18th IATEFL Slovenia Conference in Topolšica (Slovenia)

Plenaries

• Leni Dam (LA SIG) - Setting the Scene – or – Food for Thought: Constraints encountered in language teaching and learning
• Judy Coppage (Longman) - Different, disabled, gifted? Learning styles and language disabilities in the EFL classroom
• Tim Herdon (OUP) - Demystifying CLIL: A practical approach
• Lindsay Clandfield (Macmillan) - Giving the world a voice
• Eamonn Shanahan (CUP) - Blended learning - innovation in English language teaching from Cambridge
• Marie Delaney (Pilgrims) - Why do some children seem unreachable and unteachable? Why do our best behaviour
• Leni Dam (LA SIG) - Learning for life – getting learners actively involved in their learning

Workshops will cover following subjects:

• Language learning through song, rhythm, movement and drama
• Critical thinking in action
• The magic of creative thinking
• Let's spice things up: things to do with/to advertisements
• Practicing speaking skills with videokaraoke
• The gifted and talented in the English classroom
• Learner autonomy takes off in Slovenia - or does it?
• NLP - Now let's play!
• How about reading a book for a change?

Venue

The conference will be held in Topolšica (Slovenia)