We are please to have a true variety of colleagues come to share with us this year, including our plenaries. We've known Maggie since 2014, when we first met her at another conference we organised here in Slovakia. We love Maggie, because Maggie is one of us. Besides that, she's an amazing teacher and teacher... Continue Reading →
All delegates are invited to enter our first poetry competition! First place wins 50 EUR, the two runners up receive 25 EUR – in cash! Each participant may submit one (1) original poem (which need not rhyme) with a title, written in English and directly related to either the theme of the conference or something... Continue Reading →
With their being roughly 3 times as many English speakers around the world who were not born in English-speaking countries, it's quite amazing that the NEST/NNEST issue is still a 'thing' in 2017. The sheer number of qualified and experienced English language teachers who learned English as their second or even third language far exceeds... Continue Reading →
Milan Szekely: “At the moment, I work for Amazon and I am involved in activities and projects focusing on Training, Instructional Design and Distance learning. In the (near) future, I would like to work on projects promoting game-based learning platforms and non-text based interactive social learning that I have had a lot of experience with... Continue Reading →
Judit Kovács is an associate professor at ELTE University, Faculty of Primary and Pre-primary Teacher Education), Budapest, Hungary. She received her PhD in Applied Linguistics, and her habilitation in Pedagogy. She holds two Masters, one of which she gained at the University of Leeds, U.K. (MEd in Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language... Continue Reading →
Irina Pomazanovschi: “I am an English teacher and teacher trainer in Moldova. For around 12 years I have been teaching university students and adults as well as delivering workshops for professional development of English teachers in Moldova. Some of the workshops I did in the form of webinars that can be found on our YouTube... Continue Reading →
Sandra Grujevska: “ESL teacher and manager of the Language Center "Step by Step" from Skopje, Macedonia. I earned my BA in English Language Teaching at University American College Skopje and my MA in International Relations on the topic of Non-Formal Educational. I have been teaching English language to children and adults for almost 10 years.... Continue Reading →
Jen MacArthur is the Regional English Language Officer (RELO) based at the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia and covering the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic (Czechia), Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia (FYROM), Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia. She previously served as the RELO in Islamabad and Mexico City.... Continue Reading →
Appearing in random order: Claire Porter: “I am a teacher and teacher trainer at the British Council in Bratislava where I teach different ages and levels. I have been teaching English since 2003 and I previously worked in Spain. I completed the Trinity Diploma and the Trinity TYLEC (Teaching Young Learners Extension Certificate) while working... Continue Reading →
Early bird registration is open until July 8th! Register here: https://goo.gl/forms/qLIQXw2bdYnjpX1p1. The registration fee includes the following: 4 plenary talks (Maggie Kubanyiova [University of Birmingham], Margit Szesztay [ELTE Budapest/IATEFL President], Marjorie Rosenberg [University of Graz/IATEFL Vice President], and Steve Lever [Express Publishing]) 2 in-depth, hands-on, 90-minute workshops (led by Margit Szesztay and Uwe Pohl, and Steve... Continue Reading →
SKA 2017 UKF Nitra: Lifelines & Life Skills 