ELT Conference 2018

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WELCOME TO
2ND EDITION
OF OUR SAN
SEBASTIAN
ELT
CONFERENCE

LTS (Language Testing Services) is once again organizing its annual San Sebastian ELT Conference. This second annual conference will take place on March Saturday 24th 2018, in the Miramar Palace.

SAVE
THE DATE

If you’d like to book your seat now, please send us an email at eltconference@languagetestingservices.com, providing us with your full name and contact details. This will help us ensure that your reservation is properly made and that we can keep you updated on any important information regarding the upcoming event.

We highly value your interest in our conference and look forward to welcoming you. Remember, seats are limited, so don’t miss out on this opportunity to join fellow language professionals in an enriching learning experience. Send us that email today and secure your spot at the highly anticipated ELT Conference!

Language Testing Services (LTS) first ran the conference back in 2017 with the aim of giving all those involved in English language teaching the chance to keep up to date with the latest developments in the industry. This second annual conference will take place on March Saturday 24th 2018.

The conference is an excellent way to keep up with new ideas, as well as being an opportunity to meet with other colleagues and listen to some of the most renowned experts. Again, this year, we are honoured to host a wide range of speakers all of whom are experts in their field.

None of this would be possible without the collaboration of our sponsors, who have supported us from the very beginning and have given us the opportunity to bring some world-class speakers to the Basque Country. We are also incredibly grateful to the hundreds of teachers who have attended our conferences and who have all helped to make them days to remember.

SAN SEBASTIAN
ELT CONFERENCE
SPEAKERS

JEREMY HARMER

Jeremy has written courses, readers and books about teaching including The Practice of English Language Teaching, and Essential Teacher Knowledge. He has trained (and spoken with) teachers around the world. He is a faculty member on the MATESOL at The New School, New York. Away from ELT, Jeremy is a musician and spoken word performer. […]

Jeremy has written courses, readers and books about teaching including The Practice of English Language Teaching, and Essential Teacher Knowledge. He has trained (and spoken with) teachers around the world. He is a faculty member on the MATESOL at The New School, New York. Away from ELT, Jeremy is a musician and spoken word performer. With colleague Steve Bingham he has toured the show Touchable Dreams, and is a regular performer in folk clubs in and around Cambridge UK (where he lives). His children’s oratorio, Island, premiered in 2015. Recently, Jeremy has co-written two levels of the series for young adults/adults “Jetstream” for Helbling English.

ANTONIA CLARE

Antonia Clare is an English language teacher trainer, international conference speaker and award-winning materials writer. Her special interests include the use of video and new technologies in ELT, creativity and the psychology of language learning. She is a member of the Visual Arts Circle and a consultant trainer with NILE. She has taught and trained […]

Antonia Clare is an English language teacher trainer, international conference speaker and award-winning materials writer. Her special interests include the use of video and new technologies in ELT, creativity and the psychology of language learning. She is a member of the Visual Arts Circle and a consultant trainer with NILE. She has taught and trained in many countries around the world, and co-authored bestselling course book titles including Total English and Speakout.

ANNE ROBINSON

A seminar presenter for Cambridge Assessment English, Anne Robinson regularly gives seminars, webinars, workshops and plenaries. She is the author of Fun for Starters, Movers and Flyers, published by Cambridge University Press. The 4th editions of these books include preparation for the 2018 revised tasks and coverage of the full wordlists.

A seminar presenter for Cambridge Assessment English, Anne Robinson regularly gives seminars, webinars, workshops and plenaries. She is the author of Fun for Starters, Movers and Flyers, published by Cambridge University Press. The 4th editions of these books include preparation for the 2018 revised tasks and coverage of the full wordlists.

PHIL BALL

Phil Ball works mainly for the Federation of Basque Schools, based in San Sebastián in Spain. He is a CLIL materials writer and teacher-trainer and was closely involved with the award-winning Basque project, ‘Eleanitz’. He has been involved in several European-based CLIL projects, and has written a wide variety of CLIL-based textbooks for the Basque […]

Phil Ball works mainly for the Federation of Basque Schools, based in San Sebastián in Spain. He is a CLIL materials writer and teacher-trainer and was closely involved with the award-winning Basque project, ‘Eleanitz’. He has been involved in several European-based CLIL projects, and has written a wide variety of CLIL-based textbooks for the Basque and Spanish socialscience and English language programmes. He co-designed the new ‘CLIL Essentials’ online course for the British Council and works as a consultant for NILE in England.

KAREN MCGHIE

Karen McGhie is a teacher and teacher trainer, currently working at London School of Languages in San Sebastián. She has been teaching English since 2014 and is a CELTA tutor. After her experience in Academies and summer schools in the UK, she has developed a special interest in improving Teacher Training on YLs and their […]

Karen McGhie is a teacher and teacher trainer, currently working at London School of Languages in San Sebastián. She has been teaching English since 2014 and is a CELTA tutor. After her experience in Academies and summer schools in the UK, she has developed a special interest in improving Teacher Training on YLs and their specific classroom needs.

REBECCA ADLARD

Rebecca is an experienced author, teacher, teacher trainer and freelance editor based in Brighton, UK. As an English graduate and drama student, she has a love of stories, plays and playing, and continually looks for ways to include these in language learning. Recent work includes teacher’s resources for Collins Agatha Christie readers, Collins Paddington readers […]

Rebecca is an experienced author, teacher, teacher trainer and freelance editor based in Brighton, UK. As an English graduate and drama student, she has a love of stories, plays and playing, and continually looks for ways to include these in language learning. Recent work includes teacher’s resources for Collins Agatha Christie readers, Collins Paddington readers for young learners and Collins Reading Detectives for primary. She is also co-director of her own company, Language Umbrella Ltd.”

JIM SCRIVENER

Jim is a writer, consultant, teacher and trainer. His main interest is finding usable, engaging, practical classroom teaching techniques that encourage more learning to happen. Jim’s award-winning (Richmond 2017). Say hello to @jimscriv on Twitter! publications include Learning Teaching, Teaching English Grammar, Classroom Management Techniques, Visual Grammar (Richmond 2013).

Jim is a writer, consultant, teacher and trainer. His main interest is finding usable, engaging, practical classroom teaching techniques that encourage more learning to happen. Jim’s award-winning (Richmond 2017).

Say hello to @jimscriv on Twitter! publications include Learning Teaching, Teaching English Grammar, Classroom Management Techniques, Visual Grammar (Richmond 2013).

JANE CADWALLADER

Jane has a long experience of teaching English in pre-school and Primary. She is also a well-travelled teacher trainer and has co-authored a number of courses for Pre-school, Primary and Bilingual Primary science. Most recently she has been part of the team involved in writing Academy Stars, the new Macmillan course for Primary which integrates […]

Jane has a long experience of teaching English in pre-school and Primary. She is also a well-travelled teacher trainer and has co-authored a number of courses for Pre-school, Primary and Bilingual Primary science. Most recently she has been part of the team involved in writing Academy Stars, the new Macmillan course for Primary which integrates critical thinking and learning skills into a solid staged approach to language and the four skills.

SIMON WARD

Simon Ward is a Senior Practitioner Educational Psychologist in England where his specialism is positive behaviour and well-being. For a number of years, Simon has been running a variety of projects to develop the attitudes, skills and experiences which allow individuals and organisations to thrive and lead to success and achievement. As a regular trainer, […]

Simon Ward is a Senior Practitioner Educational Psychologist in England where his specialism is positive behaviour and well-being. For a number of years, Simon has been running a variety of projects to develop the attitudes, skills and experiences which allow individuals and organisations to thrive and lead to success and achievement. As a regular trainer, he has delivered seminars on a range of topics including: motivation and learning, positive behaviour management and solution oriented approaches. Simon is currently a consultant for The Cambridge Learning Journey.

WHO IS
IT FOR?

The ELT Conference is attended by a wide range of teaching professionals. There are academy teachers, early childhood, primary and secondary school teachers, university lecturers, as well as teacher trainers.

Publishers, suppliers of educational resources, researchers and authors of national and international renown also participate in the Convention.

WHAT WE
OFFER?

The conference offers participants a wide range of presentations from both national and international speakers, including plenary and keynote addresses and round table debates.

This conference aims to identify the most important trends for the future of English language teaching, identifying the challenges facing educators and showcasing the most innovative models for improvement.

Don’t miss the most important event in the sector – see you at the ELT Conference!

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LAST YEARS
SPEAKERS

Ben Goldstein

Antonia Clare

Harriet Thompson

Efthymia Kapnoula

Karen McGhie

Katherine Bilsborough

ROUND
TABLE.

“FLOWING
INTO THE
FUTURE”

Nowadays, technology is an important part of the learning process and many students are immersed in a technology mediated learning environment. We want to explore how technology is driving learning, how new gadgets and devices are influencing the learning process and how these changes are affecting our learners’ brains.

CLARA D. MARTIN

Clara D. Martin is an Ikerbasque research professor at the BCBL (Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language, San Sebastián, Spain), leader of the research group “Speech and Bilingualism”.

The main objective of Dr. Martin’s research group is to explore language perception and production, in native and foreign languages, with a special focus on language interactions in the bilingual mind. Her research group also focuses on language learning, exploring how we learn to perceive and produce novel sounds and words, and how those processes can be optimized.

BEN GOLDSTEIN

Ben is a writer, teacher, teacher trainer and conference speaker. He taught materials writing for many years on the online MATESOL program of the New School, New York. He has written two methodology handbooks for teachers: Language Learning with Digital Video (with Paul Driver) and Working with Images. For students, he has co-authored the coursebook series Evolve, Eyes Open/Uncover/Smart Planet and English Unlimited (all for Cambridge). He has just finished working on the creation of Evolve Digital: an online course combining independent learning with synchronous teacher-led lessons.

ANTONIA CLARE

Antonia Clare is an English language teacher trainer, international conference speaker and author. Her special interests include the psychology of language learning, creativity and art. She has taught and trained in many countries around the world, and co-authored bestselling course book titles including Total English and Speakout and Teachers’ Resource titles such as The Creative Teacher’s Compendium. She is a freelance writer and a consultant trainer with NILE and is currently working on a book about Positive Language Education.

HOTELS

We are working with hotels to
obtain special discounts for those
attending the ELT Conference.

KOISI HOSTEL

· Special discount (10%) for those
attending to the ELT Conference
with the code ELT
· Rooms From 36€
· Breakfast: +5€

HOTEL PALACIO DE AIETE

· Double room for single use: 80€
· Double room: 88€
· Half board: +25€

WHAT TO DO
IN SAN
SEBASTIÁN?

The elt conference will be held at the palacio miramar. The miramar palace is a late 19th-century palace located on the la concha bay of the city of san sebastián, basque country, spain. It was built in 1893 commissioned by the spanish royal family, based on an 1889 project by english architect selden wornum. You can take an online tour of the miramar palace at this link.

We are working with hotels and restaurants to obtain special discounts for those attending the elt conference.

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