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 - Tatiana-szelinger@yandex.ru, olgamuranova_spelta@mail.ru
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
