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32nd Annual ConferenceANDAGM

Programme and Invitation

Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th January 2016Kantonsschule Zürich Nord, Zürich-Oerlikon

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03 ETAS 32nd Annual Conference and AGM • Zurich

ETAS 32nd Annual Conference and AGM Programme and Invitation

ETAS ISSUES4 ETAS Organisation4 ETAS AGM Organising Committee5 ETAS Administration

10 Nominations to the ETAS Executive Committee 2016 – 2019

CONFERENCE ISSUES7 Programme8 Friday Evening Event9 AGM Invitation and Agenda

12 Plenaries14 Lunch menus18 Registration information21 Registration form22 Overview of all workshops26 Workshop descriptions38 Speakers' biographical information

ZURICH ISSUES15 Travel to Zurich: How to find the Conference16 Hotel information17 Map of Zurich with locations

SUPPORT ISSUES13 Raffle13 Sponsors42 Book Exhibitors

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

CONTENTS

Cambridge English Languages GmbH 17Cambridge English Examinations Centre Winterthur 28Cambridge English Examinations Geneva 20Cambridge University Press 40Flying Teachers 2Macmillan Education 6Migros Schools 14Oxford University Press 43TLC International House Zürich-Baden 44

ETASOrganisationTHE COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT g JoAnn Salvisberg g [email protected] PRESIDENT AND PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIR g Peach Richmond g [email protected] PAST PRESIDENT g Ann Humphry-Baker g [email protected] g Anel Aubert g [email protected] NATIONAL COORDINATOR g Annette Leimer g [email protected] EVENTS CHAIR g Sue Wood g [email protected] CHAIR g Julie Mangold g [email protected] g Catherine Shultis g [email protected] DEVELOPMENT CHAIR g Urs Kalberer g [email protected] g Raymond Rogers g [email protected] CHAIR g Hansjoerg Stieger g [email protected]

REGIONAL COORDINATORS (RCs)

BADEN g Caroline Rickli g [email protected] g Katharina Hegy and Antoinette Breutel O’Donoghue g [email protected]/NEUCHÂTEL g Alessia Pratka and Annina Ochsenbein g [email protected] SWITZERLAND g Susanne Oswald and Annette Dober g

[email protected] g Karen Greaney and Rachael Harris g [email protected]ÜNDEN g VacantSOLOTHURN/OLTEN g Sue Nikles g [email protected]. GALLEN g Liudmila Viaroukina g [email protected] g Nicole Jaks and Meghan Jones g [email protected] g Cathy Gérard g [email protected] g Ruth Benvegnen and Lucy Kottsieper g [email protected]ÜRICH/WINTERTHUR g Sue Wood and Choreanne Frei g [email protected]

ETAS AGM ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Pamela Betschen g ETAS AdministratorChoreanne Frei g SponsoringCathy Gérard g Managing EditorJanet Joos g Proof-readingAlice Knöpfel g Book Exhibition CoordinatorElsbeth Mäder g RegistrationDawn Wenger g Registration / Room AllocationsSue Wood g National Events ChairChristina Workman g Speaker Hospitality, Room Allocations

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Monday, Tuesday, Thursday8.30 – 11.30

PUBLISHER:ETAS English Teachers Association, Switzerland

PROGRAMME:ETAS National Events ChairETAS AGM Organising Committee

GRAPHIC DESIGN:Sumners Graphics

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Kantonsschule Zürich Nord, Zürich-Oerlikon

Saturday 23rd January 201609.00 – 09.45 Registration, tea / coffee and croissants, Book Exhibition 09.45 – 10.00 Welcome, JoAnn Salvisberg, ETAS President 10.00 – 11.00 Keynote Address by Jane Revell (sponsored by Helbling Languages)

Getting older… and wiser?11.00 – 11.15 General information 11.15 – 12.45 Lunch / Book Exhibition13.00 – 14.30 Workshops Session A (60 or 90 minutes)14.30 – 15.00 Tea / coffee and Book Exhibition15.00 – 16.00 Workshops Session B (60 minutes)16.15 – 17.30 AGM17.45 – 18.45 Closing Plenary by Claudia Ferradas (sponsored by NILE / ETAS)

Communicating across cultures: encounters in the ‘contact-zone’

Followed by Apéro Riche

Sunday 24th January 201609.00 – 09.30 Registration, tea / coffee and croissants, Book Exhibition 09.30 – 10.30 Keynote Address by Paul Dummett

(sponsored by Cengage / National Geographic Learning)Finding your voice

10.30 – 10.45 Short coffee break10.45 – 12.15 Workshops Session C (60 or 90 minutes) 11.45 – 13.15 Lunch / Book Exhibition 13.30 – 14.30 Workshops Session D (60 minutes) 14.30 – 14:45 Closing words from the President 14.45 Official End of the Annual Conference and AGM

ProgrammeETAS 32nd Annual Conference and AGM


This year, we are organising a tour of the old town of Zurich in the form of a ghost walk:“Ghost Walk of Zurich. Have a scream on the city’s most spirited guided tour”

Zurich may not have been home to the infamously famous Jack the Ripper,but wrap up warm for some chilling stories on a cold winter evening.

When? Friday 22nd January 2016

Where? Beginning and ending at Paradeplatz (next to the Savoy Hotel / Grieder fountain),starting at 18.30. The tour lasts approximately 70 minutes and takes place in any weather, so wrap up warm!

How to sign up?Places are limited, so please email Choreanne Frei at [email protected] by 18th January, providing the following information:• Your name• Whether you would like to join the tour• Whether you will attend the restaurant dinner

We look forward to welcoming you to Zurich and spending an enjoyable and relaxing evening together.

Friday Evening Event


You are cordially invited to attend the ETAS 32nd Annual General Meeting on Saturday, 23rd January 2016, at 16.15

Agenda1. Welcome

2. Approval of the Agenda

3. Approval of the Minutes of the 31st AGM in Bern, printed in the Spring Journal 2015, page 16

4. Annual ReportsWeb Chair, Hansjoerg StiegerTreasurer, Raymond RogersTeacher Development Chair, Urs KalbererSecretary, Catherine ShultisPublic Relations Chair and VP, Peach RichmondPublications Chair, Julie MangoldNational Events Chair, Sue WoodNational Coordinator, Annette LeimerMembership Chair, Anel AubertPresident, JoAnn Salvisberg

5. Auditor’s Report

6. Approval of the Budget for the new Fiscal Year (2015 – 2016)

7. Election of Committee Members: Membership Chair, Publications Chair, Public Relations Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Web Chair

8. Any other business

9. ‘Free membership’ draw for all contributors to the ETAS Journal during 2015

AGM Invitation and AgendaETAS 32nd Annual Conference and AGM


POSITION NOMINEEMembership Chair Anel AubertPublications Chair Julie MangoldPublic Relations Chair Neil BullockSecretary Kelly SovillaTreasurer vacantWeb Chair Martina Lazaro

MEMBERSHIP CHAIR: Anel Aubert

After having studied English linguistics at Moscow State University, Anel took up Frenchlanguage courses and started working as a teacher and translator. She is now teaching ELT andFLE (French as foreign language) in Lausanne and is about to start working as a teacher trainer.

She got her SVEB in 2009 and did the CELTA course in IH London in 2012. While now workingtowards her DELTA, she also participates in many MOOCs (massive open online courses) atCoursera.org and other online platforms.

At the moment, Anel is interested in all aspects of technology use in the classroom, from IWBs to mobile applications and voting systems. In the future, she would like to specialise in e-learning and / or data visualisation.

Anel has been nominated by Fay Rogers and seconded by Raymond Rogers.

PUBLICATIONS CHAIR: Julie Mangold

Julie has been an English teacher and ETAS member since 2009, a Journal contributor since2010 and an Editorial Board member since early 2012. Julie’s main area of teaching interest isExam preparation courses, but she also enjoys teaching young learners and adults in general.Julie completed a Master of Education in Workplace and Adult Learning with a specialization inEnglish Language Teaching from the University of Calgary in 2011. She also earned a certificatein Teaching and Training Adults, a BA Honours in Communications and French from theUniversity of Ottawa, and completed the CELTA program. Julie believes in lifelong learning andskills upgrading as cornerstones to continuing professional development. Originally fromToronto, Canada, Julie lives in Solothurn with her Swiss husband, two young children andprecocious Border Terrier.

Julie has been nominated by Val Safai and seconded by Helena Lustenberger.

NominationsNominations to the ETAS Executive Committee 2016 – 2019



PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIR: Neil Bullock

Neil has been an English teacher for 13 years, principally in Business English and, morerecently, specialising in the aviation world. An ETAS member since 2006, Neil has recentlycompleted a second MA (with Merit) in Applied Linguistics, and is also involved in rater training, test development and exam administration on behalf of the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation. Additionally, he works as an aviation English teacher and ELPAC examiner for the air traffic control organisation, Skyguide. Other than his ETAS activities, including his role as TEASIG Coordinator, he serves as a committee member of IATEFL TEASIG (responsible forwebinars) and is a member of ALTE, IATEFL (ESP SIG) and the International Civil Aviation English Association.

Neil has been nominated by Urs Kalberer and seconded by Sue Wood.

SECRETARY: Kelly Sovilla

Kelly grew up in sunny California and now calls Bern, Switzerland home. She currently teachesBusiness English and exam preparation courses at the Bildungszentrum Emme, (bzemme) inBurgdorf. She has a BA in Business Administration, a CA Teaching Credential and a CELTAcertificate and has been teaching a variety of age groups in private and state institutions over the past 28 years in the United States and Europe. Kelly has been a member of ETASsince 2011.

Kelly has been nominated by JoAnn Salvisberg and seconded by Catherine Schultis.

WEB CHAIR: Martina Lazaro

Martina graduated from Potsdam University (Germany) in languages and economics with a “Magistra Artium” degree in 1997, gaining her first professional experience in the marketing and PR sector.

In order to combine family life and professional career, she left the PR /marketing sector in2000 to start a teaching career. Since then she has been working as a part-time teacher ofGerman, English and Russian. In 2009 she obtained the Federal PET Diploma from SVEB (level 2) and in 2013, the diploma as a qualified teacher of Swiss vocational schools fromSFIVET. She is currently teaching English and German at the Public Commercial School CPC in Locarno / Ticino.

Martina grew up in the former German Democratic Republic and has been living in Switzerlandsince 1998. Her interests include using new technology in the classroom, running, figureskating and her family.

Martina has been an ETAS member since 2009.

Martina has been nominated by Hansjoerg Stieger and seconded by Cindy Stieger.

Saturday Keynote Address (60 minutes)Jane Revell • Getting older … and wiser?Sponsored by Helbling Languages

The aim of this plenary is to make you think a little, make you laugh a little, and leave you with some ideas to take away and use both inside and outside the classroom. We will experiencestories, poems and anecdotes that relate to different stages of life and provide interesting food for thought for people of all ages.

Jane has been involved in English language teaching for over forty years. She has taught Englishand trained teachers all over the world. She has also written many ELT books, most recently a new adult course for Helbling Languages. She has also written children’s stories and BBC radio and video material.

She is a certified international NLP trainer and a qualified Pilates instructor.

Saturday Closing Plenary (60 minutes)Claudia Ferradas • Communicating across cultures: encounters in the “contact zone”Sponsored by NILE / ETAS

One of the central concerns of foreign language learning is how to communicate our fluid identities in languages used to express worldviews different from our own. In a context of growingintercultural communication, reading and responding to “contact literature” (creative texts in whichcultures come into contact) can help us develop intercultural awareness, as the encounter withotherness can encourage reflection on how meanings can be communicated across cultures. This presentation explores a variety of creative texts written in English (both in print and othermedia) in which intercultural encounters are highlighted. It proposes strategies to approach themaiming at developing the linguistic repertoire necessary to express our own meanings in English.

Claudia Ferradas, PhD, is a teacher educator and ELT author who specialises in literature andintercultural studies. Her extensive international experience as a conference speaker includes the closing plenary of IATEFL Cardiff, 2009.

Sunday Keynote Address (60 minutes)Paul Dummett • Finding your voiceSponsored by Cengage / National Geographic Learning

A common complaint among learners is that their English does not allow them to expressthemselves or represent themselves as they would want – in other words, they cannot find theirvoice. And yet they have a very real desire to do this. How can we create the conditions for thesevoices to flourish? This talk demonstrates that by using the example of native speaker presenters(TED talks from the new Cengage / NGL series, Keynote) who have found their voice, we can: inspirelearners and tap into their interests; generate ideas and stimulate creative thinking; overcomeplateaux they have reached; and ultimately provide them with the language, skills and confidenceneeded to present their own ideas in their own voice.

An experienced ELT writer with a mission to provide content that is meaningful and thought-provoking, Paul has observed that learning occurs best when the vehicle is a narrative that learners can engage with and learn from.

Plenaries


Thank you to all of our sponsors (listed alphabetically).

academia Basel

Bell Switzerland

Bergli Books

British Council

Business Spotlight / Spotlight Verlag

Cambridge English Examination Centre St Gallen

Cambridge University Press

Cengage / National Geographic Learning

Coordination Office of the Migros Club Schools

Cornelsen Schulverlage Schweiz AG / ETAS

Globe English Centre / ETAS

Helbling Languages

Hilderstone College

Macmillan Education

NILE

Oxford University Press

Pearson Schweiz AG

TELC GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany)

TLC – The Language Centre International House Zürich-Baden

Sponsors (at time of going to print)

Raffle

We are very grateful once again to NILE for their generous support in sponsoringtwo GRAND PRIZES for the raffle draw: one free face-to-face NILE course, and onefree online NILE course within the next calendar year. The proceeds will go into theteacher-to-teacher fund for our next project to be decided in 2016.


SATURDAY LUNCH

Salad buffet

Beef StroganoffSliced beef with mushrooms and peppersServed with homemade butter spätzle

Vegetarian optionBeef stroganoff with Quorn

Choice of different dessert creams

Mineral water and coffee

SUNDAY LUNCH

Salad buffet

Riz CasimirSliced chicken in a curry sauce served with rice and garnished with fruit

Vegetarian optionSpring rolls on a curry sauce

Served with rice and garnished with fruit

Choice of different dessert creams

Mineral water and coffee

Lunch menus

SATURDAY EVENINGAPÉRO RICHE after the Closing Plenary

A selection of varied finger food

Choice of wine, orange juice, water


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BY TRAIN: please refer to www.sbb.ch for your timetable to Zürich Hauptbahnhof or Zürich Oerlikon. There are trains from Zürich Hauptbahnhof to Zürich Oerlikon about every 10 to 15 minutes.

Map of the venue with bus and tram numbers

BY CAR: Take A1 to Dreieck Zürich Ost and follow directions towards the city. As you exit the first tunnel, take theUnterstrass exit towardsChur/Luzern/Unterstrass.Continue ontoHirschwiesenstrasse, then turn right ontoGrebelackerstrasse, and left onto Wehntalerstrasse. Turn right onto Birchstrasse and the car park is on your left.

Important note: Parking is available at the school and is paid in cash.Please note: Only guide dogs are allowed at the venue.

Travel to Zurich: How to find the Conference

Directions to the Kantonsschule Zürich Nord,Birchstrasse 107, 8050 Zürich

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With such a large range of hotels to suit every budget in the immediate areaand Zurich in general, we would suggest checking an online booking portalsuch as www.booking.com or www.hotels.com to get the best available price.

Hotels in the immediate area include (in alphabetical order):

Courtyard by Marriott Zurich North (approx. 12 minutes on foot)Max-Bill-Platz 19 8050 Zurich044 564 04 04

Holiday Inn Messe Zurich (approx. 20 minutes on foot)Wallisellenstrasse 488050 Zurich0800 561 057

Hotel Oerlikon Inn (approx. 13 minutes on foot)Edisonstrasse 118050 Zurich058 680 24 24

Ibis Messe Airport (approx. 28 minutes on foot)Heidi Abel-Weg 5, Zurich-Oerlikon8050 Zürich044 307 47 00

Swissôtel (approx. 9 minutes on foot)Schulstrasse 448050 Zürich044 317 31 11

Hotel information


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Registration fees MembersEarly Bird Members Non-Members At the door

Registration and payment deadline: 30.11.15 5.1.16 5.1.16 -

Early Bird Package1 CHF 220.− - - -

Saturday (including lunch, refreshments and aperitif) - CHF 130.− CHF 180.−

Sunday(including lunch and refreshments) - CHF 110.− CHF 160.−

Annual Conference Package1 - CHF 240.− CHF 290.−

1 Packages include: all workshops, keynote addresses, lunches (see menus on p. 14), refreshments, and aperitif.

(add CHF 20.–,cash only)

The following attendees are entitled to the member rate:- Individual Members of ETAS- Two, five or ten teachers per School Membership of ETAS, depending on your membership category (additional teachers pay the non-member rate) - Two teachers per Associate Membership of ETAS (additional teachers pay the non-member rate)

To join ETAS now and register at the ETAS member rate please do the following:1) Fill in the lower portion of the registration form found on page 212) Pay the ETAS half year annual dues along with the Annual Conference and AGM ETAS member registration fee

1) Fill in the registration form on p. 21, or register online (www.e-tas.ch > Events > AGM), and2) Pay your registration fee

ETAS postal account details: Beneficiary: English Teachers Association Switzerland, 8000 Zürich, SwitzerlandAccount number: 80-43533-3 IBAN: CH10 0900 0000 8004 3533 3 BIC/SWIFT: P O F I C H B E Clearing number: 09000Bank: Swiss Post, PostFinance, Engehaldenstrasse 37, CH-3030 Bern, SwitzerlandMention: ‘AGM 2016’ plus name(s) of attendee(s)Please note that in an effort to reduce administrative costs, ETAS will not issue invoices or confirmations of registration or payment.If you have any doubt about your registration, please contact ETAS Administration.

Early Bird registration and payment deadline: 30th November 2015Final registration and payment deadline: 5th January 2016If you’ve missed the registration deadline, you can still register on the day(see On-site registrations below).

On-site registrations must be paid in cash (Swiss Francs) and are subject to a surcharge of CHF 20.-. Lunch is subject to availability.

Memberrates

Join ETAS nowand register at the ETASmember rate

How to register

Payment details

Deadlines

On-siteregistrations

Registration information


If you have registered and are prevented from attending, please send a cancellation to ETAS Administration ([email protected]). For last-minute cancellations, please call +41 (0)24 420 32 54 and follow the instructions. Cancellations received before 5th January 2016 will incur a 50% cancellation charge. Cancellations after this date will not berefunded unless a medical certificate can be provided (50% refund). No-shows will be charged.

Workshops are on a first come, first served basis. No reservation is necessary. However, it is useful for us to have some information about participant numbers for room allocation, so you are invited to state which workshops you are interested in attending, though this choice is notbinding. Numbers are limited for some workshops, so please go early to be sure of a place. Or even better, enrol as a workshop supervisor – your place is then guaranteed.

A workshop supervisor welcomes participants, closes the door when the room is full, and introduces and thanks the speaker. If you are interested in being a workshop supervisor, pleasemark it on the registration form. Make sure you give us your email address so we can send you a confirmation.

If you have already registered with the Book Exhibition Registration Form, you don’t need to fill in another registration form. If in doubt, contact ETAS Administration.

If your sponsor has already registered you through the Book Exhibition Registration Form, youdon't need to fill in another registration form. Otherwise, please fill in the registration form on p. 21 and tick the I am a speaker/workshop presenter box.

For lunch (Saturday and Sunday) you can choose between vegetarian and non-vegetarian (see menus on p. 14). If no option is selected, the default choice is non-vegetarian.

You will find a list of hotels on p. 16. We recommend that you book early.

Cancellations

Choosingyour

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Workshopsupervisors

BookExhibitors

Speakers

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We look forward to seeing you in Zurich!ETAS Administration, Les Murailles 2, CH-2037 Montezillon, Tel: +41 (0)24 420 32 54, Fax: +41 (0)24 420 32 57, [email protected]


Registration informationTwo steps to register:1) Fill out the registration form (p. 21) and send it to ETAS Administration,

or register online at www.e-tas.ch, and

2) Pay your registration fee (IBAN: CH10 0900 0000 8004 3533 3 or see full payment details on page 18).

Please send your registration form (with proof of payment) in an envelope to:

ETAS AdministrationLes Murailles 2,CH-2037 Montezillon


AARGAU/SOLOTHURNContact Centre: BERNE-mail: [email protected]: www.cambridgeesol-aargau.chExams offered: KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, ILEC, ICFE

BASELMAUREEN HILLCAMBRIDGE ENGLISH EXAM CENTREST ALBAN-ANLAGE 254052 BASELTel: 061 273 90 43 Fax: 061 273 90 47E-mail: [email protected]: www.cambridgeenglish-basel.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC

BERNANNE GRUAZCAMBRIDGE ENGLISH EXAM CENTREEFFINGERSTRASSE 153008 BERNTel: 031 398 02 70 Fax: 031 398 02 74E-mail: [email protected]: www.cambridgeesol-bern.chExams offered: KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, ILEC, ICFE

GENEVAMARY BURZMINSKICAMBRIDGE ENGLISH EXAM CENTREIFAGE BUILDING, 19 PLACE DES AUGUSTINSCASE POSTALE 3001211 GENEVE 4Tel: 022 800 08 75 Fax: 022 800 08 76E-mail: [email protected]: www.cambridgeenglish-geneva.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC

JURAContact Centre: BASELE-mail: [email protected]: www.cambridgeenglish-jura.chExams offered: PET, FCE, BEC

LUZERNContact Centre: BERNE-mail: [email protected]: www.cambridgeesol-luzern.chExams offered: KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, ILEC, ICFE

ST. GALLENKAREN KERLEYCAMBRIDGE ENGLISH EXAM CENTREOBERSTRASSE 2229014 ST. GALLENTel: 071 278 00 40 Fax: 071 278 00 44E-mail: [email protected]: www.cambridgeenglish-stgallen.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC

THURGAUContact Centre: ST. GALLENE-mail: [email protected]: www.cambridgeenglish-thurgau.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC

TICINOGERMANA D’ALESSIOCAMBRIDGE ENGLISH EXAM CENTREC/O SUPSI Centro competenze linguePALAZZO E6928 MANNOTel: 058 666 61 33 Fax: 058 666 61 39E-mail: [email protected]: www.cambridge-ticino.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC

VALAISSALLY MAYORCAMBRIDGE ENGLISH EXAM CENTREPO BOX 2163963 CRANS-MONTANA 1Tel: 027 483 50 00 / 079 206 84 35Fax: 027 483 50 01E-mail: [email protected]: www.cambridgeesol-vs.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC

VAUD EASTContact Centre: VALAISE-mail: [email protected]: www.cambridgeesol-vdeast.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC

VAUD WESTContact Centre: GENEVAE-mail: [email protected]: www.cambridgeenglish-vaudwest.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC

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Registration form

* To join ETAS now and register at the Member rate, please fill in the information below and pay the annual or half year dues** with the event registration fees.

Year of birth: _______________

Please indicate which ETAS Region you would like to join (tick one only):

Baden Basel Bern/Neuchâtel Central Switzerland Geneva Graubünden Solothurn/Olten St. GallenTicino Valais Vaud Zürich/Winterthur

I do not wish my name to be passed on to EFL publishers.

Please indicate which ETAS Special Interest Groups (SIGs) you wish to join:Business English Cross-CulturalDrama & Literature English for Specific PurposesImmersion/CLIL Learning TechnologiesResearch Swiss Cantonal Teacher & Teacher EducatorTeacher Training and Development TeenTesting, Examinations & Assessment Young Learners

Pricing (full year / half year): **Individual Member (Switzerland) CHF 110.- / 55.- Student/Senior (Switzerland) CHF 55.- / 27.50 Individual Member EU CHF 135.- / 67.50 Individual Member overseas CHF 160.- / 80.-Note: Half year applicable to NEW membership only

Surname: First name:

Address:

Postcode/Town:

Telephone: Email:

Please tick here if this is a new address

ETAS Individual School Member. Name of School:member? Non-Member* Associate. Name of Company:

I am a speaker/workshop presenter

I am interested in attending the following workshops:Session A: Session B: Session C: Session D:(Please note that this choice is not binding and is given for statistical purposes. We do not reserve seats for workshops, and workshop attendance is still on a first come, first served basis. Please indicate only one workshop per session.)

I would like to be a workshop supervisor for workshop number

I have paid CHF to cover registration as follows:

Annual Conference Package Early Bird Package Saturday only Sunday only

Meals: Saturday lunch vegetarian non-vegetarianMeals: Sunday lunch vegetarian non-vegetarian

Registration and payment deadlines:• Early Bird registration and payment deadline: 30th November 2015• Final registration and payment deadline: 5th January 2016

ETAS Administration, Les Murailles 2, CH-2037 Montezillon - [email protected] - www.e-tas.ch

ETAS 32nd Annual Conference and AGM (please make a copy for your records)


Overview of all workshopsWorkshops Session A:Saturday 13.00 – 14.30 (60 or 90 minutes)

A1 Dave Allen • ‘Testing and assessing reading skills – how can we do it better?’ (90’)Sponsored by NILE

A2 Chrissi Florides • Creativity in the classroom (90’)Sponsored by Globe English Centre / ETAS

A3 Rachael Roberts • Helping advanced students to REALLY advance (90’)Sponsored by Oxford University Press

A4 Rob Dean • ‘I CAN learn English; I WANT to learn English!’ A fresh look at motivating teenagers (90’)Sponsored by Pearson Schweiz AG

A5 Laura Hudson • The B2 challenge (60’)Sponsored by Macmillan Education

A6 Ioanna Ntaidou • Gamify your teaching with post-it notes (60’)Independent presenter

A7 Sharon Heduvan • Different levels? Different types of learner? Adapting the YL course book to make sure all of our young learners get the most out of the language lessons (90’)Sponsored by Bell Switzerland

A8 Sylvia Goetze Wake • Designing and evaluating role plays for intercultural communication skills (90’)Independent presenter

A9 Paul Dummett • The picture and the story (60’)Sponsored by Cengage / National Geographic Learning

A10 Christina Kwok • Leading and motivating across cultures with cultural intelligence (90’)Independent presenter

A11 Nancie Gantenbein • Giving feedback and ensuring learning (60’)Independent presenter

A12 Ron Morrain • Getting L2 learners to write effectively! Effective writing strategies for B1, B2, and C1 (90’) Part I (continued under C6)Sponsored by TELC GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany)This workshop continues in Session C6

A13 Dr Jon Wright • Personalising English teaching for effective learning (90’)Sponsored by Cornelsen Schulverlage Schweiz AG


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Overview of all workshopsWorkshops Session B:Saturday 15.00 – 16.00 (60 minutes)

B1 Lee Shutler • Making pronunciation fun and accessibleSponsored by Hilderstone College

B2 Neil Bullock • Assessment as a tool for learning and not a tool to be learnt. Towards a re-evaluation of testing and assessment in the language learning processIndependent presenter

B3 Rachael Harris • Who cares about Churchill? – Practical tips to help students with learning difficultiesIndependent presenter

B4 Valerie Jakar • The challenges of mentoring for TESOL professionalsIndependent presenter

B5 Julia Warner • English Medium Instruction (EMI) and the Internationalisation of Higher EducationSponsored by British Council, Switzerland

B6 Rob Williams • Let the music take you: classroom activities beyond gap fills and ‘singing the song’Independent presenter

B7 Rachael Roberts • More than a guessing game: identifying and teaching specific reading skillsSponsored by Oxford University Press

B8 Adrian Doff • The teacher as listener: Informal assessment in the classroomSponsored by Cambridge University Press

B9 Rob Dean • The flipped classroom – what, why, and how?Sponsored by Pearson Schweiz AG

B10 Paul Dummett • Listen up – The benefits of extensive listeningSponsored by Cengage / National Geographic Learning

B11 Jane Revell • Wake up your inner elephantSponsored by Helbling Languages

B12 Helen Strong • All teched-up: the digitally literate business English trainerIndependent presenter

B13 Ian McMaster • How authentic should we be?Sponsored by Business Spotlight / Spotlight Verlag

B14 Angela Lloyd • Getting the message acrossSponsored by Cornelsen Schulverlage Schweiz AG


Overview of all workshopsWorkshops Session C:Sunday 10.45 – 12.15 (60 or 90 minutes)

C1 Lyutsiya Staub • Blend in to Stand out (60’)Sponsored by Macmillan Education

C2 Jayne Kyte (formerly Herzog) • TOWITB – The only way is task-based? (90’)Sponsored by Oxford University Press

C3 Claudia Ferradas • Textual intervention for cultural encounters (90’)Sponsored by NILE / ETAS

C4 Rob Dean • Video – Just for watching? Ways of exploiting DVD material (90’)Sponsored by Pearson Schweiz AG

C5 Choreanne Frei • Can’t draw – won’t draw. Presentation / visualisation skills for language teachers (60’)Independent presenter

C6 Ron Morrain • Getting L2 learners to write effectively! Effective writing strategies for B1, B2, and C1 (90’) Part II of A12Sponsored by TELC GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany)This is a continuation of session A12

C7 Carol Waites • Smart learning techniques to progress rapidly from the intermediate plateau to solid C1 level (60’)Independent presenter

C8 Reinhard Kunz • The effectiveness of new media in language learning at tertiary level (90’)Independent presenter

C9 Chrissi Florides • Creative writing (60’)Sponsored by Globe English Centre / ETAS

C10 Nasy Inthisone Pfanner • Teaching the multicultural classroom (90’)Sponsored by ETAS

C11 Ben Hoyt • Homework, out-of-class learning activities, and ELT pedagogy (60’)Independent presenter

C12 Dave Allan • ‘Probably the best online teachers’ courses in the world’ – come and learn about the new NILE. (90’)Sponsored by NILE

C13 Dr Jon Wright • Boost your students’ conversation, confidence and creativity with visual organisers (90’)Sponsored by Cornelsen Schulverlage Schweiz AG


Overview of all workshopsWorkshops Session D:Sunday 13.30 – 14.30 (60 minutes)

D1 Sylvie Dolakova • Pronunciation with kindergarten and primary school children (and other learners too)Independent presenter

D2 Jayne Kyte (formerly Herzog) • Keeping the flame alive!Sponsored by Oxford University Press

D3 Adrian Doff • More than just speaking: Developing speaking skillsSponsored by Cambridge University Press

D4 Choreanne Frei • Setting up authentic reading tasksIndependent presenter

D5 Diccon Bewes • False friends: 51 ways to be misunderstoodSponsored by Bergli Books

D6 Ozlem Yagcioglu • Jazzing up our classes with different songs and jokesIndependent presenter

D7 Dina Blanco-Ioannou • Formative assessment – a quest to discover ways to inform, support and enhance language learning in secondary schoolIndependent presenter

D8 Margarida Marques Pereira • Using mobile devices to promote innovative forms of teaching and learning in EFL classesIndependent presenter

D9 Valerie Jakar • Cultural understandings and teaching English: Learning about Human Rights and folklore through Content-Based Language InstructionIndependent presenter

D10 Gigi Saurer • Using podcasts to enhance learningSponsored by Coordination Office of the Migros Club Schools

D11 Claire Hart • Bringing video into Business English courses: A fresh approachSponsored by Cornelsen Schulverlage Schweiz AG


Workshop descriptionsWorkshops Session A:Saturday 13.00 – 14.30 (60 or 90 minutes)

A1 Dave Allan • Testing and assessing reading skills – how can we do it better? (90’)� Workshop � Audience: All

Following my workshops in 2013, 2014 and 2015 on assessing speaking, writing and listeningskills, this session will allow participants to complete the set. We will explore together in depthand detail the nature of reading skills and how best to assess them, with references to keyprinciples and a review of the relevant literature. We will consider all the major aspects involvedin good test design both for classroom testing and for high stakes tests, including: authenticity;coverage; topic, task and text type choice; response formats; scoring validity and the rest. The workshop will provide recent examples of good practice.

A2 Chrissi Florides • Creativity in the classroom (90’)� Workshop � Audience: All

With so many pressures facing teachers and students, from curriculum restrictions to courseworkdeadlines and exams, we often forget how to bring a little imagination into the classroom. Thissession reintroduces the notion of creativity in language learning. It offers ideas that providelearners with integrated skills practice and extensive language practice. Music, pictures, film, art– all play a role in the creative classroom and enhance the learning experience.

A3 Rachael Roberts • Helping advanced students to REALLY advance (90’)� Workshop � Audience: All

Advanced learners often feel that they’ve ‘been there, done that, bought the t-shirt.’ The temptation is to keep trying to teach them something completely new, even if it isn’t really very useful, when what they probably really need is to further develop and deepen what they already know, or to gain a fresh perspective.

In this workshop, we will look at four key areas of student learning: grammar, vocabulary,listening and speaking, and consider:

• What problems do advanced students still typically have?• What approaches, materials and activities can be used to help them?• What pitfalls should we avoid?

A4 Rob Dean • ‘I CAN learn English; I WANT to learn English!’ A fresh look at motivating teenagers (90’)� Workshop � Audience: All

When was the last time you heard a 14-year-old shout out that they love learning English, orcome to that, love school? Not the most common utterance from this age group I’m sure wewould agree. A few decades since the invention of the teenager, more is understood about thisunique age group, how they think and how they learn, and importantly what motivates them.This session will look at what makes this age group tick in terms of approaches, materials andactivities, and even if it doesn’t result in them running from the classroom declaring out loudtheir undying love for English classes, they might secretly end up thinking it…



A5 Laura Hudson • The B2 challenge (60’)� Workshop � Audience: All

Are you ready for the B2 challenge? The summit is in sight but there’s still a way to go – get your students to the top by helping them develop their confidence and fluency. This session willgive you some practical ideas to use with your students, providing them with new challenges,building their vocabulary and improving their speaking skills with examples taken from Ready for First and a variety of other resources so they can reach that summit!

A6 Ioanna Ntaidou • Gamify your teaching with post-it notes (60’)� Workshop � Audience: All

This is an interactive workshop, a resource kit for the teachers with fun, creative and hands-onactivities which can be adjusted to accommodate different level, ability and age groups. They can be used either in a conversation class or in a year-long class and fit in pre, while andpost activities. You can teach grammar, vocabulary, writing, speaking and listening by using post-it notes only and use some of these practical ideas as ice-breakers. The activities with post-it notes merge teaching, learning and assessing. They can be used to improve both theproductive and the receptive skills.

A7 Sharon Heduvan • Different levels? Different types of learner? Adapting the YL course book to make sure all of our young learners get the most out of the language lessons (90’)� Workshop � Audience: Teachers of young learners

How can we make sure that each of our learners gets the most out of their language lessonswhen we are asked to follow a course book? This session will offer lots of practical ideas to adapt and supplement course books so that we really appeal to the different types of learner inour YL classes while at the same time consolidating language for all members of the class,regardless of level.

A8 Sylvia Goetze Wake • Designing and evaluating role plays for intercultural communication skills (90’)� Workshop � Audience: All

In this hands-on workshop, teachers will participate in an intercultural role play requiring specificcommunication skills. Both language-based elements and evaluation of intercultural skills willbe addressed. The workshop will appeal to experienced teachers curious to develop newstrategies for intercultural evaluation and to newer teachers who come from other professionalbackgrounds. The activities used are most appropriate for adult or young adult learners.

A9 Paul Dummett • The picture and the story (60’)� Workshop � Audience: All

The narrative is a powerful tool in learning. In our teaching we too often downplay theimportance that narrative intelligence has in engaging students emotionally and in helping tomake learning more memorable. Partly inspired by my work on LIFE (National GeographicLearning 2012), this talk will look at the concept of narrative intelligence and present practicalideas for combining stories and images to create motivating, effective activities that developfluency and accuracy, teach vocabulary and recycle language.

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A10 Christina Kwok • Leading and motivating across cultures with cultural intelligence (90’)� Workshop � Audience: All

In an increasingly globalized world, the ability to lead and motivate across cultures with culturalintelligence will be the defining criteria for being successful in international endeavours. We will look at several case studies and stories to illustrate this point:• A sales manager with a stellar track record fails to make an impact with a multicultural audience

• A famous talk show host feels insulted on a shopping trip abroad • Last but not least, the uproar from religious caricatures reminds us of the dangerous split between the Western world and the Islamic world

A11 Nancie Gantenbein • Giving feedback and ensuring learning (60’)� Workshop � Audience: All

In this workshop we will look at different techniques to give feedback to students followingactivities in such a way that learning is stretched and there is more going on than just checkingthat students get the correct answers. The questions to ask ourselves in a feedback stage are:are my students getting more than just a confirmation that answers are correct and how can I use their mistakes to help others benefit from them. Techniques to help create moremeaningful feedback stages will be presented.

A12 Ron Morrain • Getting L2 learners to write effectively! Effective writing strategies for B1, B2, and C1 (90’) (continued under C6)� Workshop � Audience: All

This workshop will show participants how to design an L2 Task-Based Learning (TBL) orientedtraining experience that involves participants in a meaningful way. This workshop continues insession C6.

A13 Dr Jon Wright • Personalising English teaching for effective learning (90’)� Publisher’s Presentation � Audience: All

How can you personalize learning for each student in a class when you use a coursebook? This is one of the problems many teachers struggle with, and it’s an important one. Researchindicates that students feel more motivated, get more practice and also learn more whenactivities are personalized. This practical workshop will focus on a number of special featuresused successfully throughout the KEY series that are designed to help teachers personalizeclassroom activities at all levels of ability from A1 to C1.

Workshops Session B:Saturday 15.00 – 16.00 (60 minutes)

B1 Lee Shutler • Making pronunciation fun and accessible� Workshop � Audience: All

Teachers are often nervous of pronunciation. It is often considered too scientific and fiddly. It can often slow the pace of the class and, in a multi-lingual class, one pronunciation feature can often be irrelevant for a section of the class.

This workshop aims to put the “fun” back into pronunciation tuition without getting over-technical and “boring”. We will show how to boost the students’ pronunciation, their confidence and their listening skills. Be prepared to have a go!

Workshop descriptions

B2 Neil Bullock • Assessment as a tool for learning and not a tool to be learnt. Towards a re-evaluation of testing and assessment in the language learning process� Talk � Audience: All

We know that good testing systems should have a positive washback effect, that is, a positiveeffect on learning. But what can be done to try and ensure this? What can we do to convertexam preparation into language learning? How can we show students that a language exam ismore about continuous learning and not just a means to getting a ‘pass’ ? Using case studiesfrom my own experience, where recurrent testing is obligatory, I will argue that washback startsin teaching and discuss the key points that form a learning - testing - learning continuum whereall students can benefit.

B3 Rachael Harris • Who cares about Churchill? – Practical tips to help students with learning difficulties� Talk � Audience: All

Too many talks on learning difficulties focus on figures and famous examples without givingteachers the necessary tools to make a difference in the classroom. Not this one! As well asgiving ideas on spotting and helping students with a variety of learning difficulties includingdyspraxia, ADHD, dyscalculia, and Gifted & Talented, time will be taken for attendees to sharetheir experiences and ideas.

B4 Valerie Jakar • The challenges of mentoring for TESOL professionals� Workshop � Audience: All

It has been demonstrated that mentoring programs have been effective not only in stemmingthe tide of novice teacher attrition but also in enhancing professional developmentopportunities for both the mentee and the mentor. Programs for mentor-training abound in the U.S. but few focus on EFL situations. In the international arena, we are aware of somesupport programs in the school systems but there are very few institutionalized mentoringprograms for ESOL teachers in adult education. We will discuss aspects of the mentoringenterprise, including ways and means of providing support to novices and peers in a range of educational settings.

B5 Julia Warner • English Medium Instruction (EMI) and the Internationalisation of Higher Education� Talk � Audience: All

Many higher education institutes offer their programs in English (EMI). This poses a challenge toteachers in higher education who teach their subjects in English, but also to ELT departments.What role will English language teachers play? How can quality in HE be secured? Will EMIovertake ELT? These questions have come up repeatedly with colleagues in Austria, Croatia,Hungary and Mexico while I conducted the ATE (Academic Teaching Excellence) course - a newcourse offered by the British Council as a response to EMI. Let me share my experiences and invite you to discuss how EMI might influence ELT.

Workshop descriptions


B6 Rob Williams • Let the music take you: classroom activities beyond gap fills and ‘singing the song’� Workshop � Audience: All

Music has often been used in the language classroom. The image of a teacher leading a tunewhilst strumming a guitar became quite standard in many English language schools. Likewise theuse of songs as listening activities and gap fills. But what else can we do? This interactiveworkshop explores the parallels between music and language, the power of music as a tool topromote learning and offers a variety of activities to use in the classroom. No previous musicalability required – just an open mind and some open ears.

B7 Rachael Roberts • More than a guessing game: Identifying and teaching specific reading skills� Workshop � Audience: All

For many years the most popular view of reading in ELT was that it was a kind of ‘psycholinguisticguessing game’ (Goodman 1967) where readers used knowledge of the context and the world to guess and predict, only falling back on bottom up or decoding skills when these top downskills failed.

However, it is now becoming clear that without bottom up skills, top down skills are pretty limited and may even send us off in the wrong direction. Yet, there is still very much a tendencyto simply test comprehension, rather than actually teaching these bottom up skills.In this workshop we will explore exactly what bottom up skills are and look at a number ofpractical ways in which they can be integrated into our classroom practice, providing studentswith everything they need to read more efficiently and effectively.

B8 Adrian Doff • The teacher as listener: Informal assessment in the classroom� Workshop � Audience: All

An important part of teaching is being able to evaluate learners’ progress. The teacher can oftenachieve more by doing this informally in class than by using more formal kinds of assessment.This workshop will look at principles of ‘Learning Oriented Assessment’ and how they can beapplied in everyday classroom teaching. We will consider ways in which emphasising theteacher’s role as evaluator can affect the way we view common classroom procedures. We will also consider more extended uses of formative assessment, such as noting errors, using diagnostic activities and using ‘can do’ statements as an evaluation tool.

B9 Rob Dean • The flipped classroom – what, why, and how?� Workshop � Audience: All

Most education models are the same – students come to school to gain information via lectures and presentations. They then go home to practise what they’ve learned, hence the term ‘homework’. But surely, isn’t the classroom, rather than home, the best place for qualityinteractive language practice? So what if things were different? What if the entire learning modelwas flipped? What if students came to school to practise knowledge they had gained outsideclassroom hours? In this session, we will show how using Pearson’s digital learning toolMyEnglishLab in combination with communicative language teaching can create a flippedclassroom that not only represents a different way of thinking, but is also extremely effective for language learning.


Workshop descriptionsB10 Paul Dummett • Listen up – The benefits of extensive listening

� Workshop � Audience: AllMost of us have advised our students to listen more to native speech outside the class - watch a film, look at the BBC news, etc. But what did we really expect to come of this? We know fromresearch by Krashen and others that extensive reading not only help builds reading fluency, butalso leads to improvements in other areas of language literacy. But does extensive listening play a similar role in developing learners’ listening fluency? This session looks at the nature of extensive listening and offers guidelines and tips on how it can be practised effectively by learners.

B11 Jane Revell • Wake up your inner elephant� Workshop � Audience: All

Memory is a vital part of learning, and that includes learning a language. We sometimes forget just how powerful our brain is and we often have limiting beliefs about our ability toremember things, especially as we get older. But essentially, it’s a question of practice. Our memory is like a muscle: the more we exercise it, the better it works. Use it or lose it!This session will look at some ways to help us remember, and suggest some simple practiceactivities for - and beyond - the classroom.

B12 Helen Strong • All teched-up: the digitally literate business English trainer (60’)� Workshop � Audience: All

There’s no denying that technology plays an important role in both business and businesstraining today. In the modern workplace, virtual communication platforms are commonplace, and in business training, blended learning models are becoming ever more popular.In this workshop, I will look at some of the technologies which business English trainers can use to provide their clients with a more modern approach to training. I will also consider what it means to be “digitally literate” in the 21st century and examine some of the pitfalls to avoid when implementing technology in our training.

B13 Ian McMaster • How authentic should we be?� Workshop � Audience: All

Business English materials are full of standard phrases for particular situations, such astelephoning, meetings, negotiating or socializing. But how useful are these phrases? On the one hand, they are criticized for being artificial on the grounds that corpus research shows thatnative speakers don’t necessarily use them. At the same time, the phrases are criticized forbeing too native-speaker oriented, and therefore at odds with the concept of English as a Lingua Franca. In the talk, we will discuss these issues, consider the extent to which we shouldbe teaching ‘real’ English (whatever that might be) and invite the audience to share its views.

B14 Angela Lloyd • Getting the message across� Workshop � Audience: All

Enabling learners to achieve performance-related goals is the aim of in-company languagecourses. Oral and written communicative competence involves knowing the language, but also, byactivating social and cultural knowledge, knowing what to say and how to say it appropriately invarious professional contexts. Useful exercises must aim to provide the tools learners need todeal successfully with the kind of tasks they have to perform on a regular basis. This interactiveworkshop will provide examples of how to help our learners get their message across.


Workshops Session C:Sunday 10.45 – 12.15 (60 or 90 minutes)

C1 Lyutsiya Staub • Blend in to stand out (60’)� Workshop � Audience: All

Technology offers new ways to learn and practice knowledge of English via a number ofinteractive tasks and instruments. It also enables teachers to monitor their students’ progressand save time on corrections and on lesson preparation. In this session we’ll suggest someblended learning solutions and digital resources to add engagement and fun to the traditionalteaching approach, and respond to the needs of the digital native learner.

C2 Jayne Kyte (formerly Herzog) • TOWITB – The only way is task-based? (90’)� Workshop � Audience: All

How often do we ask students to do something in class which they would do in their daily life in their mother-tongue? If we can make language in the classroom more memorable for ourstudents, they will process what is being learned and recycled more naturally. In this session we will experience and look in detail at a task-based lesson and discuss the advantages anddisadvantages. Finally, we will spend time creating our own task-based lesson.

C3 Claudia Ferradas • Textual intervention for cultural encounters (90’)� Workshop � Audience: All

As a follow-up to the plenary session ‘Communicating across cultures: encounters in the“contact zone”’, this workshop proposes techniques to approach “contact literature” creativelyto focus on intercultural understanding and encourage the production of “identity texts” whichempower language learners to express their own identities.

C4 Rob Dean • Video – Just for watching? Ways of exploiting DVD material (90’)� Workshop � Audience: All

For many of us, video in the past has often been used as a ‘treat’ for the class, perhaps to fill in time at the end of the course when we’ve completed the last unit in the book. Whilst it’s no doubt true that many students consider video in class to be a treat, there’s so much more to it than just a way of filling the time. This highly practical workshop will look at ways ofintegrating video material with the course for a variety of purposes – receptive and productive,accuracy-based and fluency-based, and along the way will consider the pedagogical advantagesof incorporating such material into the classroom.

C5 Choreanne Frei • Can’t draw – won’t draw. Presentation / visualisation skills for language teachers (60’)� Workshop � Audience: All

Can’t draw – won’t draw? This is just how I felt for years when confronted with a board or flipchart. You do not need to be a great artist to make simple drawings which make your board look much more friendly, memorable and inviting. In this workshop, you will be given theopportunity to experiment and share.

C6 Ron Morrain • Getting L2 Learners to Write Effectively! Effective Writing Strategies for B1, B2, and C1 (90’) Part II of A12� Workshop � Audience: All

Continuation of A12


Workshop descriptionsC7 Carol Waites • Smart learning techniques to progress rapidly from the intermediate

plateau to solid C1 level (60’)� Talk � Audience: All

Competent B2 adult learners need to move from the so-called ‘intermediate plateau’ towardsC1 level. They need to free themselves from bad habits that may be preventing them fromimproving. They need to start accessing English in the same way they access their nativelanguage – using dictionaries sensibly, using immersive strategies and employing reflectivenoticing techniques. They can make fast progress through appropriate listening and readingtechniques and by using apps, Twitter, MOOCs, Netflix and many other techniques at hand.This practical session will present useful materials, tools and techniques to aid learners inadvancing quickly to their desired level.

C8 Reinhard Kunz • The effectiveness of new media in language learning at tertiary level (90’)� Talk � Audience: Experienced

Analysis of how the use of new media helps or hinders effectiveness in language learning attertiary level, by taking account of personal factors of the learner, lesson and course design,and other technical resources.

C9 Chrissi Florides • Creative writing (60’)� Workshop � Audience: All

Writing is often a key skill that students dislike and teachers shy away from. This practicalsession offers some simple but creative writing tasks that work and that students will enjoy.From poetry to stories to letter writing and emails, all these can be made more fun with theaddition of a little imagination.

C10 Nasy Inthisone Pfanner • Teaching the multicultural classroom (90’)� Workshop � Audience: All

As the classrooms become more and more diverse, they present both rewards and challenges.However, many teachers feel overwhelmed! As values underlie educational practice andbehavior expectations are culturally anchored, confrontations are likely to arise when teachersare ill-prepared. Additionally, in some cases, there are language barriers. The purpose of thistalk is to 1) discuss the misunderstandings that often occur, 2) provide practical ideas on howto be inclusive, and 3) create a positive rapport with students and parents alike. This talk issuitable for anyone who has a multicultural classroom.

C11 Ben Hoyt • Homework, out-of-class learning activities, and ELT pedagogy (60’)� Paper � Audience: All

Homework is acknowledged to be an important part of the learning process, but it receives very little treatment in teacher-training materials. At the same time, new media types permitincreased access to a variety of learning materials for students at all levels. This paper is theresult of a survey which was carried out with the help of ETAS members and reveals the type of activities that learners do on their own and the learners’ impressions of their efficacy. These findings have implications for our teaching and future research.


C12 Dave Allan • ‘Probably the best online teachers’ courses in the world’ – come and learn about the new NILE. (90’)� Workshop � Audience: All

NILE has provided teachers’ courses for ETAS teachers for 20 years. We run the UK’s biggest MA in language education, the modular MAPDLE, available both online and by blendedlearning, with intensive face-to-face delivery at NILE. We have an online DELTA, CELTA, CELT and TKT programmes and a short-course programme of around 100 courses a year, plus astate-of-the-art, tutor-led, online programme, with a choice of 25 different modules, deliveringNILE quality anywhere in the world. Come and meet me at ETAS 2016 in Zurich and learn allabout the full range we can offer for both individual and institutional development.

C13 Dr Jon Wright • Boost your students’ conversation, confidence and creativity with visual organisers (90’)� Workshop � Audience: All

This practical session will demonstrate a number of simple but effective activities to help boost your students’ fluency and accuracy by using a range of visual organisers such as Venndiagrams, decision-trees, graphs and charts. Visual organisers are simple ways of organisingcomplex information, which makes them ideal for use in classes of all ages and all levels ofability. We will demonstrate fun and creative activities that help students feel more confident in their English.

Workshops Session D:Sunday 13.30 – 14.30 (60 minutes)

D1 Sylvie Dolakova • Pronunciation with kindergarten and primary school children (and other learners too)� Workshop � Audience: All

Without proper pronunciation, learners' English is thought "insufficient". We will explore varioustechniques that work for little children as well as for older learners. Original exercises such asPhonicolours, Chinese whisper, and sound shopping are just a few of the activities that can help learners master the unusual sounds of English.

D2 Jayne Kyte (formerly Herzog) • Keeping the flame alive!� Workshop � Audience: All

Do you ever have that Monday morning feeling as you start yet another elementary course?Does your enthusiasm for teaching your Thursday evening class wax and wane? It has beenproven that teachers who embrace professional development will get a lot more out of theirwork, and feel better about their classes and themselves! In this workshop we will share ideas as to how we can develop as teachers and create an action plan. Finally, we will take a few moments to look at the new online professional development courses from OxfordUniversity Press.


Workshop descriptionsD3 Adrian Doff • More than just speaking: Developing speaking skills

� Workshop � Audience: AllFreer activities in class give learners a chance to practise speaking and gradually improve their fluency. But how can we do more than just give opportunities for speaking and activelydevelop learners speaking skills? In this workshop, we will take a close look at what language learners need in order to speak effectively and consider how this can be focused on and integrated into fluency activities. We will then look at the way fluency in speaking isnaturally developed through repetition and consider ways in which this can be reflected inclassroom activities.

D4 Choreanne Frei • Setting up authentic reading tasks� Workshop � Audience: All

There is more to life than just true / false tasks in using authentic reading materials inlanguage learning. In this workshop we will look at various sources and different ways ofadapting these for the communicative classroom.

D5 Diccon Bewes • False friends: 51 ways to be misunderstood� Workshop � Audience: All

A chef using a preservative is not quite the same as a Chef using a Präservativ. False friendslike these are a foreign language’s booby traps: words that are similar to ones we know butwhich have very different meanings. In their new book, British author Diccon Bewes and Swisscartoonist Michael Meister have created 51 cartoons to celebrate the perils of false friendsbetween English and German. In his presentation, Diccon Bewes presents the book and showshow it can engage ESL students of all ages in the classroom.

D6 Ozlem Yagcioglu • Jazzing up our classes with different songs and jokes� Paper � Audience: All

In this paper, different English songs and jokes which belong to different countries will besuggested to the participants of this conference. Why these songs give positive energy to thestudents who learn English will be explained by different examples. Lyrics of the popular songsin British English, American English and the Canadian English will be shared. British jokes,American jokes, Australian jokes and the Canadian jokes will be used. Photos of the singerswill be shown. Useful websites and books which have English songs and English jokes will besuggested. Classroom activities on using English songs and jokes will be suggested.

D7 Dina Blanco-Ioannou • Formative assessment – a quest to discover ways to inform, support and enhance language learning in secondary school� Talk � Audience: All

Formative assessment supports both learning and teaching. Indeed, implemented effectively, it imparts valuable information about our learners’ language-learning journey, where they are,where they are going and how we, as teachers, can support them to get there. What then doesformative assessment look like? Why use it, and how can we implement it? Aiming to answerthese questions, this talk presents participants with ideas for implementing formativeassessment as a tool to uncover and understand what our learners know in order to supportthem on their language-learning journey. Interested? Join me on this pursuit to discover more.


D8 Margarida Marques Pereira • Using mobile devices to promote innovative forms of teaching and learning in EFL classes� Workshop � Audience: All

Mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) have become pervasive in today’s world for bothpersonal use and educational purposes. Research shows that the integration of mobile devices into the language classroom can benefit second language acquisition by promoting new ways of learning. This workshop will offer insights to support both experienced and lessexperienced teachers in their efforts to incorporate mobile technology into their teachingpractice. Concrete examples will be presented, demonstrating how EFL teachers can usemobile technology to transform traditional classroom tasks, promoting greater learnerinvolvement and creating more engaging language learning opportunities.

D9 Valerie Jakar • Cultural understandings and teaching English: Learning about Human Rights and folklore through Content-Based Language Instruction� Workshop � Audience: All

I will present a range of programs and projects that were undertaken by a group of teachersfrom a variety of ethnic and national backgrounds. The goal was to develop materials on globalissues, based on the principles of peacebuilding and mutual understanding.

D10 Gigi Saurer • Using podcasts to enhance learning� Workshop � Audience: Inexperienced

Many learners have a mobile phone these days and some use them for language learningpractice. Why not get your students to listen to language on the go and use podcasts in classto enhance their language learning experience? In this workshop we will be looking at how touse podcasts (in an app / on a website) in class and out, at the preparation this involves forteachers and at how learners will benefit from more authentic listening practice. Come alongand share your ideas and experiences.

D11 Claire Hart • Bringing video into Business English courses: A fresh approach� Workshop � Audience: All

We sometimes see videos as ‘bonbons’ that we can offer learners as a reward – a break from the ‘real work’ of learning English. Yet videos can do so much more than that. Amongstother things, they can introduce and engage learners with topics or skill areas, expose them to authentic English and a range of global Englishes, and even raise awareness of common mistakes.

I’ll share some examples from Cornelsen’s Simply Business series to illustrate effective ways of using video in Business English courses, and look at how to avoid the ‘faff’ which sometimes puts us off using them.


Speakers’ biographical informationDAVE ALLANDave Allan is Director, NILE, the UK’s top provider of teachers’ courses, both face-to-face and online. He has been a speaker at nearly every ETAS conference since the first.

DICCON BEWESDiccon Bewes is the best-selling author of Swiss Watching, Swisscelleny, and Slow Train to Switzerland.

DINA BLANCO-IOANNOUAs the coordinator for the ETAS Swiss Cantonal Teacher & Teacher Educator (SCT&TE) SIG, Dinapresently works as a teacher educator at the PH FHNW Institute for Secondary Education (SEKI).

NEIL BULLOCKNeil Bullock, an independent test developer & teacher in ESP and Business English, is ETAS TEASIG Co-ordinator & IATEFL TEASIG committee member.

ROB DEANRob Dean, an independent international teacher trainer and academic consultant, travels widely delivering talks, workshops and seminars – as well as online webinars – to teachers all over the world.

ADRIAN DOFFAdrian Doff is a writer and teacher trainer in Germany. He has written many books for CambridgeUniversity Press and is co-author of Cambridge’s new adult course Cambridge English Empower.

SYLVIA DOLAKOVATeacher trainer at MA, Masaryk University Brno (Czech Republic) and freelance teacher, Sylviefocuses on teaching English to children aged 4 to 15 and students-to-be-teachers. Popular for hercreativity and the high applicability and usability of her methods in the classroom, she specialisesin teaching English through art and stories, and publishes language game books and CDs forchildren. She also works as an ELT consultant for NILE, Norwish.

PAUL DUMMETTSee Keynote Address notes for his biography.

CLAUDIA FERRADASSee Keynote Address notes for her biography.

CHRISSI FLORIDESChrissi has been in EFL for over 30 years and is the Director of Studies (DOS) at the Globe EnglishCentre in Exeter. She is experienced in teaching all ages from children to teenagers and adults.

CHOREANNE FREICoco works for Flying Teachers and is currently the ETAS ESP SIG coordinator and ETAS regionalco-coordinator for Zurich/Winterthur.

NANCIE GANTENBEINNancie has 20 years of EFL teaching experience at all levels and is a qualified CELTA Teacher Trainer.She finds helping teachers to explore different techniques to enhance learning very rewarding.

SYLVIA GOETZ WAKESylvia Goetze Wake is a language training professional who currently teaches English at theUniversity of Lausanne Language Centre.

RACHAEL HARRISIn TEFL for 20 years, Rachel now teaches in a secondary school where she is Head of English andresponsible for the SEN statement. She is ETAS Teens SIG and Geneva regional co-coordinator.


CLAIRE HARTBased in Southern Germany, Claire Hart combines Business English teaching in the tertiary and corporate sectors with a variety of materials development and teacher training projects.

SHARON HEDUVANCELTA, YL Extension to CELTA and TKT YL trainer, DELTA RDT for Bell, author of Compass Teacher’sCompanions and related online material. 18 years’ experience in Germany and Switzerland.

BEN HOYTBen has been teaching English in Switzerland for seven years, focusing on exam preparation andonline learning opportunities. He has an MA TEFL/TESL from the University of Birmingham.

LAURA HUDSONAfter teaching for 7 years in Germany, Denmark, Austria and the UK, Laura Hudson joinedMacmillan Education in 2004 and has been out and about in Germany, Austria and Switzerlandever since!

VALERIE JAKARValerie S. Jakar is a teacher educator and counselor engaged in professional developmentprojects for teachers of ESOL. She has worked and studied on three continents, participating in numerous conferences and meetings with ESOL professionals.

REINHARD KUNZReinhard is of Swiss-American background and received his Master’s from Columbia University.He teaches English at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and owns WordShopGmbH, a translation and editing company in Baar.

CHRISTINA KWOKChristina is an intercultural skills and leadership trainer working with export-oriented companies to help staff bridge gaps in communication styles when working on internationalteams and projects.

JAYNE KYTE (formerly HERZOG)Jayne Kyte taught English at all levels before joining OUP Switzerland seven years ago. As Senior ELT Consultant, she concentrates on visiting teachers and teacher training. Jayne recently completed the initial training to become a CELTA trainer.

ANGELA LLOYDAngela has extensive experience of teaching Business, Academic and General English in both monolingual and multilingual classes. Her special interest is how to teach English as an international language.

MARGARIDA MARQUES PEREIRAMargarida Marques Pereira has an MA TESOL from the University of Manchester, UK. She hasextensive experience teaching English and currently teaches primary school children and is aresearch assistant at the Thurgau University of Teacher Education.

IAN MCMASTERIan McMaster is editor-in-chief of the bi-monthly business communication magazine BusinessSpotlight (www.business-spotlight.de) and a former coordinator of IATEFL-BESIG.

RON MORRAINDr. Ron Morrain is co-founder and Director of Studies at the Language Learning Center inDuisburg, Germany. With over 25 years’ international experience, he is currently a guest lecturer for International Business Communications, Business English, and EAP.


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IOANNA NTAIDOUEFL teacher, examiner and presenter who studied ‘Business Administration’, ‘Psychology’, ‘HumanResources Management’, ‘Marketing and Advertisement’, ‘Consulting Psychology in Education andChildren’, ‘Teacher Trainer’, ‘Business English’, ‘Methodology, ‘TEFL/TESOL’ and NLP.

NASY INTHISONE PFANNERNasy Inthisone Pfanner was born in Laos and grew up in the United States. Presently, she is teaching English at B.O.R.G Dornbirn-Schoren, a secondary school in Vorarlberg, Austria.

JANE REVELLSee Keynote Address notes for her biography.

RACHAEL ROBERTSRachael Roberts has been an ELT teacher, trainer and writer for over 20 years, with experience in both the private and public sectors. Her publications include General English coursebooks, as well as coursebooks for IELTS.

GIGI SAURERGigi grew up in the UK where she specialised in teaching English to adults, an activity she stillenjoys 27 years later. She is currently working on national projects at the Coordination Office of the Migros Club Schools.

LEE SHUTLERLee is the Director of Studies at Hilderstone College. He has taught, trained teachers and managed schools in the UK, Italy, Korea and Japan and Siberia.

LYUTSIYA STAUBGraduated from Zurich University, lived and taught English in several European countries. Lyutsiyacombines different media in contemporary classroom to engage and motivate students, make them learn from various sources and develop competence as a 21st century teacher.

HELEN STRONGHelen Strong is a Business Communication Skills Trainer and Teacher Trainer based in Germany.She has many years’ experience in corporate and academic environments and is currently Chair of MELTA.

CAROL WAITESCarol Waites teaches advanced English and writing skills to international civil servants at theUnited Nations in Geneva. She holds a CELTA, DELTA, two Masters and a PhD.

JULIA WARNER, MAEdJulia has been working as a trainer since 1997. She originally specialized in business Englishtraining for the managers of corporate clients before working in the field of higher education in and around Vienna, Austria.

ROB WILLIAMSRob Williams, a teacher, teacher trainer, intercultural consultant and materials developer, is aprincipal lecturer at the University of Westminster. Rob also teaches singing and spends as muchtime as he can writing and recording music.

DR JON WRIGHTJon Wright is a teacher, teacher trainer, examiner and coursebook writer with over 25 years ofexperience in TEFL in schools and at university. He is the main writer of the KEY series for Cornelsen.

OZLEM YAGCIOGLUOzlem has been a full-time in instructor at Dokuz Eylul University since 1997. She has attendedmany conferences as a delegate and presenter.

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Bergli Books, an imprint of Schwabe PublishingSteinentorstrasse 11CH – 4010 Baselwww.bergli.ch

Black CAT CIDEB PublishingVia Inverigo, 2I–20151 Milanowww.blackcat-cideb.com

British Council SwitzerlandHildanusstrasse 3CH – 3013 Bernwww.britishcouncil.ch

Cambridge English80 rue Saint LazareF–75009 Pariswww.cambridgeenglish.org/ch

Cambridge English Examinations Centre, WinterthurBULATSCambridge English ExaminationsZürcherstrasse 46CH – 8400 Winterthurwww.cambridge-exams.ch

Cambridge English Languages GmbHOberstrasse 222CH – 9014 St. Gallenwww.celgmbh.ch

Cambridge University PressIndustriestrasse 25VolketswilCH – 8604www.cambridge.org/ch/cambridgeenglish

Collins LearningThe News Building1 London Bridge StreetGB – London SE1 9GFwww.collins.co.uk

Cornelsen SchulverlageSchweiz AGBächerstrasseCH – 8832 Wollerauwww.cornelsen.ch

EduCreate English Books for Children / Usborne [email protected]://org.usbornebooksathome.co.uk/zoesenglishbooksFB: EduCreateEnglishBooksTel: (00420) 737 69 0000

Garnet Education6 southern CourtSouth StreetGB – Reading RG1 4QSwww.garneteducation.com

Helbling LanguagesAemmenmattstrasse 43CH – 3123 Belpwww.helblinglanguages.ch

Macmillan EducationWylerringstrasse 64CH – 3014 Bernwww.macmillanenglish.com

National Geographic – Cengage LearningCheriton HouseNorth wayGB – Andover SP10 5BEwww.cengage.com

Oxford University Press OELT LtdHauptstrasse 53CH – 4127 Birsfeldenhttps://elt.oup.com/

Pearson Schweiz AGChollerstrasse 37CH – 6300 Zugwww.pearson.ch

SCHUBI Lernmedien AGBreitwiesenstrasse 9CH – 8207 Schaffhausenwww.schubi.ch

Stäheli Books AGOberdorfstrasse 32CH – 8001 Zürichwww.interlingua.ch

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