THE OPEN WORLD OF ENGLISH
Conference organizing committee:
SPELTA President Tatiana Ivanova (Herzen University)
SPELTA Vice-President Yulia Sergaeva (Herzen University)
SPELTA 2nd Vice-President Elena Vdovina (SPbSPU)
SPELTA acting secretary Julia Geller
SPELTA Board Olga Bartashova (SPSUE)
SPELTA Board Maria Kopylovskaya (SPSU)
SPELTA Board Anna Rodicheva (University of Trade and Service)
SPELTA email - [email protected], [email protected]
SPELTA website http//: www.spelta.stormway.ru
SPELTA vKontakte group - http://vk.com/club705777
SPELTA Facebook group http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/145764612216222/
SPELTA LinkedIn group - http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=4636652
Preliminary Programme
Saturday-Sunday, December 13-14 from 1 to 5 p.m.
Pre-conference Event Academic Writing Seminar (RAW project)
presented by Russian experts Viktoria Levchenko, Natalia Koliadina, Svetlana Suchkova, Irina Yunatova. Jan Stanbury with a Christmas Writing surprise!
Venue: Mayakovsky City Public Library, 46 Fontanka, Main Conference Hall, Belyi Zal
Pre-registration is necessary!
Main Conference Events
The Open World of English
Venue: Saint Petersburg State University of Economics, Faculty of Humanities, Moskatelny 4.
Monday, December 15
13.30 14.30 Registration, networking and welcome coffee
14.30 15.00 Greetings from:
- Tatiana Ivanova, SPELTA President, Saint Petersburg
James Land, US Consul for Press and Culture, Saint Petersburg
- Jerry Frank, ELO for Russia, US Embassy, Moscow
- Margarita Mudrak, ESU Saint Petersburg
Lyudmila Gorodetskaya, Cambridge University Press
Plenary
15.00 16.00 Jerry Frank, ELO for Russia, US Embassy, Moscow. ELT: Bridging Cultures through Teaching and Learning
16.00 17.00 Lyudmila Gorodetskaya, Cambridge University Press. From General to Academic English: Changes in Cambridge First and Advanced and their Correlation with English Language Olympiads for School and University Students.
17.00 17.15 Break
Plenary workshop
17.15 18.00 Peter Stepichev (2014 Teacher of the Year in Moscow, IV 2014 participant)A Multiplying Effect in Teaching English Grammar Using Grammar Cubes and Grammar Puzzle Games.
18.00 19.00 Wine and cheese reception