has trained teachers every summer since 1998 for NILE. He has recently written Writing Stories with Andrew Wright for Helbling Languages. . |
