ELT Conference 2020

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WELCOME TO
4TH EDITION
OF OUR SAN
SEBASTIAN
ELT
CONFERENCE

LTS is once again organizing its annual San Sebastian ELT Conference. This edition will take place on March 28th 2020 in the Miramar Palace, as in previous years.

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. Since then, we have held 3 conferences in which we were delighted to welcome an excellent line-up of ELT professionals who all contributed to their success. 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

STEVE OAKES

Steve Oakes is an experienced teacher, teacher trainer and language learner who has worked in numerous countries around the world including the UK, the US and Japan as well as various parts of Central Europe. He has been the Head of Teacher Training at International House Budapest since 1997 and is a co-author of Speakout, […]

Steve Oakes is an experienced teacher, teacher trainer and language learner who has worked in numerous countries around the world including the UK, the US and Japan as well as various parts of Central Europe. He has been the Head of Teacher Training at International House Budapest since 1997 and is a co-author of Speakout, a general adult course from Pearson. He recently relocated to Sintra, Portugal, where he is working on learning a seventh foreign language.

KIERAN DONAGHY

Kieran is an award-winning writer, speaker and trainer. He writes books for teachers and students of English. His publications include Film in Action (Delta Publishing), Writing Activities for Film and Video ELT Teacher 2 Writer, and The Image in ELT (ELT Council). He is one of the authors of video material for Macmillan English Hub. […]

Kieran is an award-winning writer, speaker and trainer. He writes books for teachers and students of English. His publications include Film in Action (Delta Publishing), Writing Activities for Film and Video ELT Teacher 2 Writer, and The Image in ELT (ELT Council). He is one of the authors of video material for Macmillan English Hub. He trains teachers at The School for Training, his specialist teacher training institute in Barcelona.

KATHERINE BILSBOROUGH

Katherine is an ELT author and trainer. She’s written more than 30 books, including level 1 of NGL’s primary coursebook Look! Katherine writes online courses for the BBC and others as well as monthly lesson plans and blog posts for www. teachingenglish.org.uk and http://ngl.cengage. com/infocus/ She is the author of ‘How to write primary materials’, […]

Katherine is an ELT author and trainer. She’s written more than 30 books, including level 1 of NGL’s primary coursebook Look! Katherine writes online courses for the BBC and others as well as monthly lesson plans and blog posts for www. teachingenglish.org.uk and http://ngl.cengage. com/infocus/ She is the author of ‘How to write primary materials’, by ELT Teacher 2 Writer and co-founder of https://eltfootprint.org.

EMMA HEYDERMAN

Emma Heyderman has been in EFL since 1989. She is Director of Education for Lacunza – International House, San Sebastian where she is responsible for the academic programme and professional development. She regularly runs local workshops and speaks at both national and international conferences. She has also written coursebooks, including Complete Preliminary (Cambridge) and Interface […]

Emma Heyderman has been in EFL since 1989. She is Director of Education for Lacunza – International House, San Sebastian where she is responsible for the academic programme and professional development. She regularly runs local workshops and speaks at both national and international conferences. She has also written coursebooks, including Complete Preliminary (Cambridge) and Interface (Macmillan).

ANNE ROBINSON

As a teacher trainer, Anne has been a member of the Cambridge Assessment English Presenter Team in Spain since its creation in 1999 and was the Senior Presenter for the Team from 2004 – 2013. In addition to delivering training, Anne has written many seminars for both the Spanish and Worldwide seminar programme. As an […]

As a teacher trainer, Anne has been a member of the Cambridge Assessment English Presenter Team in Spain since its creation in 1999 and was the Senior Presenter for the Team from 2004 – 2013. In addition to delivering training, Anne has written many seminars for both the Spanish and Worldwide seminar programme. As an author, she has written Fun for Starters, Fun for Movers and Fun for Flyers, which are now in their fourth edition and widely used all over the world. Anne also wrote the content for Use of English, Writing and Speaking in Exam Booster for Advanced. Anne has recently co-written content for Fun Skills, a new course for Young Learners. She is also proud to have collaborated with London School of Languages on their new online teacher training certificate: The YLs Course.

ALEX FAYLE

Alex Fayle, the DELTA certified Academic Director at Well & Will, has – apart from his passion for English – a drive to organize and streamline. With a Masters in Library Science and as a former President of Professional Organizers in Canada, he has worked in many organizing-related fields, from records management and business process […]

Alex Fayle, the DELTA certified Academic Director at Well & Will, has – apart from his passion for English – a drive to organize and streamline. With a Masters in Library Science and as a former President of Professional Organizers in Canada, he has worked in many organizing-related fields, from records management and business process engineering to personal coaching.

LINDSAY CLANDFIELD

Lindsay Clandfield is an award-winning writer, teacher, teacher trainer and international speaker in the field of English language teaching. He has written more than ten coursebooks for language learners and is the co-author of various methodology books for teachers. His newest course book is called Studio, published by Helbling Languages. You can find out more […]

Lindsay Clandfield is an award-winning writer, teacher, teacher trainer and international speaker in the field of English language teaching. He has written more than ten coursebooks for language learners and is the co-author of various methodology books for teachers. His newest course book is called Studio, published by Helbling Languages. You can find out more about him at his website www.lindsayclandfield.com.

MILENA PAPANTOUSIA RAYBAUD

I moved to Madrid last year after spending almost two decades living and teaching in places like Dubai, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Athens and London. My studies are History of Art and Teaching, I have taught young learners in International schools for most of my career and enjoyed every minute of it! I left teaching to […]

I moved to Madrid last year after spending almost two decades living and teaching in places like Dubai, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Athens and London. My studies are History of Art and Teaching, I have taught young learners in International schools for most of my career and enjoyed every minute of it! I left teaching to pursue a career in publishing and exams about five years ago and I now work with teachers and institutions to offer support and solutions to English language learners of all ages bringing with me a wealth of International experience.

ALEX FAYLE

Alex Fayle is a DELTA certified Academic Director at Well and Will English Academy with a Masters in Library Science. He worked in many organizing-related fields before moving into education. His ability to see patterns where others only see isolated data points (combined with a love of lifelong learning) has taken his organizing skills beyond […]

Alex Fayle is a DELTA certified Academic Director at Well and Will English Academy with a Masters in Library Science. He worked in many organizing-related fields before moving into education. His ability to see patterns where others only see isolated data points (combined with a love of lifelong learning) has taken his organizing skills beyond the mere physical into the world of neuroscience and metacognition.

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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