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ETAS OrganisationThe CommitteeRegional Coordinators (RCs)PRESIDENTAnn Humphry-Baker • pres@e-tas.chVICE PRESIDENTHazel Trepp • vpres@e-tas.chNATIONAL COORDINATORAnita Towers • natco@e-tas.chNATIONAL EVENTS CHAIRBarbara Chuck • natev@e-tas.chPUBLICATIONS CHAIRCeres Pioquinto • publ@e-tas.chPUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIRPeach Richmond • pure@e-tas.chSECRETARYCatherine Shultis • secr@e-tas.chTEACHER DEVELOPMENT CHAIRCindy Stieger • tede@e-tas.chTREASURERRaymond Rogers • trea@e-tas.chWEB CHAIRHansjoerg Stieger • wech@e-tas.chETAS ADMINISTRATION (Office and Library)Corinne TschumiRue de l’Hôpital 32CH-1400 YverdonTel: +41 (0)24 420 32 54Fax: +41 (0)24 420 32 57email: office@e-tas.chwebsite: www.e-tas.chPhone hours:Monday and Tuesday 9 – 12 a.m.Wednesday and Friday 2 – 4 p.m.PUBLISHER:ETAS English Teachers Association, SwitzerlandETAS National Events ChairETAS AGM Organising CommitteeETAS Publications ChairGRAPHIC DESIGN: Sumners GraphicsFINAL PROOF-READING: Diane Theobald, Biel/BiennePRINTER: Heller Druck, ChamCIRCULATION: 1800Thun • page 4 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGMBADENCaroline Ricklibaden@e-tas.chBASELKatharina Hegy andAntoinette Breutel O’Donoghuebasel@e-tas.chBERN/NEUCHÂTELKim Bisson and Annette Leimerbern@e-tas.chCENTRAL SWITZERLANDSusan Plüsscentral-switzerland@e-tas.chGENEVAAndrew Hartgeneva@e-tas.chGRAUBÜNDENVacantSOLOTHURN/OLTENFiona Emms and Sue Niklessolothurn@e-tas.chST. GALLENLiudmila Viaroukinast.gallen@e-tas.chTICINONicole Jaks and Ruth Castaneraticino@e-tas.chVALAISBarbara Bréchet Mottiervalais@e-tas.chVAUDRuth Benvegnenvaud@e-tas.chZÜRICH/WINTERTHURSue Wood and Corinne Freizuri-winti@e-tas.ch

ProgrammeETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGMat the Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Thun (KKThun) and theGymnasium und Wirtschaftsmittelschule Thun-SchadauPlease note: apart from the workshops and Saturday evening aperitif which will take placeat the Gymnasium und Wirtschaftsschule Thun-Schadau, this weekend’s events will all beheld in the KKThun.Saturday 25th January 201409.00 – 09.45 Registration, tea/coffee and croissants, Book Exhibition09.45 – 10.00 Welcome Address: Ursula Haller Vannini, City Councillor of Thun,and Ann Humphry-Baker, ETAS President10.00 – 11.00 Keynote Address by Alison Mackey (sponsored by Oxford University Press)Second language interaction: how it works, how it’s evolving, and how it canbe applied to instruction11.00 – 11.10 General information (workshop changes or cancellations, lunch services, etc.)11.10 – 12.00 AGM12.00 – 12.45 Lunch 1st service / Book Exhibition for 2nd service12.45 – 13.30 Lunch 2nd service / Book Exhibition for 1st service13.30 – 15.00 Workshops Session A (90 minutes)15.00 – 15.30 Tea/coffee and Book Exhibition15.30 – 16.30 Workshops Session B (60 minutes)16.30 – 17.00 Tea/coffee and Book Exhibition17.00 – 18.00 Closing Plenary by Jeremy Harmer (sponsored by British Council Switzerland)Does music practice tell us anything about practicing language?18.00 – 18.30 Aperitif in the Bistro of the Gymnasium und Wirtschaftsmittelschule Thun-Schadau19.30 Dinner at the KKThunAfter-dinner drinks, networkingSunday 26th January 201408.30 – 09.15 Registration, tea/coffee and croissants, Book Exhibition09.15 – 10.15 Keynote Address by Dave Allan (sponsored by NILE)Managing to motivate: what makes language education professionals work better?10.30 – 11.30 Workshops Session C (60 or 90 minutes)11.30 – 12.00 Book Exhibition12.00 – 12.45 Lunch 1st service / Book Exhibition for 2nd service12.45 – 13.30 Lunch 2nd service / Book Exhibition for 1st service13.30 – 14.30 Workshops Session D (45 or 60 minutes)14.40 – 15.40 Closing Plenary by Annette Capel (sponsored by Cambridge University Press)Real language, real learners: the importance of corpus data in our profession15.40 Goodbye, words of thanksFarewell until the ETAS 31st Annual Conference and AGM in 2015!Thun • page 7 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

AGM Invitation and AgendaETAS 30th Annual General MeetingYou are cordially invited to attend the ETAS 30th Annual General Meeting onSaturday 25th January 2014 at 11.10 a.m. in the Lachensaal, KKThun, Thun.Agenda1. Welcome2. Approval of the Agenda3. Approval of the Minutes of the 29th AGM in Sierre/Siders,printed in the Spring Journal 2013, page 174. Annual ReportsPublications Chair, Ceres PioquintoNational Events Chair, Barbara ChuckTeacher Development Chair, Cindy StiegerNational Coordinator, Anita TowersWeb Chair, Hansjoerg StiegerSecretary, Catherine ShultisTreasurer, Raymond RogersVice President, Hazel TreppPresident, Ann Humphry-Baker5. Auditor’s Report6. Approval of the Budget for the new Fiscal Year (2013 − 2014)7. Election of Committee Members: President8. Annual membership fees for 2014 − 2015Individual MembershipSwitzerlandCHF 110.− per annumSwitzerland − Student Membership CHF 55.− per annumSwitzerland − Senior Membership CHF 55.− per annumEU MembershipCHF 135.− per annumOverseas MembershipCHF 160.− per annumSchool* Membership (2 teachers) CHF 220.− per annumSchool* Membership (3-5 teachers) CHF 320.− per annumSchool* Membership (6-10 teachers) CHF 500.− per annum*(formerly Institutional Membership)Associate MembershipCHF 500.− per annum9. Changes to the StatutesPoint 3.a(iii): change “retired membership” to “senior membership”Point 3.b: change “institutional membership” to “school membership”; change “Category b.is entitled to receive two copies of all mailings and to send two representatives to activitiesorganised by ETAS” to “Category b. is entitled to receive two copies of all mailings and tosend two/five/ten representatives to activities organised by ETAS.”Point 10: removal of “The President/Treasurer/2 ordinary Committee members and theTeacher Development Chair/Secretary/2 ordinary Committee members are elected inalternate years.”10. Any Other Business11. ‘Free membership’ draw for all contributors to ETAS Journal during the past yearThun • page 8 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

NominationsNominations to the ETAS Committee 2014 – 2017The following nominations have been received:POSITIONPresidentNational CoordinatorNOMINEEJoAnn SalvisbergvacantPRESIDENT: JoAnn SalvisbergJoAnn is a lecturer at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Business.Since 1990, she has been involved in TESOL, primarily teaching adult learners, and in teachertraining since 2001. In addition to the CTEFLA, she completed an MEd in ELT in 2001 and aPhD in TEFL and Social Psychology in Education in 2007 with a primary research focus oncommunicative skills assessment in the EFL classroom. She has served ETAS in various roles:three years on the ETAS Committee as Teacher Development Chair, eight years as RegionalCoordinator of the Bern/Neuchâtel Region, and as Research SIG Coordinator since startingup this SIG in 2005. Furthermore, she has also held positions in other English teacherassociations, first for three years as the IATEFL BESIG Editor, then as a member on theIATEFL Publications Committee. Within the field of ELT she is particularly interested in Englishfor Specific Purposes (ESP), oral skills assessment (OSA), and utilizing technology to enhancethe educational process.JoAnn has been nominated by Hazel Trepp and seconded by Cindy Hauert.Thun • page 9 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

Balance Sheet 2012 – 2013ETAS English Teachers Association, SwitzerlandBALANCE SHEET AT JUNE 30, 2013ASSETS 30.06.2013 30.06.2012CHFCHFCURRENT ASSETSCash 153.90 177.40Postcheck 80-43533-3 79,543.10 66,249.67Postcheck 87-32557-0 2,623.05 1,414.40Postcheck 17-653380-8, T-2-T Fund 2,631.88 44,920.41Credit Suisse 642165-10 19,458.17 56,939.49Credit Suisse 268610-31 75,485.13 75,296.89Raiffeisenbank 41.2701.1 Matopo 0.00 10,538.61Liquid funds and securities 179,895.23 255,536.87Receivables 2,400.80 461.15Withholding Tax 0.00 90.44Receivables 2,400.80 551.59Active deferment 896.55 896.55TOTAL ASSETS 183,192.58 256,985.01LIABILITIES AND ASSOCIATION EQUITY 30.06.2013 30.06.2012BORROWED CAPITALAccounts payable 4,100.00 3,049.40Social insurances -3,680.00 -2,980.90Teacher-to-Teacher Fund 10,385.24 55,466.52Donation dedicated to Matopo 0.00 6,314.36IATEFL 2,029.93 1,964.92Liabilities 12,835.17 63,814.30Prepaid Membership 14,690.00 23,170.00Passive deferment 900.00 9,765.00ACCRUED EXPENSES 28,425.17 96,749.30EQUITYEquity 160,235.71 160,130.83Profit/Loss for the period -5,468.30 104.88TOTAL EQUITY 154,767.41 160,235.71TOTAL LIABILITIES AND ASSOCIATION EQUITY 183,192.58 256,985.01SEPARATE FUNDS:Branch Funds kept by RCsRaiffeisenbank 41.2701.1 Matopo kept in the name of Peter WagnerThun • page 10 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

Income Statement 2012 – 2013ETAS English Teachers Association, SwitzerlandINCOME STATEMENT AT JUNE 30, 2013INCOME July 2011 – June 2012 July 2012 – June 2013 Budget 2013 – 2014CHF CHF CHFOrdinary Members 81,715.00 75,442.84 75,000.00Institutional Members 16,080.00 15,091.00 15,000.00Associate Members 7,564.00 6,720.00 6,700.00Total Membership fees 105,359.00 97,253.84 96,700.00Advertising 20,026.00 18,457.50 18,500.00Sales 4,180.00 2,314.00 2,500.00AGM 69,577.89 56,301.69 68,000.00SIG/PD Day 36,148.35 38,602.55 22,000.00Website 3,380.00 3,050.00 3,000.00Other income 1,803.05 578.75 600.00TOTAL INCOME 240,474.29 216,558.33 211,300.00EXPENSESAGM 64,699.31 45,338.53 59,000.00Library -140.35 282.45 400.00Membership list 342.00 424.80 300.00Website 128.80 223.60 6,000.00Services 330.45 930.85 6,700.00Journal 42,531.35 38,566.15 33,000.00Publications 42,531.35 38,566.15 33,000.00SIG/PD Day 18,322.00 30,985.83 24,000.00Regional Coordinators 1,932.35 622.50 1,000.00Regional and SIG Coordinators 20,254.35 31,608.33 25,000.00International conferences 2,379.65 1,215.60 1,500.00Volunteers at National Events 4,827.80 621.45 1,000.00Volunteers expenses 7,207.45 1,837.05 2,500.00Committee expenses 15,772.50 19,103.55 18,000.00Salaries 52,551.10 53,184.75 54,500.00Social expenses 8,294.92 8,982.55 9,200.00Other personnel expenses 105.50 496.00 500.00Personnel expenses 60,951.52 62,663.30 64,200.00Rent 8,290.95 6,991.05 8,100.00Office furniture 464.50 113.40 500.00Insurances 716.35 460.30 500.00Stationery/Communication/Postal charges 5,027.80 3,810.50 6,000.00Computer/Software/Copier 1,626.90 675.80 2,500.00Bookkeeping/Audit fees 10,388.75 8,208.45 6,000.00Administration expenses 26,515.25 20,259.50 23,600.00Public Relations 1,064.80 0.00 700.00Other expenses 4,039.80 48.00 50.00Teacher-to-Teacher Fund 1,100.00 1,100.00 0.00Bank and PC charges 711.25 653.45 600.00Interest income -374.32 -356.93 -300.00Taxes -4,434.30 274.85 250.00Other expenses 2,107.23 1,719.37 1,300.00TOTAL EXPENSES 240,369.41 222,026.63 233,300.00Profit / Loss for the period 104.88 -5,468.30 -22,000.00Thun • page 11 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

Treasurer’s Report2012 − 2013ETAS finished Fiscal Year 2012 − 2013 with an accounting loss of CHF 5,473.00 compared toa very minor profit of CHF 105.00 the previous year. Revenues from memberships, advertising,and other sales were down CHF 13,000.00, or 10%. Income of some CHF 18,000.00 producedby the AGM and Convention and SIG Day events compensated for the loss in non-eventsrevenue. The ETAS 2012 − 2013 P/L without the AGM and Convention and SIG Day eventsincome was a minus CHF 24,000.00.The 2013 − 2014 budget is forecasting a CHF 22,000.00 loss as the changes in venues forthe Annual Conference and AGM (formerly AGM and Convention) and PD Day (formerly SIG Day),along with a new organizational structure for these two events, may mean less income thanin previous years. The Committee is addressing solutions for increasing revenues anddecreasing costs in order to rectify the current imbalance over the longer term. It is to benoted that ETAS has sufficient cash reserves of CHF 177,000.00 as of 30 June 2013 topermit an orderly restructuring.Raymond RogersETAS TreasurerThun • page 12 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

Auditor’s Report

PlenariesSaturday Keynote Address (60 minutes)Alison Mackey • Second language interaction: how it works, how it’s evolving,and how it can be applied to instructionSponsored by Oxford University PressIn the previous 25 years, more than 70 empirical studies of interaction have been carried out inlaboratory and classroom settings. Recent meta-analyses of the interaction literature (Keck et al.,2006; Mackey & Goo, 2007) collectively provide empirical support for claims about thedevelopmental efficacy of interaction. The interaction approach is dynamic, with a history of evolvingin response to theoretical and methodological developments in SLA and related areas. Thesedevelopments are both cognitive − for example, in relation to recent research on the relationshipsamongst working memory, cognitive creativity, noticing/attention, aptitude, and interaction-drivenlanguage learning − as well as social − for example, in relation to current investigations of the rolesof learners’ conversational partners, peers, and contexts in interaction-driven learning. All of thesefactors help to explain how and why interaction works to impact learning (and why it sometimesdoesn’t). Alison will conclude with a concise discussion of how interaction research can be appliedto authentic learning contexts through principles of task-based language teaching and learning.Alison Mackey is Professor and Department Vice-Chair at the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University inWashington, DC. Concurrently, she is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Department of Linguistics and English Languageat Lancaster University in the UK. A specialist in how second languages are learned and how they might best be taught, shelooks at second language learning across the lifespan, specifically how additional languages are learned at different ages,looking at both younger and older children, as well as college age and elderly adults. Her work has been published innumerous scholarly journals as well as in edited collections published by Cambridge University Press, Oxford UniversityPress, John Benjamins, and others. Three of these on researching language learning and teaching include Stimulated RecallMethodology in Second Language Research (Taylor and Francis, 2000), Second Language Research: Methodology andDesign (Taylor and Francis, 2005), and Data Elicitation for Second and Foreign Language Research (Taylor and Francis, 2007).With Oxford University Press, she has published a state-of-the-art edited collection and, most recently, a monograph on howconversational interaction facilitates language learning. With Kendall King, she co-authored The Bilingual Edge: The UltimateGuide to How, When and Why to Teach your Child a Second Language (HarperCollins, 2007). Together with Jenefer Philp andRhonda Oliver, she co-edited Child’s Play? Second Language Acquisition and the Younger Learner (John Benjamins, 2008).Alison Mackey holds a BA from Lancaster University and an MPhil from Cambridge University, both in the UK, and a PhDfrom the University of Sydney in Australia, all in Linguistics.Saturday Closing Plenary (60 minutes)Jeremy Harmer • Does music practice tell us anything about practicing language?Sponsored by British Council SwitzerlandRecent research into musical success suggests that it is not just the hours that you practice thatmatter but the way you do it. Is it the same with language? This talk suggests that some formsof repetitive practice are better than others – and that even if music is not the same, somesimilarities are striking. And to go further, can we use music and rhythm for language learning?Jeremy Harmer teaches at The New School, New York. He has written prize-winning books, including Essential TeacherKnowledge: Core Concepts in English Language Teaching (Pearson Education, 2012), How to teach English (Pearson Longman,2007), and The Practice of English Language Teaching (Longman, 1991), among other methodology titles, course materials,and learner literature (graded readers). He is also a passionate music lover and performer of the spoken word as well as asinger/songwriter. He has performed in the UK and abroad, both as a solo artist and/but more often with violinist SteveBingham with whom he recorded Touchable Dreams – a collection of music and poetry. On 13th June 2013, Jeremy Harmerreceived for Essential Teacher Knowledge: Core Concepts in English Language Teaching (Pearson Education, 2012) the BritishCouncil Award for English Language Teaching (ELT) Writing, celebrating an outstanding contribution to the field. Now in itssecond year, this award recognizes authors who turn their talents to educational writing – specifically writing which benefitsmore widespread and better quality teaching and learning of English worldwide.Thun • page 15 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

Lunch and Saturday evening dinner menusSATURDAY LUNCHGreen saladNon-vegetarian and vegetarian:Pasta buffet with different sauces:Bolognese, Mushroom, and PestoChoice of breadTiramisuMineral water and coffeeSUNDAY LUNCHCarrot saladNon-vegetarian: Nasi Goreng withchicken and vegetablesVegetarian: Nasi Goreng with vegetablesChoice of breadRaspberry muffin or chocolate muffinMineral water and coffeeSATURDAY EVENING DINNERat the KKThunMixed salad with carrots,cucumber, tomato, corn,and green salad•••••••MeatVeal saltimbocca with Marsala sauceSaffron risottoSeasonal vegetablesorFishGrilled red snapperMixed vegetablesRiceorVegetarianNut loaf with port and grenadine sauceSaffron risottoFennel gratin•••••••30th birthday cakeMineral water and one coffee are includedin the dinner. Wine and any other drinkswill be paid for by each guest.Thun • page 19 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

Travel to Thun: how to find the ConferenceDirections to the KKThun and Gymnasium undWirtschaftschule Thun-Schadau, Seestrasse 66/69BY TRAIN: please refer to www.sbb.ch for your timetable to Thun.BY BUS (about five minutes): take Bus No. 1 (towards Gwattzentrum/Spiez) outside Thuntrain station, getting off at the 3rd bus stop (KKThun). Buses run every 10 minutes.ON FOOT (about 25 minutes): there’s a lovely walk from the train station to the KKThun, alongthe Schifffahrtskanal (opposite the train station) towards Schloss Schadau, then along the road(see broken line on map p. 22).BY CAR: come off the motorway at the exit Thun-Süd and at the first roundabout, take thesecond exit direction Transit. At the crossing, follow direction Lachen/Schadau. At the roundabout,take the 2nd exit (Talackerstrasse) direction Transit. At the crossing (Frutigenstrasse), turn rightdirection Spiez. At the following roundabout, turn left direction Schadau and your destinationKKThun is on the left.Parking is available opposite the KKThun at the pay car park “Lachenwiese”or in the undergroundcar park KKThun (tickets can be purchased at the reception).Please note: only guide dogs are allowed at the venue.Direction from the motorway:FrutigenstrasseHohmadstr.HohmadstrasseTalackerstrasseSchadaustrasseFrutigenstrasseThun • page 20 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

Hotel informationHotel Krone****(A on map p. 22)Obere Hauptgasse 23600 Thuninfo@krone-thun.chwww.krone-thun.chTel: +41 (0)33 227 88 88Single room: CHF 145.00Price incl. breakfastCongress Hotel Seepark****s(D on map p. 22)Seestrasse 473602 Thuninfo@seepark.chwww.seepark.chTel: +41 (0)33 226 12 12Single room: CHF 230.00Price incl. breakfastHotel Holiday***(G on map p. 22)Gwattstrasse 13604 Thuninfo@holidaythun.chwww.holiday-thun.chTel: +41 (0)33 334 67 67Single room: CHF 110.00Double room: CHF 170.00Prices incl. breakfastHotel Freienhof****(B on map p. 22)Freienhofgasse 33600 Thuninfo@freienhof.chwww.freienhof.chTel: +41 (0)33 227 50 50Single room: CHF 147.50Double room: CHF 245.00Prices incl. breakfastHotel Alpha***(F on map p. 22)Gwattstrasse 43604 Thunwelcome@alpha-thun.chwww.alpha-thun.chTel: +41 (0)33 334 73 47Single room: CHF 122.50Double room: CHF 152.00Prices incl. breakfastBooking and information:Interlaken TourismHöheweg 37Posfach 3693800 Interlakenreservation@interlakentourism.chEasy booking online at www.e-tas.chThun • page 21 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

Map of Thun with locationsObere HauptgasseBurgstrasseAllmendstrasseAMittlere Str.AarestrasseBNo. 1Frutigenstrasse6NiesenstrasseSeestrasseSchadaustrasseMarienstrasseESeestrasseDSchulstrasseFGKEY TO MAPBus No. 1 Direction Gwattzentrum and SpiezA • Hotel Krone ****F • Hotel Alpha ***B • Hotel Freienhof ****G • Hotel Holiday ***C • Thun train station (and bus station) P • Car parkingD • Congress Hotel Seepark ****sE • KKThun/Gymnasium und Wirtschaftsschule Thun-SchadauThun • page 22 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

Registration informationRegistration feesMembersEarly Bird MembersGuestsCH*GuestsAbroad*At thedoorRegistration andpayment deadline:17.11.13 31.12.13 31.12.13 31.12.13Early Bird Package 1 CHF 250.– - - -Saturday(including lunch and refreshments)- CHF 110.− CHF 155.− CHF 175.−Sunday(including lunch and refreshments)- CHF 100.− CHF 145.− CHF 165.−Saturday evening dinner - CHF 70.− (meat or fish) / 60.− (vegetarian)Annual Conference Package 1 - CHF 270.− CHF 360.− CHF 380.−(addCHF 20.–,cash only)1 Packages include: all workshops, keynote addresses, lunches, Saturday evening dinner (see menus on p. 19), refreshments, and aperitif.Memberrates*GuestsHow toregisterPaymentdetailsDeadlinesOn-siteregistrationsThe following attendees are entitled to the member rate:- Individual Members of ETAS- two teachers per Institutional Membership of ETAS (additional teachers pay thenon-member rate)- two teachers per Associate Membership of ETAS (additional teachers pay the non-member rate)The conference fee for guests includes Individual Membership of ETAS until June 2014(you will receive your own copy of the ETAS Journal and other ETAS publications and canattend other ETAS events at the member rate during that time). Please note that this specialrate is reserved for non-members (previous or current ETAS members need to renew theirETAS membership separately).1) Fill in the registration form on p. 27, or register online (www.e-tas.ch > Events > AGM), and2) Pay your registration feeETAS postal account details:Beneficiary: English Teachers Association Switzerland, 8000 Zürich, SwitzerlandAccount number: 80-43533-3 IBAN: CH10 0900 0000 8004 3533 3BIC/SWIFT: P O F I C H B E Clearing number: 09000Bank: Swiss Post, PostFinance, Engehaldenstrasse 37, CH-3030 Bern, SwitzerlandMention: "AGM 2014" plus name(s) of attendee(s)Please note that in an effort to reduce administrative costs, ETAS will not issue invoices orconfirmations of registration or payment.If you have any doubt about your registration, please contact ETAS Administration.Early Bird registration and payment deadline: 17th November 2013Final registration and payment deadline: 31st December 2013If you’ve missed the registration deadline, you can still register on the day(see On-site registrations below).On-site registrations must be paid in cash (Swiss francs) and are subject to a surchargeof CHF 20.–.Thun • page 24 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

CancellationsChoosingyourworkshopsWorkshopsupervisorsBookExhibitorsSpeakersMealsAccommodationProgrammeIf you have registered and are prevented from attending, please send a cancellation toETAS Administration (office@e-tas.ch). For last-minute cancellations, please call+41 (0)24 420 32 54 and follow the instructions. Cancellations received before31st December 2013 will incur a 50% cancellation charge. Cancellations after this date will not berefunded unless a medical certificate can be provided (50% refund). No-shows will be charged.Workshops are on a first come, first served basis. No reservation is necessary. However, it isuseful for us to have some information about participant numbers for room allocation, so youare invited to state which workshops you are interested in attending, though this choice is notbinding. Numbers are limited for some workshops, so please go early to be sure of a place.Or even better, enrol as a workshop supervisor – your place is then guaranteed.A workshop supervisor welcomes participants, closes the door when the room is full, andintroduces and thanks the speaker. If you are interested in being a workshop supervisor, pleasemark it on the registration form. Make sure you give us your email address so we can send youa confirmation.If you have already registered with the Book Exhibition Registration Form, you don’t need to fill inanother registration form. If in doubt, contact ETAS Administration.If your sponsor has already registered you through the Book Exhibition Registration Form, youdon't need to fill in another registration form. Otherwise, please fill in the registration form onp. 27 and tick the I am a speaker/workshop presenter box.For lunch (Saturday and Sunday) you can choose between vegetarian and non-vegetarian(see menus on p. 19). For the Saturday evening dinner, you have three choices (meat, fish,or vegetarian). If no option is selected, the default choice is non-vegetarian (and meat for theSaturday evening dinner).You will find a list of hotels on p. 21. A link is available on our website to book your hotel throughThun-Thunersee Tourismus (www.e-tas.ch > Events > AGM).Remember to bring this invitation booklet with you – there will be no other programme.We look forward to seeing you in Thun!ETAS Administration, Rue de l’Hôpital 32, CH-1400 Yverdon, Tel: +41 (0)24 420 32 54, Fax: +41 (0)24 420 32 57, office@e-tas.chThun • page 25 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

Registration formETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM(please make a copy for your records)Surname: First name:Address: Zip/Town:Telephone: Fax:Email: Please tick here if this is a new addressETAS member? Individual Guest* (please make sure you fill in the details at the bottom of this form too)Institutional Associate Name of institution/company:I am a speaker/workshop presenterI am interested in attending the following workshops (please note that this choice is not binding and is given for statistical purposes.We do not reserve seats for workshops, and workshop attendance is still on a first come, first served basis. Please indicate only one workshop per session):Session A: Session B: Session C: Session D:I would like to be a workshop supervisor for workshop numberI have paid CHF to cover registration as follows:Annual Conference Package Early Bird Package Saturday only Saturday evening dinner Sunday onlyMenus: Saturday lunch vegetarian Saturday evening dinner vegetarian Sunday lunch vegetariannon-vegetarian meat fish non-vegetarianTwo steps to register:1) Fill out this form and send it to ETAS Administration,or register online at www.e-tas.ch, and2) Pay your registration fee (IBAN: CH10 0900 0000 8004 3533 3or see full payment details on page 24).Registration and payment deadlines:• Early Bird registration and payment deadline: 17th November 2013• Final registration and payment deadline: 31st December 2013*If you are a Guest, please fill in this additional information(regarding ETAS Individual Membership):Year of birth: _______________Please indicate which ETAS Region you would like to join (tick one only): Please indicate which ETAS Special Interest Groups (SIGs) you wish to join:Baden Basel Bern/Neuchâtel Business English Cross-Cultural Drama & LiteratureCentral Switzerland Geneva Graubünden English for Specific Purposes Examinations, Testing & Assessment Immersion/CLILSolothurn/Olten St. Gallen Ticino Learning Technologies Research School ManagementValais Vaud Zürich/Winterthur Teacher Training and Development TeenYoung LearnersI do not wish my name to be passed on to EFL publishers.

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Overview of all workshopsWorkshops Session A:Saturday 13.30 – 15.00 (90 minutes)A1Thomas Strasser • Mind the app! Simple but effective internet tools for the EFL classroomSponsored by Helbling LanguagesA2 Sarah Fabel • IELTS writing: the dreaded “Task 1”Sponsored by British Council SwitzerlandA3A4A5A6A7A8A9Linda Walsh • Teaching the phonemic symbols at primary school levelIndependent presenterGeoff Tranter • Ten years later: revisiting and rediscovering the CEFRSponsored by MONDIALE-Testing GmbHChrissi Flordies • Express yourself: getting students to communicateSponsored by Globe English CentreRob Dean • One million and one things to do with a textSponsored by Pearson Schweiz AGLinda Vignac • Beyond language: skills for managing cultural diversitySponsored by ETASDave Allan • Assessing writing(a two-part workshop; continues in B7)Sponsored by NILEMarie Delaney • How can students with dyslexia learn English successfully?Understanding the issues and developing teaching strategies(repeated in C8)Sponsored by Oxford University PressA10 JoAnn Salvisberg • Formative assessment of written skills: does the end justify the means?Sponsored by ETASA11 Lynn Williams Leppich • Differentiated teaching and learning: how to make it workSponsored by the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern SwitzerlandWorkshops Session B:Saturday 15.30 – 16.30 (60 minutes)B1B2B3Jayne Herzog • The primary classroom: starting and ending lessonsSponsored by Oxford University PressAlison Wiebalck • Teaching Legal English – are we teaching our students what theyreally need to know?Sponsored by Lawbility Training AssociationClaudia Buzzoni • What’s changing in the 2015 Cambridge English: First and CambridgeEnglish: Advanced exams?Sponsored by Macmillan EducationThun • page 29 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

Overview of all workshopsB4Timothy Black • Teaching International Business Communication using Google SitesIndependent presenterB5B6B7B8B9Rob Dean • The independent learner: developing learner autonomySponsored by Pearson Schweiz AGRita Baker • Brain powerSponsored by GlobalApproach and ETASDave Allan • Assessing writing(a two-part workshop; see A8 for description)Sponsored by NILEJack Scholes • Good readers make good learners!Sponsored by Helbling LanguagesCarol Waites • Teaching good writing style and building your own websiteSponsored by the United NationsB10 Ursula Schär • Successful organic and sustainable language learning at schoolSponsored by the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern SwitzerlandB11 Thomas Strasser • ELT 2.0: the future of language learning/teaching – what there was,what there is, and what there will beSponsored by Helbling LanguagesWorkshops Session C:Sunday 10.30 – 11.30 (all 60 minutes apart from C1 and C10)C1C2C3C4C5C6C7John Potts • Making the most of technology and the internet in your Cambridgepreparation classes(NB 90 min.)Sponsored by Cambridge English Language AssessmentAnnette Capel • Cambridge English 2015 specificationsSponsored by Cambridge University PressKeith Rossborough • Using lexical-grammar in an ELT classroomIndependent presenterElsbeth Mäder • Walk and talkSponsored by English At HomeJeremy Harmer • “It was wonderful, wonderful!”: teacher success and teacher beliefsSponsored by British Council SwitzerlandJayne Herzog • The anatomy of a great lessonSponsored by Oxford University PressLyndsay Chauvet • Meaningful lessons for Beginner EnglishSponsored by Wall Street EnglishThun • page 30 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

C8C9Marie Delaney • How can students with dyslexia learn English successfully?Understanding the issues and developing teaching strategies(a repeat of A9)Sponsored by Oxford University PressRob Dean • Things to do with the back of the book(a two-part workshop; continues in D7)Sponsored by Pearson Schweiz AGC10 Rita Baker • The need for a radically different approach to teaching and learning English(NB 90 min.)Sponsored by GlobalApproach and ETASWorkshops Session D:Sunday 13.30 – 14.15/14.30 (45 or 60 minutes)D1D2D3D4D5D6D7D8D9Susanna Schwab • Plurilingual didactics: English as a second foreign language atprimary school (45 min.)Sponsored by ETASSirja Bessero • Making the most of mixed-level classes (45 min.)Independent presenterLaura Patsko • Avoiding ‘boardom’ with some whiteboard wizardry! (45 min.)Sponsored by St George International (SGI)Jennifer Hinam • Presenting International Express – an ETAS exclusive! (45 min.)Sponsored by Oxford University PressTimothy Black • Ban or embrace: the smartphone in the class (60 min.)Independent presenterJack Scholes • Grammar with fun! (60 min.)Sponsored by Helbling LanguagesRob Dean • Things to do with the back of the book (45 min.)(a two-part workshop; see C9 for description)Sponsored by Pearson Schweiz AGLaura Hudson • Life skills at work (60 min.)Sponsored by Macmillan EducationAndy Cowle • English skills in the real world (60 min.)Sponsored by Collins ELTD10 Peach Richmond • Out of Africa: a bilingual CLIL project (45 min.)Sponsored by ETASD11 Mitch Martin • English skills assessments: discover ETS solutions to measure Englishproficiency from elementary school to professional English TOEIC® and TOEFL® tests(45 min.)Sponsored by ETS Global English Certifications: TOEIC®and TOEFL®testsThun • page 31 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

Workshop descriptionsWorkshops Session A: Saturday 13.30 – 15.00 (90 minutes)A1 Thomas Strasser • Mind the app! Simple but effective internet tools for the EFL classroomWorkshopThis practically-oriented workshop will explore the impressive potential of educational Web 2.0tools (e.g. educational internet tools for the PC) that can also be used even by those who arenot computer savvy. The workshop will focus on methodological design (i.e. how the presentedtools can be efficiently used in the EFL lesson) rather than on complex technological issues,emphasizing instead the advantages of simple but highly effective internet applications (e.g. freee-learning tools) for the EFL classroom. Using simple applications, the workshop will show howthe internet can be used in order to design effective EFL blended-learning sequences supportingthe students’ speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills. Teachers will be able to immediatelyuse in their own lessons some of these tools: Wordle, Audioboo, Little Bird Tales, Storybird,Learning Apps, Cueprompter, Toondoo, Mailvu, Padlet, Flipsnack, Voki, Markup, Tricider, etc.A2 Sarah Fabel • IELTS writing: the dreaded "Task 1"WorkshopThis workshop is aimed at people preparing students for the IELTS test or those interested inseeing how marking criteria are applied to written work. Using published candidate scripts andband descriptors, we will concentrate on the written part of the test and examine two tasksthat candidates have to attempt during the test. We will discuss the usual pitfalls and reasonswhy candidates don’t get the scores they need and/or believe they deserve for their efforts,with special emphasis on the requirements for Task 1.A3 Linda Walsh • Teaching the phonemic symbols at primary school levelWorkshopStudies have shown that the earlier students are exposed to the sound of a language, thebetter their future learning experience of that language will be. Pronunciation is the key to this.This fun, practical workshop is intended to show teachers at primary school level how tointegrate the symbols into their lessons in a sustainable, fun, and motivating manner. Theworkshop is suitable for teachers with and without experience. An electronic classroom toolhas recently been added to the series, which makes teaching these symbols even easier.A4 Geoff Tranter • Ten years later: revisiting and rediscovering the CEFRWorkshopThe positive influence of the CEFR since its publication in 2001 is visible everywhere: just lookat any publisher’s catalogue, any language school’s programme, or any testing system’s testportfolio. And yet some questions still need to be answered, for example: What does the CEFRmean for ESP? and What does the CEFR mean for testing? The workshop will address thesequestions and invite teachers to discuss the extent to which the various aspects of the CEFRaction-based approach need to be reassessed and reprioritized in ESP teaching and testing.A5 Chrissi Flordies • Express yourself: getting students to communicateWorkshopStudents often struggle to express themselves and may lack confidence in their own opinions aswell as in sharing them. This workshop offers easy-to-use activities requiring few or no materialsthat will help students to get to know each other, build confidence, develop language skills, andget them talking and sharing their ideas. This is a practical, fun session, and teachers will leavewith a range of ideas that they can immediately use in the classroom.Thun • page 32 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

AARGAU/SOLOTHURNContact Centre: BERNE-mail: info@cambridgeesol-aargau.chWebsite: www.cambridgeesol-aargau.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, ILEC, ICFEBASELMAUREEN HILLCambridge English Exam CentreST ALBAN-ANLAGE 254052 BASELTel: 061 273 90 43 Fax: 061 273 90 47E-mail: info@cambridge-esol-bs.chWebsite: www.cambridge-esol-bs.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, ILEC, ICFEBERNANNE GRUAZCambridge English Exam CentreEFFINGERSTRASSE 153008 BERNTel: 031 398 02 70 Fax: 031 398 02 74E-mail: info@cambridgeesol-bern.chWebsite: www.cambridgeesol-bern.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, ILEC, ICFECHURLORI KAITHANCambridge English Exam CentreBAHNHOFSTRASSE 87000 CHURTel: 081 250 18 00 Fax: 081 250 18 06E-mail: info.chur@cambridge-exams.chWebsite: www.cambridgeesol-chur.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, BULATS, ILEC, ICFE, TKTGENEVAMARY BURZMINSKICambridge English Exam CentreIFAGE BUILDING, 19 PLACE DES AUGUSTINSCASE POSTALE 3001211 GENEVE 4Tel: 022 800 08 75 Fax: 022 800 08 76E-mail: info@cambridgeesol-ge.chWebsite: www.cambridgeesol-ge.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, ILEC, ICFEJURAContact Centre: BASELE-mail: info@cambridge-esol-bs.chWebsite: www.cambridge-esol-bs.chExams offered: PET, FCE, BECLIECHTENSTEINContact Centre: CHUREmail: info.chur@cambridge-exams.chWebsite: www.cambridge-exams.liExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, BULATS, ILEC, ICFE, TKTLUZERNContact Centre: BERNE-mail: info@cambridgeesol-luzern.chWebsite: www.cambridgeesol-luzern.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, ILEC, ICFEST. GALLENKAREN KERLEYCambridge English Exam CentreOBERSTRASSE 2229014 ST. GALLENTel: 071 278 00 40 Fax: 071 278 00 44E-mail: info@cambridge-esol-sg.chWebsite: www.cambridge-esol-sg.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, ILEC, ICFE, TKTTHURGAUContact Centre: ST. GALLENE-mail: info@cambridge-esol-sg.chWebsite: www.cambridge-esol-thurgau.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, ILEC, ICFE, TKTTICINOGERMANA D’ALESSIOCambridge English Exam CentreCENTRO D’ESAMI CAMBRIDGE SVIZZERA ITALIANAC/O SUPSI - CLIRPALAZZO E6928 MANNOTel: 058 666 61 33 Fax: 058 666 61 39E-mail: info@cambridge-ticino.chWebsite: www.cambridge-ticino.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BECVALAISSALLY MAYORCambridge English Exam CentrePO BOX 2163963 CRANS-MONTANA 1Tel: 027 483 50 00 / 079 206 84 35Fax: 027 483 50 01E-mail: info@cambridgeesol-vs.chWebsite: www.cambridgeesol-vs.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, ILEC, ICFE, TKTVAUD EASTContact Centre: VALAISE-mail: info@cambridgeesol-vdeast.chWebsite: www.cambridgeesol-vdeast.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, ILEC, ICFE, TKTVAUD WESTContact Centre: GENEVAE-mail: info@cambridgeesol-vdwest.chWebsite: www.cambridgeesol-vdwest.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, ILEC, ICFEWINTERTHURLORI KAITHANCambridge English Exam CentreZÜRCHERSTRASSE 468400 WINTERTHURTel: 052 209 04 50 Fax: 052 209 04 51E-mail: info@cambridge-exams.chWebsite: www.cambridgeesol-winterthur.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, BULATS, ILEC, ICFE, TKTZURICHContact Centre: WINTERTHURWebsite: www.cambridgeesol-zurich.chExams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, BULATS, ILEC, ICFE, TKT

Workshop descriptionsA6 Rob Dean • One million and one things to do with a textWorkshop… well, not quite one million, but a lively selection of practical, easy-to-prepare activities whichcan be applied to get the most out of any text – coursebook-sourced or otherwise.A7 Linda Vignac • Beyond language: skills for managing cultural diversityWorkshopIn today’s globalized workplace it has become obvious that skilled and successful managers,team leaders, and members must not only be culture savvy but must also possess thecompetences that turn cultural knowledge into operational communication skills. In thisdynamic, interactive workshop attendees will have the opportunity to participate in an exerciseintended for adult professionals and designed to help learners identify and measure theirintercultural skills. The exercise will be followed by a debriefing, a short presentation ofcurrent tools and writings on the subject, and by a group discussion of how these skills canbe fostered in English Language Teaching.A8 Dave Allan • Assessing writing(a two-part workshop; continues in B7)WorkshopThis two-part workshop will focus on how to assess learners’ proficiency in written English inways which are valid and reliable across a range of levels and ages. The paired sessions willexplore how a fundamentally communicative approach to written English proficiency can beapplied in practice to both ends of the ‘assessing writing’ equation: the need to find ways ofboth generating suitable samples of written English and of assessing them fairly, which impliesthe development of instruments to achieve scoring validity, inter and intra-rater reliability, andideally meaningful marks and grades in the context of a now widely recognised comparativeframework, the CEFR. The workshop will explore a range of topics, tasks, text types, situations,and settings which can provide appropriate written samples. A number of examples of detailedassessment criteria, linked to the CEFR but offering much more ‘delicacy of discrimination’,will be offered for consideration and adaptation to the participants’ contexts.A9 Marie Delaney • How can students with dyslexia learn English successfully?Understanding the issues and developing teaching strategies(repeated in C8)WorkshopThis workshop will look at the impact of dyslexia on English language learning. It will considerdifficulties which are faced in class by learners with dyslexia as well as explore ways in whichthe teacher can support their learning. Topics covered will include:• factors which affect how a student with dyslexia learns• specific issues in learning English – phonological and visual processing, working memory,• emotional aspects• how to identify students who might have dyslexia• understanding learning from the point of view of a student with dyslexia• ‘Magic Spelling’ technique: what do all great spellers do?The workshop will be practical and interactive. Participants will learn strategies which can beput into practice immediately in their classrooms.Thun • page 34 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

A10 JoAnn Salvisberg • Formative assessment of written skills: does the end justify the means?WorkshopFollowing a previous workshop given on oral skills, this presentation will focus on the valueof giving explicit feedback on formative written assignments. The context and content for thisparticular talk will be based on modules taught at tertiary level. The students have ampleopportunities to complete homework tasks for assessment and feedback, though no grade isgiven, nor is it required. Similar to the oral skills assessment we looked at 18 months ago,the purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the end – students’ performance on thewritten task in the exam – justified the means, namely the time and effort involved in givingspecific feedback to individual students.A11 Lynn Williams Leppich • Differentiated teaching and learning: how to make it workWorkshopIndividualisation continues to gain ground throughout second language teaching. In this workshopdesigned for teachers of English at intermediate level and upwards, we will establish whatdifferentiation means – for us and our students – and its implications for our teaching. We willsurvey existing teaching materials (both published resources and the presenter’s own) to identifykey strategies used. In a next step we will discuss how we can adapt teaching materials todifferent learners. Finally, we will consider practical and realistic ways of making differentiationa feature of our regular work in the classroom.Workshops Session B: Saturday 15.30 – 16.30 (60 minutes)B1 Jayne Herzog • The primary classroom: starting and ending lessonsWorkshopLet’s take a look at some short, fun activities – needing little or no preparation – which will fillan unexpected gap or could be used to start or bring a lesson to an end. The activities usemovement and games to maintain variety in the Young Learners’ language classroom.B2 Alison Wiebalck • Teaching Legal English – are we teaching our students what theyreally need to know?WorkshopLegal English is a highly specialized teaching niche. Good materials are available but they justgot better. Designed for Swiss legal practitioners, this workshop will introduce you to a Swissfirst – a handy legal manual developed around the needs of our students. In this workshop, wewill explore the finer points of Legal English and learn how to use this exciting new publicationin the classroom.B3 Claudia Buzzoni • What’s changing in the 2015 Cambridge English: First and CambridgeEnglish: Advanced exams?WorkshopRevised Cambridge English: First (FCE) and Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) exams will beintroduced starting January 2015. In this workshop we will discuss the changes to each examand look closely at the new tasks and revised testing focuses. We will also explore differentpractical teaching ideas to help prepare your students to sit the new-format exam.Thun • page 35 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

Workshop descriptionsB4 Timothy Black • Teaching International Business Communication using Google SitesWorkshopThe aim of the workshop is to demonstrate how I have used Google Sites over the last threeyears as a way of developing students’ post-B2 English skills in a short 22-lesson BusinessEnglish course, which required students to develop a new product/service and then run theproject development through a Google Site. Group members discussed their ideas in meetingsand then presented the project to financial backers (teachers/examiners), in so doing replicatingskills they will later need in business. In this workshop, we will try to create a group Google Site.B5 Rob Dean • The independent learner: developing learner autonomyWorkshop/TalkLearner autonomy is a popular buzzword in 21st-century learning, BUT…• What do we mean by learner autonomy?• Why is it a good thing?• What are the problems with fostering learner autonomy and how do we overcome them?• What are some practical ways of developing learner autonomy in your students?• What materials exist to help learners to become more autonomous?Possible answers to all these and more will be presented in this highly practical session.B6 Rita Baker • Brain powerTalkRita will be referring to her book Brain Power in which she examines the principles of successfulteaching, training, and learning in the light of what we currently know about the functioning of thebrain. This includes the basic structural divisions and how they relate to each other; the differentkinds of memory and how we can harness them to embed learning; lateral dominance, plasticity,and learning styles; an examination of what the psychologists say and how this fits, and the fourkey stages of learning. Rita will conclude with a checklist for preparing brain-friendly training.B7Dave Allan • Assessing writing(a two-part workshop; see A8 for description)WorkshopB8 Jack Scholes • Good readers make good learners!WorkshopThere is now a substantial body of research supporting the claims that extensive reading notonly improves all language skills and fluency but also greatly increases students’ motivation andconfidence while changing their attitudes to learning another language. This talk will examinethe many benefits of extensive reading for pleasure, especially for teenagers and young adults.Guidelines and practical, fun ideas and activities will be offered to arouse students’ curiosityand get them ready and eager to read and help you make readers an integral part of everylanguage-learning programme.B9 Carol Waites • Teaching good writing style and building your own websiteTalkThis talk will show you how to teach good writing style to advanced learners of English (C1-C2).It will also show you how to compile a set of guidelines and resources for your students andpresent them on your own website. In international organizations and business, people areincreasingly working in English and, consequently, need to build up their confidence, particularlyin writing. We will see how different countries and bodies, including the US Government, a Britishorganization, and the European Union translation service, support principles of good style. We willlook at the excellent materials and resources they provide.Thun • page 37 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

Workshop descriptionsB10 Ursula Schär • Successful organic and sustainable language learning at schoolWorkshopWhat is success in language learning? Why should it be healthy and organic? What makes itsustainable? How could we reach these goals? Which approaches and methods are useful?How could we improve our teaching without feeling overwhelmed? This workshop tries to findanswers to these questions, based on the plethora of research into instructed second languageacquisition, and suggests the use of a taxonomy of successful language teaching as a tool forevaluation and improvement. This workshop is mainly aimed at secondary school teachers butis useful for everybody interested in the topic.B11 Thomas Strasser • ELT 2.0: the future of language learning/teaching – what there was,what there is, and what there will beTalkThe phenomenon ‘new learning technologies’ has found its (polarizing?) place in the EFLclassroom. Despite disagreements within the academic discourse concerning the use of newmedia and Web 2.0 or Social Media, several effective digital tools and/or concepts for theEFL classroom have appeared in the course of time. This session will present some scientificconsiderations for a possible change of paradigm in teaching in general as well as focus on thepractical didactic aspects of new learning technologies in the EFL classroom, with a strongemphasis on Personal Learning Environments, web tools, and learner autonomy.Workshops Session C: Sunday 10.30 – 11.30 (all 60 minutes apart from C1 and C10)C1 John Potts • Making the most of technology and the internet in your Cambridgepreparation classesWorkshop (NB 90 min.)This workshop will explore some ways of developing your use of the internet and its resources to helpyou to prepare your students for Cambridge English exams. We will look at a range of websites,online resources, and apps, including some Cambridge exam training apps, and also outline someapproaches to using blogs, podcasts, and wikis. This workshop is aimed at teachers who have someexperience in using the web and who feel reasonably confident with technology but not as power-users.C2 Annette Capel • Cambridge English 2015 specificationsWorkshopAnnette will outline the new specifications for Cambridge English: First/First for Schools andCambridge English: Advanced, which come into effect in early 2015. The workshop will focuson classroom preparation for the new Cambridge English: First/First for Schools Paper 2 Part 1compulsory essay question and the Cambridge English: Advanced Paper 4 Part 3 Speaking task,with its new text-based prompts. Annette will also explore the implications of the assessmentscales for both tasks and suggest how to improve B2 and C1 students’ productive language.C3 Keith Rossborough • Using lexical-grammar in an ELT classroomWorkshopThis is a practical workshop aimed at new and experienced teachers who would like to knowmore about this topic. The session will focus on identifying various ways of using formulaiclanguage in the form of pattern grammar and lexical phrases in the classroom. We will also belooking at some established ideas about lexical-grammatical language, and how it is appliedin the teaching and learning of English grammar. Using the ideas presented, the workshop willexamine the question of whether the teaching of grammar and lexis as two separate systemsis the most practical way forward for L2 learners of English.Thun • page 38 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

C4 Elsbeth Mäder • Walk and talkWorkshopHow do you get your students to talk? Brave January temperatures and come along for a walk andtalk in the park close to the venue to share, brainstorm, and talk about topics that have workedwith my students of various levels. Word documents with ready-to-use material will be available.C5 Jeremy Harmer • “It was wonderful, wonderful!”: teacher success and teacher beliefsWorkshopUsing filmed interviews, this session will use teacher accounts of successful lessons to tease outtheir (and the participants’) underlying beliefs about good learning – and therefore good teaching.C6 Jayne Herzog • The anatomy of a great lessonWorkshopIs there a better feeling for a teacher than to walk out of a classroom knowing they have justdelivered a great lesson? In this workshop, we explore some of the features of great lessonsand analyse a variety of activities which support them.C7 Lyndsay Chauvet • Meaningful lessons for Beginner EnglishWorkshopAs ESL teachers, we often flood our pre-A1 and A1 students with grammar without giving themroom to actually utilize the language. This workshop focuses on teaching materials that engagelow-level students and encourage them to use basic skills to communicate in authenticsituations. The focus will be on how to create materials that are meaningful without alienatingor overwhelming students who are new to the English language.C8Marie Delaney • How can students with dyslexia learn English successfully?Understanding the issues and developing teaching strategies(a repeat of A9; see description above)WorkshopC9 Rob Dean • Things to do with the back of the book(a two-part workshop; continues in D7)WorkshopAfter the last unit of the book there are inevitably those pages containing the grammar reference,writing bank, irregular verb tables, and other such material that to many students (and teachers!)often appear as a boring, mysterious, and under-used black hole. These pages, however, containreams of valuable material just waiting to be exploited. This highly practical session will thereforelook at ways of putting the back of the book to good use with a selection of easy-to-prepareinteractive activities – many of which were most likely never intended by the coursebook author!C10 Rita Baker • The need for a radically different approach to teaching and learning EnglishWorkshop (NB 90 min.)Rita will demonstrate (with brief reference to her book Brain Power) why the current paradigmfor teaching English needs to be turned on its head. She argues that instead of presentingthe language in deconstructed chunks, we should be looking at it systemically, starting withthe big picture first. To demonstrate this, Rita will be introducing some of the tools from theGlobal Approach to English which she has developed to accelerate the understanding andlearning of English.Thun • page 39 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

Workshop descriptionsWorkshops Session D: Sunday 13.30 – 14.15/14.30 (45 or 60 minutes)D1 Susanna Schwab • Plurilingual didactics: English as a second foreign language atprimary schoolTalk (45 min.)Plurilingual didactics requires a paradigm shift in foreign language teaching in several cantons inSwitzerland. Susanna will introduce you to the new methodology that is about to be implementedin primary schools in several cantons in Switzerland (Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Solothurn, Valais).The focus of the talk will then move to synergies in vocabulary learning and teaching whereGerman is the first language (L1), French the first foreign language, and English the secondforeign language.D2 Sirja Bessero • Making the most of mixed-level classesTalk (45 min.)Are you struggling with groups where students’ levels differ so drastically that working togetherbecomes a true challenge? Do you have students who have mastered the basics of learning nextto those who have only recently begun the journey? How do we manage and teach classes whereso many different language levels co-exist? In this talk I will look at some tasks and techniquesI have successfully used in my own very mixed-level groups. The tools I propose can be adaptedto all classroom sizes and language being covered.D3 Laura Patsko • Avoiding ‘boardom’ with some whiteboard wizardry!Workshop (45 min.)How do you use the board when teaching? How don’t you use it? How do you organise theinformation on it? Do you ever play games with it? Is it suitable for visual learners more thanothers? Is it actually humanly possible to write on it in a straight line?! Why so many differentcoloured pens? And whose tool is it really – the teacher’s or the students’? We will explorethese questions and try out some practical activities in this hands-on workshop, which wouldsuit both experienced and novice teachers with access to any kind of board!D4 Jennifer Hinam • Presenting International Express – an ETAS exclusive!Talk (45 min.)January 2014 marks the launch of the all-new, five-level International Express, Oxford’s popularcourse for adult professionals. In this talk, Jennifer will offer a glimpse of the exciting newfeatures, including an extra Beginner level and video clips for all units. She will explain how theeditorial team responded to teacher feedback, bringing International Express fully up-to-date fortoday’s learners. All the core features and ‘discovery’ approach remain, including the optimalblend of Business and General English. Jennifer will demonstrate the extensive new videofootage and share handouts to highlight the contemporary design, new review sections, andmore communicative activities.D5 Timothy Black • Ban or embrace: the smartphone in the classWorkshop (60 min.)Mobile devices are increasingly used in the class and often the school’s knee-jerk reaction isto ban them! As with any new technology which creates social change, mobile devices and theiruse require social rules. The aim of this workshop is to help teachers deal with smartphonesin the class by demonstrating ways of controlling the students’ use of their phones and, moreimportantly, teaching them how to use their phones as learning tools (BYOD). So Bring YourOwn Device to the workshop and see what happens.Thun • page 40 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

D6 Jack Scholes • Grammar with fun!Workshop (60 min.)Grammar teaching and learning does not have to be dull. Teachers can provide motivatingopportunities for students to explore and understand grammar in meaningful contexts anddesign enjoyable activities for them to express themselves creatively and competently. Thisworkshop will examine different ways of looking at grammar – from the conventional andtraditional to more innovative and creative techniques. Discover how grammar can be fun withapproaches and practical classroom activities that are guaranteed to stimulate your studentsand consolidate grammar competence.D7Rob Dean • Things to do with the back of the book(a two-part workshop; see C9 for description)Workshop (45 min.)D8 Laura Hudson • Life skills at workWorkshop (60 min.)We spend our whole lives developing a large variety of skills that help us through the day.Getting a job involves learning a brand new set of skills such as presenting, negotiating,persuading, and many more. This workshop will look at ways of training these vital life skillsand how to adapt a Business English coursebook to focus on them. Examples will be takenfrom the exciting new third edition of Macmillan Education’s bestselling Business Englishcoursebook In Company.D9 Andy Cowle • English skills in the real worldWorkshop (60 min.)Why is authentic English important? How can we best prepare students for the ever-changingworld of language? How can we make our classroom a ‘real-world’ classroom without askingtoo much of our students? Using examples from the Collins English for Life: Skills series, thisworkshop will highlight the importance of exposing students to modern written texts, such asemails and tweets, and to 100% authentic English recordings which show different accentsand speech styles of native and non-native speakers from around the world. Andy will sharepractical and fun ideas to help you use real-life elements in your classroom.D10 Peach Richmond • Out of Africa: a bilingual CLIL projectTalk (45 min.)Karen Blixen’s famous novel Out of Africa formed the basis around which this one-week projectfor 17-year-old grammar school students was structured. This talk shows how topics fromsubjects as diverse as geography, history, religion, art, cookery, social science, etc. werecombined to create a truly memorable and wholesome learning experience.D11 Mitch Martin • English skills assessments: discover ETS solutions to measure Englishproficiency from elementary school to professional English (TOEIC® and TOEFL® tests)Publisher’s presentation (45 min.)The ability to communicate in English has become essential for success in school, business, andeveryday life around the world. English language skills are in demand more than ever, regardlessof a student's field of study or chosen career path. Whether for admissions or for programmeplacement, advancement, and exiting, the TOEFL®Family of Assessments provides informationthat teachers and academic institutions need to help make confident decisions. The TOEIC®Listening and Reading test has become a standard by decision-makers worldwide who use theTOEIC®tests to determine who can communicate effectively on an independent and proficientlevel in English across borders and cultures with co-workers and clients.Thun • page 41 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

Speakers’ biographical informationRITA BAKERRita Baker has been teaching for over 40 years. Before starting LEC (Lydbury English Centre) inthe UK, she worked in several countries including France, Spain, Zambia, Kenya, and the YemenArab Republic. Her students’ ages have ranged from 4 to 86. In addition to EFL, she has workedwith learners with dyslexic-type difficulties, an experience which has fostered her interest in howthe brain works. It is as a result of this that she has developed the Global Approach – a visualand kinesthetic way of learning English.SIRJA BESSEROAfter 14 years of teaching groups of young learners, teenagers, and adults in Estonia, SirjaBessero is currently teaching English to future graphic designers in the Valais.TIMOTHY BLACKTim Black works as a teacher and trainer for the BBZB, FMZ, and KV Luzern. He alsoexamines for Cambridge and inspects for EAQUALS. He is interested in classroomdigital application.CLAUDIA BUZZONIClaudia Buzzoni has taught the Cambridge FCE, CAE, CPE, and BEC exams to a wide range ofstudents. She has also designed courses for IELTS and TOEIC and helped run IELTS teachertraining courses in Australia. After spending the last four years with Macmillan Education,Claudia has recently returned to teaching and working as a freelance teacher trainer.LYNDSAY CHAUVETOriginally from Los Angeles, California, Lyndsay Chauvet has been teaching for over 13 yearsin a variety of institutions both at home and abroad. She earned her BA in English Literature in2006 and is currently Senior Teacher and Junior Learning Coordinator at Wall Street Englishin Lausanne.ANDY COWLEAndy Cowle has been working as an ELT specialist, presenter, and writer for over 20 years.He is the founder of North Star ELT, a publishing company bought by Collins in 2013.ROB DEANRob Dean has been involved in ELT as a teacher, director of studies, and teacher trainer since1994. During this time, he has taught a wide variety of course types, from primary to adult,including exam preparation, EAP, and English for business and professional purposes innumerous countries in Europe and South East Asia. His varied areas of interest within ELTinclude teaching young learners, teaching with technology, language and culture, and task-basedlearning. Based in Poland and now working as an independent international teacher trainer andacademic consultant, Rob travels widely delivering talks, workshops, seminars, and webinars toteachers all over the world on a wide range of topics, including methodology, language, practicalteaching ideas, classroom management, motivation of learners, and blended learning, to namebut a few.Thun • page 42 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

MARIE DELANEYCurrently based in Ireland, Marie Delaney trained in the UK as an Educational Psychotherapist,teacher, and trainer. She has extensive experience in working with students with specialeducational needs, both in ELT and foreign language teaching in secondary schools. She hasbeen Director of Studies for International House, Poland, and Director of Teacher Training forPilgrims Ltd, UK. She has trained teachers across the world. Her main interests focus onenabling students to be included in learning, unlocking learning blocks, building self-esteemin learners, and supporting staff in their dealings with challenging students. She is the authorof Teaching the Unteachable (Worth Publishing, 2009), What can I do with the kid who...?(Worth Publishing, 2010), and a contributor to the volume Why can’t I help this child to learn?(Karnac Books, 2011). She is presently involved in writing an online SEN (Special EducationalNeeds) teacher training course for the British Council.SARAH FABELIn 2008, Sarah Fabel became the British Council’s IELTS Administrator in Switzerland. Since2004, she has been giving courses for candidates as well as conducting teacher trainingworkshops all over Switzerland alongside her office duties.CHRISSI FLORDIESChrissi Flordies has over 30 years’ experience as a teacher and trainer in the UK and abroad.Her interests include teaching teenagers, materials development, and sharing ideas withother teachers.JAYNE HERZOGJayne Herzog taught English at all levels for over 18 years before taking up her current postas Area Manager for Oxford University Press, Switzerland. After completing the Dipl.TESOL inBarcelona in 2006, she became particularly interested in teacher training. With the OxfordProfessional Development workshops, Jayne can indulge her passion for offering teachersuseful, meaningful, and inspiring workshops.JENNIFER HINAMCELTA qualified (with teaching experience in Europe and Asia), Jennifer Hinam has been theOUP Consultant for German-speaking Switzerland since 2007. She holds a Diploma inTranslation (German to English) from The Chartered Institute of Linguists.LAURA HUDSONLaura Hudson is Macmillan Education’s Regional Manager for Germany, Austria, andSwitzerland. Prior to joining Macmillan Education in 2004, she taught for seven years inGermany, Austria, and Denmark.ELSBETH MÄDERElsbeth Mäder started off as a Swiss primary school teacher, fell in love with England andEnglish during a language stay at Swan School, Oxford, and decided to study the languageproperly (Lic Phil I + Dipl. Für Höheres Lehramt Uni Zürich). Having to juggle family and workresulted in her starting to teach at home, which has developed into a small school for teachingEFL to adults ages 18 – 80.Thun • page 43 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

Speakers’ biographical informationMITCH MARTINMitch Martin has 10 years' experience in English teaching in higher education and eight years inRecruitment and Sales in the corporate sector. He holds a TESOL from the American Universityof Paris and an HND in International Trade. Mitch is currently the ETS Global Area Manager forsoutheast France and Switzerland.LAURA PATSKOLaura Patsko works at St. George International (SGI) in London as a senior teacher to studentsof all levels and as a trainer on certificate, diploma, and refresher courses. She blogs atlaurapatsko.wordpress.comJOHN POTTSJohn Potts has been presenting for Cambridge English Examinations since 1990 and teachingexam students since 1978. He is the CELTA and Delta Course Director at TLC Baden and writesregularly for the journal English Teaching Professional.PEACH RICHMONDPeach Richmond is an English teacher and teacher trainer with 30 years' experience. He was theproject manager for the introduction of English at primary schools in Canton Lucerne. His specialinterest is teaching content through English (CLIL).KEITH ROSSBOROUGHKeith Rossborough has worked in ELT for 12 years. He teaches Business English at the HöhereFachschule für Wirtschaft in Zürich. CELTA/Delta trained, he is currently doing an MA in AppliedLinguistics TESOL.JOANN SALVISBERGJoAnn Salvisberg is a lecturer at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, HochschuleLuzern, School of Business. She has been involved in TESOL since 1990, primarily teachingadult learners, and began doing teacher training in 2001. In addition to the CTEFLA, shecompleted an MEd in ELT in 2001 and a PhD in TEFL and Social Psychology in Education in 2007,with a primary research focus on communicative skills assessment in the EFL classroom. Withinthe field of ELT she is particularly curious about English for Specific Purposes (ESP), oral skillsassessment (OSA), and utilizing technology to enhance the educational process.URSULA SCHÄRUrsula Schär is a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern SwitzerlandSchool of Teacher Education, Institute for Secondary Education (PH FHNW). She is a full-timeteacher trainer.JACK SCHOLESJack Scholes has over 40 years’ experience in ELT in many countries around the world. He is theauthor of 12 books including The Coconut Seller (Helbling Languages, 2011), part of the HelblingReaders Series.Thun • page 44 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

SUSANNA SCHWABSusanna Schwab has more than 20 years’ experience in teaching English. Since 2006, shehas been training pre-service primary school teachers at the Pädagogische Hochschule Bern.Her special interests include teaching English as a second foreign language and theimplementation of plurilingual didactics.THOMAS STRASSERThomas Strasser received his PhD in language teaching methodologies and new learningtechnologies from the University of Vienna, Austria. Presently, he works as a New LearningTechnologies Researcher, EFL teacher, and teacher trainer at the Vienna University College ofTeacher Education (Pädagogische Hochschule Wien). The author of several ELT textbooks andscientific articles and monographs related to new learning technologies, Thomas has been acoach and keynote speaker at many international conferences on the subject.GEOFF TRANTERGeoff Tranter has been involved in vocational, particularly CEFR-based, testing for many years.He is now a freelance consultant and his latest project is the development of an onlineTechnical English test with MONDIALE-Testing GmbH.LINDA VIGNACVice-President of SIETAR France, Linda Vignac is Franco-American. She creates and facilitatesintercultural communication workshops, seminars, and teacher training programmes in Englishand French for businesses and educational institutions.CAROL WAITESCarol Waites teaches English and writing skills to international civil servants at the UnitedNations in Geneva. She has a CTEFLA, Delta, MA in Applied Linguistics (TESOL), MEdAdmin,and PhD.LINDA WALSHLinda Walsh is CELTA qualified, with several years’ experience in writing materials and teachingchildren and adults at various levels.ALISON WIEBALCKAlison Wiebalck graduated in English and Law. Since 2004 she has been coaching legalpractitioners in private practice, preparing young lawyers for the International Legal EnglishCertificate (ILEC), and running workshops for law students at the University of Zürich and theUniversity of Lucerne.LYNN WILLIAMS LEPPICHPreviously an English teacher in a secondary school, Lynn Williams Leppich brings over adecade’s classroom experience to this workshop. Now a lecturer in ELT at the University ofApplied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland School for Teacher Education, Institute ofSecondary Education (PH FHNW), she is interested in teaching literature, assessment,and individualisation.Thun • page 45 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM

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